Unit III Discourse Community and Research

Sam, Mike, and James are having a lively debate. They are discussing various forms of Discourse. However, James is a bit confused and needs your help. Can you tell him which of the following is not a Discourse?

• Purposeful back and forth communication

• Individual words and phrases

• Way of being in the world

• Any type of communication from talking to writing to music to images to multimedia

Which of the following is a discourse community?

• A community where critical discussion occurs about literary works

• A community where members communicate with each other using shared genres, conventions, and vocabularies

• A discourse community is a group of people who share a common goal or interest

• All of the above

Research article falls under..................

• Media discourse community

• business discourse community

• Academic discourse community

• Residential discourse community

David, Emma, and John are members of a discourse community. What is their primary goal in conducting research within this community?

• To investigate any sort of issues within their specific social group.

• To have a fun time with their fellow community members.

• To write an assignment within a given time.

• All of the above.

Which of the following statements is true about research?

• Is a systematic and organized process of inquiry, investigation, or exploration

• Involves a structured and methodical process of inquiry

• Starts with a specific question or problem

• All of the above

What is primary research

• Type of research that has already been compiled, gathered, organized and published by others.

• Summary, or synthesis of existing research

• Primary research is any type of research that you collect yourself

Examples of primary research are......

• Surveys, interviews, observations, and ethnographic research

• Newspapers, magazines

• Books, articles