Community Ethnography Fortnite

Additionally, academic literature related to discourse community ethnography will be utilized to expand our understanding of a discourse community. Literature Review The term ethnography means a comprehensive study of a human community. A person on specific people who are subject of the survey generally conducts this kind of research. Additionally, the researcher has to understand their language and their participation in everyday life, on the other hand, observing a certain degree of physical disconnection. An ethnographer can complete the study by forming a relationship with specific members among the group and uses them to acquire information( Rampton, Ben, Janet Maybin, and Celia Roberts p. Lastly, a set threshold which every member has to attain is relevant in discourse expertise and content.

For a community to be considered a discourse community it must meet the criteria as mentioned above of definition. It is vital to note that, in Johns definition, the word lexis was used to mean belonging to a specific group. While a genre, is a term that is which depends on someone’s interpretations, but in a discourse community is used to mean communication vehicle for achieving the intended aims( Rampton, Ben, Janet Maybin, and Celia Roberts p. Both names not commonly used in communication, but it is good to define for better comprehension of a discourse community. However, different ways of collecting differ in their efficiency. Online interviews with the members, observations, as well as research on the network were all used while analyzing the Fortnite gaming community.

I had an online conversation with the members during the time active. Questions were posited to the members to respond and direct interactions with the members on their social network group. This observation of their social network group enabled further analysis of data. Mechanism Communication plays a vital role among the members of the group. Communication forms in this group include through as they play, verbal communication and live interactions. External kinds of communications consists of exchanges facebook, Twitter and emails. According to swale’s the mechanisms of participation differ from one group to another one. The tools methods include conversations, newsletter, correspondence, telecommunication and meeting — the mechanisms used by this community a distinguished aim and purpose (Swales, John p. When a person wants to play the game, they are expected to read and understand the guidelines given by the company( Swales, John p.

Using the chats, they are supposed to choose members to play with them. Then from there, they are expected to start playing with their friends. One important thing I observed each member of the gaming community knows what they are supposed to do before they start playing. They observe the required ethics while communicating with fellow members and friends. With experience, a member can become an expert in playing and manipulating the roles presented to them. Conclusion Fulfillment of Swale’s Six Characteristics The critical feature of the discourse community is that a group must have shared aims or purpose. The Fortnite group has shared goals among the members of the group. Fortnite present different ways, which can be used within some gaming community.