Video Gaming Community A DISCOURSE COMMUNITY WITH CONTINUOUS GROWTH. Ramiro Jimenez English 330...
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Video Gaming Community A DISCOURSE COMMUNITY WITH CONTINUOUS GROWTH.
Ramiro Jimenez English 3308/14/2015
Community Goals
Mechanisms of Intercommunication
In game: Chat Rooms
Voice Call
Video Call
Off Game: Video Game Forums
Social Media
Communication Purposes
Strategies
Command team members
Keep in contact with their players
Share gaming experiences
Find the similarities between players.
Genre
LEXIS
N00b
RROD
SPAMMING
SPEEDRUN
TeaBag
ZOMG
PNED
Membership Diversity
Gamer
Beginner
Casual
Experienced
Expert
First bullet point here
Second bullet point here
Third bullet point here
References
Swales, John. “The Concept of Discourse Community.” Genre Analysis: English in Academic and Research Settings. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1990.
McCarthy, Lucille. “A Stranger in Strange Lands: A College Student Writing across the Curriculum.” Research in the Teaching of English. 21.3 (1987): 233-265. Jstor. Web. 29 May 2015.
Major League Gaming. Major League Gaming, Inc, n.d. Web.
The NPC Group/Retail Tracking Service. Venture Beat. Web.