Good evening everyone!
I hope you all are having a productive Sunday so far (and hopefully no procrastinating...). I'd say it's been a pretty good day so far. When I know I have a lot of school work to do I usually put it off by cleaning. It sounds pretty weird but I always clean when I know I should be doing school work but hey, at least my apartment gets clean and my roomies are happy with me!
On to the blog. Sooooo the discourse community that I have chose (drumroll please...) is... the marketing club I am apart of! (and the crowd goes wild!!!) Okay, I know. Not very exciting. But it's something that I want to do and could be of interest to some of your business students.
The discourse community that I want to research is the members of AMA (American Marketing Association). I chose to do my ethnography on this community because it is a community that I have recently joined. I know, I know, as a third year I should have joined this club years ago but somehow I never knew it existed?? Well at least I do now!
I've been a member for a few weeks and I'm really enjoying it so far. I forced one of my marketing friends to join with me so it's always nice to join something with someone. I've met a bunch of marketing students and I have already learned so much. Each week, a different marketer from a different company comes in and shares their experiences with us and gives advice. I really enjoy hearing about what these marketers do, and it makes me so excited for the future.
Although I am not terribly familiar with the communicative practices of the leaders and members of this club, it is something I would love to learn more about. How marketing students interact, what vocabulary is relevant to them, etc.
A cost of affiliation to be apart of this group obviously is the time spent doing something else. Meeting weekly, for 1 1/2 hours, there are things members could be doing differently with their time whether it be schoolwork, hanging out with friends, or as I would probably be doing...eating something yummy. (lol sorry I just really love food.)
The values members of the marketing club all have in common is that they are very intrigued by the field of marketing and enjoy it. For the purpose of this assignment, I will be interviewing one of the leaders of the club and asking them about their experience in AMA and how it is like to be at a leader position within this discourse community.
This blog was actually really good because it made me really start thinking of this assignment tbh. Hope you all have a great rest of your Sunday and I will see you all tomorrow! :)
Hey girl!
ReplyDeleteI find it so funny you clean when you know you have to get school work done because SO DO I! hahah that is so funny. I thought I was the only one who did that. I do it because when everything is clean and tidy so is my head. Gives me a clean space to study and makes my head clear lol. Anyway as for the paper, I think that is a great idea! Although I am not a business or marketing major, I think it would be super interesting to learn about it. I am glad you got your wheels spinning in the direction you wanted to go for this paper. I would be happy to proof read it.
See you in class,
Allison Starr
Hey Karishma, I enjoyed your blog because it actually made me consider joining the Marketing Club. I'm also a Marketing Major (IMC). The thing is, I am in my senior year now, and feel like I have have run out of time. I thought about it my freshman year, but kept putting it off. It seems like an interesting community to write about, considering the variety of marketers.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to hearing what you have to say about the group. Hopefully I'll be able to peer review your paper. Anyway, enjoy the rest of your Sunday! See you in class.
- Anthony Rodriguez
It's a good idea to study a discourse community with which you are personally involved. I am not a part of any academic clubs, so I would be interested in hearing about the specific practices of this community. Sounds like an interesting topic. Enjoyed your blog.
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