Discourse Community Map

Discourse Community Map

1. TCU

   • 1.The audience members within TCU are the students, faculty, professors, staff, and other people involved with the university. 2.The purpose for writing at TCU is to communicate, make plans, share ideas, and stay connected. 3.The typical genres and media used by the members of the community would be emails, text messages, social media, flyers, discussion boards, announcements, and through websites. 4.Common topics include classes, exams, homework, TCU sports, social events, greek like, and college life. 5.One of the most important conventions is knowing how to communicate depending on the situation. 6.TCU uses specialized language that only people at the university will understand. This includes all kinds of slang and abbreviations. Some examples are “The commons”, “the Bluu”, “the Carter”, any of the residence halls, the riff ram chant, and many more. 7.You can become a member of TCU by applying and becoming a student here, joining the staff, or becoming a professor.

2. Sorority

   • 1.The audience members within my sorority are the active members and the potential new members. 2.The purpose of writing in my sorority is to communicate information, make plans, keep the members informed, build connections, and plan events. 3.The typical genres and media used by the members of a sorority would be group chats, text messages, social media posts, announcements, and more. 4.The topics written about in a sorority include philanthropy, chapter meetings, planning events like formals, recruitment, academics, and fundraisers. 5.The conventions in a sorority are that everyone must be respectful towards one another and maintain the sorority’s positive image. 6. In a sorority there are many words used that members must quickly learn and understand. A couple examples of this are “chapter”, “formal”, “big”, “little”, “PNM”, and “sister”. 7. To become a member of a sorority you must go through the rush process and receive a bid from a chapter.

3. College Students

   • 1. The audience members of this discourse community are college students from different colleges, majors, and backgrounds. 2. The purpose for writing in this discourse community is to communicate with professors, complete assignments, ask questions, and share information. 3. The typical genres and media used by college students include emails, discussion posts, group chats, social media, and online announcements. 4. The topics that are written about college students are about homework, classes, exams, professors, jobs, and more. 5. The conventions of this discourse community is communicating differently depending on who they’re communicating with. 6. College students use many words and abbreviations that would also be understood by other college students. Some of these words and abbreviations are “semester”, “final”, “TA”, “GPA”, and “credits”. 7. You become a member of this discourse community by applying and accepting enrollment at a college or university.

4. Neeley Business Students

   • 1. The audience members in this discourse community are students in the Neeley School of Business. 2. The purpose for writing in this discourse community is to complete assignments, communicate ideas, prepare for future careers, and analyze business situations. 3. The typical genres and media used include resumes, presentations, emails, discussion posts, and business reports. 4. The topics that are written about in the discourse community are about the different majors, leadership, companies, current business issues, and internships opportunities as well as career goals/paths. 5. The convention in this discourse community is that business students are expected to communicate in a proper and professional way. 6. The specialized language used in Neeley includes words such as “ROI”, "investment", "stakeholders", “networking”, and “KPI”. 7. To become a part of this discourse community you have to be accepted into TCU Neeley School of business and enroll.

5. Approaches to Film Class

   • 1. The audience members are the students and professor in the Approaches to Film class. 2. The purpose for writing in this community is to analyze the movies we watch, share our opinions on them, discuss the different film techniques, and discuss ideas presented in class. 3. The typical genres and media used include discussion posts, presentations, film analysis, and movie reviews. 4. The topics that are written about in this class are film genres, characters, cinematography, lighting, acting, editing, and directing. 5. The guidelines are to be respectful of other people’s opinion and engage in the conversations about the topics. 6. The specialized language used in the film class allows the students to discuss parts of the movie more in depth. Some of the words used in this class are “mise-en-scene”, “framing”, “genre”, “lighting”, “framing”, and “camera angles”. 7. To become a member of this discourse community you must enroll in the class.