Genre Analysis
The structure of the first genre I have chosen is a list and supporting comments. The first genre I picked was the constitution and by laws of the mock trial competition. This genre is what people should look at after they have decided that they want to join a mock trial team. It gives all of the specifics for each team member and officer, ect. It is definitely something that would confuse the people who didn’t know anything about mock trials. And the second genre I decided to look at was Instagram. This Instagram account had only a few posts on it but it was definitely helpful to look at. I think by looking at the page it allowed me to see that really the only thing they do have that helps with the understanding of what a mock trial team is, is their post on the UM Forum. This is good for us students who go to the University of Mississippi, but for those who are thinking of coming here and don’t know about the forum may look to Instagram first. Which then could lead to them not wanting to eventually join because they were turned off due to either the lack of information on the Instagram page or the lack of posts and excitement.
The constitution is used to make sure that there is a list of set rules for those on the team and those who are helping with the team to follow. And if anyone gets confused you can always look back to the constitution and end up with the same result every time. These are also to make sure that if someone is ever confused about anything they will be able to find the answer and it will always be the same answer every time an answer is needed. The University Mock Trial Instagram’s use is probably more for the younger people who are thinking about joining the community but only know of one way to look for the information. The Instagram is a great way to reach out to the greater population because it is a more widespread media that anybody would be able to see.
The constitution has more of a formal tone to it. It reads very professional and educational, whereas the instagram posts have more of an approachable relaxed text. This just shows these two genres read exactly how they are supposed to. I would recommend anyone to go to the forum first and then go look at the instagram page and then if they really do want to continue to read more about it they should go to the constitution and by laws. That process will help the reader slowly understand more about the mock trial and what being involved really entails.
With the instagram page there isn’t really a cited source that anyone could go and look at to make sure everything said there was correct information. And since it just posts mainly about what competition the team was at recently and what they got at that competition, there doesn’t really need to be another source. The constitution doesn’t have a cited source either but the things on the constitution have been voted upon and supported by all of the people involved in the mock trial teams.