Practicing Genre in Social Media

Practicing Genre in Social Media

Let’s Talk About Writing

Before You Begin

Before you begin this discussion, be sure to review the reading materials this Module on writing expectations in certain genres. Then, think about how you use genre conventions in your own life, when you write a text, make a Facebook post, or send out a tweet on Twitter.

Offer Your Initial Thoughts

For this discussion, you are required to write three sentences or passages for different genres. The sentences can be on any topic you choose, but you will be writing the same sentence in three different ways. Just make sure the content is appropriate to share with the class.

First, you should write it as a semi-formal sentence or passage that you might share with classmates and professors in a college class.

Second, you should share the same content as a text message written to someone you are very close to. If you would like to share a screenshot of a text that includes emojis, please feel free to do so.

Finally, share the same message as you would on social media. You can choose a Facebook post, a Tweet, or an Instagram post. Just be sure to specify which social media platform you chose and include the image if you have one.

Your initial post is due by Thursday at 11:59 PM EST. You will not be able to see posts written by your classmates until you create your initial post.

Connect With Classmates

In your peer responses, review the three passages and evaluate them based on genre conventions.

What differences do you see in the passages?

What kinds of content and style decisions did the student author make in the posts?

What did you learn about genre conventions from your analysis of these three passages?