The first paper – You Better Think Before You Spit – talks about the project S.P.I.T and how this discourse community works. The writer talks about the marketing strategies and how social media brands the business with promotions and information. One strong point I find is where he talks about the different social media apps which brand/promotes the project.
The second paper – The Puerto Rican Student Association A Community Practice Profile – talks about a student association of students from Puerto Rico or Puerto Rican descent who currently attend the University of Central Florida. They have various social media accounts to create awareness of the association and share all their experiences with the world. From Whatsapp to Instagram, PRSA has access to all platforms to promote their community. Explaining the way they run the association, how they promote and share their experiences on different social media platforms is one strong point of the essay.
The two papers are organized professionally in their own style. One is about poetry discourse communities while the other one talks about a student association to create diversity.
PRSA sources – Dirk, Kerry. “Navigating Genres.” Writing Spaces: Readings on Writings, vol, 1, 2010, pp. 249-262.
John, Ann M. “Discourse Communities and Communities of Practice: Membership, Conflict, and Diversity.” Text, Role, and Context: Developing Academic Literacies. 1997, pp. 498-510.
Puerto Rican Student Association. “Constitution of Puerto Rican Student Association.” PRSA at UCF, 25 Oct. 2017.
Swales, John. “The Concept of Discourse Community.” Genre Analysis: English in Academic and Research Settings. Boston, Cambridge: UP, 1990, pp. 466-473.
You Better Think Before You Spit Sources – Dirk, Kerry. “Navigating Genres.” Writing Spaces: Readings on Writings, vol, 1, 2010, pp. 249-262.
John, Ann M. “Discourse Communities and Communities of Practice: Membership, Conflict, and Diversity.” Text, Role, and Context: Developing Academic Literacies. 1997, pp. 498-510.
Glatch, Sean. Personal interview. 29 Mar 2019.