Blogger.com,
Blackboard,
Facebook,
Hotmail,
Online banking,
and "The Horse"
are the main Discourse Communities online that I am involved in. I find that these communities are beneficial in that they keep me informed with what is happening with my friends, family, and in some ways the world. Blackboard allows me to communicate with people that I would not normally talk with in class or get information from teachers and other students with out going to class rooms to get the information. Blackboard allows me to further my education in any area with Internet.
There are draw backs to Internet Discourse Communities, Facebook can be distracting. Facebook, with its many games and quizzes, pulls my attention away from practice, homework, or job work.
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I think you should write about how distracting Facebook is. You can weigh out the pros and cons and argue which side out weighs the other(just a suggestion). You may find that it is distracting to people but worth having.
ReplyDeleteI like Marissa's suggestion about Facebook. I think focusing on some of the distractions might help you to analyze what the discourse community values - self-reflection, performing your identity, interactivity.
ReplyDeleteYou could also choose to a focus on one of the smaller discourse communities. For example, what's the horse?
Jen