If your assignment focuses on a single discourse community, please watch the video below. It will provide an explanation of the focus of this assignment, tips on finding sources, and suggestions on analyzing the sources you find.
Clickable bookmarks to take you to the "chapters" of this video (total duration: 15 min. 56 sec.)
Introduction (27 sec.)
Purpose of a discourse community analysis (34 sec.)
Choosing a discourse community (3 min. 5 sec.)
The focus of your analysis (1 min. 18 sec.)
Finding your sources: brainstorming (41 sec.)
Finding primary texts (1 min. 57 sec.)
Professional websites (1 min. 46 sec.)
Social media sites (1 min. 10 sec.)
Primary research (50 sec.)
Secondary research (41 sec.)
Working with your sources (1 min. 12 sec.)
Putting it all together (59 sec.)
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