Paper will be an
ethnography focusing on Instagram. Chose to focus on a subcommunity of Instagram
called the RSA. (royal snapping artists)
The RSA is a group
on Instagram which posts and discusses photos of a country setting. Rural
background.
The question will be
this subgroup of Instagram (or any subgroup) can be considered a discourse
community. Calls it a literary community, does it meet the standards of the DCs
we considered in class. Does it have the goals and features.
Common goals- to become a better photographer
Learn new tricks of the trade
Promote own pictures
Mechanisms for communication
Likes comments follows are all ways to communicate with other members of the groups.
These mechanisms also provide feedback as well as ways to continuously communicate and assist the goals of its members
Genres comments profiles features
Lexis terminology hash tag instameet handle
Learn new tricks of the trade
Promote own pictures
Mechanisms for communication
Likes comments follows are all ways to communicate with other members of the groups.
These mechanisms also provide feedback as well as ways to continuously communicate and assist the goals of its members
Genres comments profiles features
Lexis terminology hash tag instameet handle
Ethonography,
subcommunity of instagram
s- a smaller group
within a larger... RSA
Royal Snapping . Rural, country setting
Question of if it’s
a discourse community, goals, features, . a literary
community
Swales’ 6 points of
a discourse community. May focus on particular features.
introduction to
discourse communities
the discussion of
swales(lit )
Introduce larger
group
Subcommunity
state research
Question
My
methods
The goals,
terminology
present data: interviews from various members
including myself about how instagram is a community
discuss findings: swales defines a dc very
distinctly and the rsa does match all of them. she will list the 7 features and
use her interview answers as support
conclusion: instagram is a dc and why
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