Find Genres written for a Discourse Communities

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Step 1: Identify your Discourse Community, they're everywhere

Step 2: Brainstorm where and how your Discourse Community communicates*

*The answers to "where" and "how" could potentially be genre types. 

  • Where to Search:
    1. Twitter search →  use relevant #hashtags
    2. Facebook and Instagram (requires an account) → use search bar at top of most pages or use keyboard shortcut: CTRL + F (PC) or CMMD + F (Mac)
    3. Reddit → search or browse subreddits
    4. Occupational Outlook Handbook → browse by Occupational Groups Left nav menu or use Search Handbook feature on webpage
    5. Commercial search engines (Google, Duckduckgo, Bing, etc) → search discourse community group + "noun" used by members of the discourse community
      • discourse community group + "association"
      • discourse community group + "newsletter"
      • discourse community group + "conference"
      • discourse community group + "pdf"
      • discourse community group + "presentation"
    6. Search within a site →  [search terms] site:domainname.com

 

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  • Last Updated May 06, 2021
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  • Answered By Michael Shochet

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