2009 Frisch’s Discourse Community What is a discourse community? According to John Swales‚ a respected written communication analyst‚ a discourse community is described as a group of people that have the same goals or purposes‚ and use communication to achieve these goals. In addition‚ “A discourse operates within conventions defined by communities‚ be they academic disciplines or social groups” (Swales‚ 119). This is not be confused with a speech community‚ “a community sharing knowledge of rules
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ROLE OF COMMUNITY RADIO IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT By Saad Ullah Khan Research Scholar‚ Department of Mass Communication Aligarh Muslim University‚ Aligarh 202002‚U.P.‚ India Email: saadgeneration84@yahoo.co.in ABSTRACT: India became independent on 15 August 1947.Though‚ after Independence we achieved tremendous success in many fields but still much is needed to be done in order to become a developed nation. Statistics betrays that after Independence our growth rate has increased from 3% to 9 %
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"We fear rejection‚ want attention‚ crave affection‚ and dream of perfection‚" said Anonymous. The community in Lois Lowry’s The Giver wants to have perfection — a utopia — and they have achieved it. Their ideal society has citizens that never had the pain of war‚ never had to go hungry or homeless‚ and consequently‚ they never have experienced any emotions. Jonas has grown up in a community without memories of pain‚ poverty‚ and war. Growing up without these memories‚ the community’s citizens
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NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY ASSIGNMENT The purpose of this assignment is to have you examine your neighborhood and to consider how your community is similar or different than urban Black communities. This will be an opportunity for you to critically examine your neighborhood‚ and to examine the values of your community and see how they compare and contrast with other areas where people reside in New York City. This assignment will be completed in two phases. The first phase involves your investigation
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Community-Oriented Policing As of chief of police it is my job to fight crime while providing a safer and healthier environment for the community. It is my goal to serve and work with the community for the future of our children and the resting days of our elders. Like other agencies and communities across the nation we as well have challenges and problems. Our community faces numerous challenges and problems that with dedication‚ determination‚ persistence‚ and effort are combatable.
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Community Policing Kerry D. Turner Florence Darlington Technical College Community policing is‚ in essence‚ a collaboration between the police and the community that identifies and solves community problems. With the police no longer the sole guardians of law and order‚ all members of the community become active allies in the effort to enhance the safety and quality of neighborhoods. Community policing has far-reaching implications. The expanded outlook on crime control and prevention‚ the
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a discourse community‚ one must be credible‚ possess factual knowledge and draw on the values of its members to be accepted into the community. At the same time‚ a person must learn typical ways people in that community communicate and argue. When I entered the discourse community of my high school athletic department I acquired knowledge‚ established credibility‚ and drew on the values and emotions of other members of the community. Although‚ one might question my standing as a member of the athletic
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Improvinng The Community Imagine walking down the streets of Downtown Chicago‚ what do you see? the interesting sight sees‚ the amazing smells of all the foods‚ and the endless amount of activities you can do. Now‚ imagine walking the streets on the "Ghetto Side" of Chicago‚ what do you see now? the abandoned houses‚and apartments‚ the foul smells of air pollutions‚ and the thought of why would anyone live here?. Well‚ it’s my neighborhood‚ and as you can see‚ it desperately needs a BIG change
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Community Education This paper is the culmination of the literature‚ research‚ project design‚ and evaluation completed to define a community‚ the effectiveness of community education‚ and who is identified as a community educator. Within the context of these assignments‚ variations of community and persons identified as community educators were discovered; but the commonality of the research and the projects was the idea of “community betterment”. As quoted from the book‚ Linking Adults
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The definition of community has been debated by sociologists for generations. Bell and Newby 1971 described how the term community has 98 different definitions.( (The concept of‚ 2011). There are different factors that define what a community is. A community could be people living in the same area‚ people who have similar lives‚ people who share the same things or a group of people having the same race‚ religion‚ or other particular characteristic in common. Though today there is also a so called
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