Analyzing my Genre

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In this post I analyze the genre I chose, which are economic blogs

Examples:

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Social Context : 

• Where? The genre is typically set in economic news sites , such as online magazines or online newspapers or on independent sites for blogs.

• What? the subject of the genre that I chose and that is displayed within the five examples are related to China's economy and the development of the AIIB, and it's effects on the current global economic balance.  

• Who? People related to the field of  economics or business or wanting to learn and be given up to  date  information on current economic news read this genre. 

• When? Why? What purpose ?  The genre is used at all times and offers brief but in depth information that a person can read (usually) without being too overwhelmed by the content.

Rhetorical Pattern of the Genre:

• Type of Content?  It usually contains a  factual report , and an opinion on the current economic trends and news , and an opinionated predication of how a certain economic action will turn out in the future and it's impacts

• Rhetorical appeals used often? The rhetorical appeal used often in economic blogs are logos and ethos .  logos because they display evidence and figures from factual  sources and experienced knowledge of the topic, and ethos because usually the person writing the blog is a credible figure in the economic sphere such as the writer being David Dollar in  example three    
• How are the texts organized? The texts usually start with a general statement or opinion about the topic and then breaks it self down into sections to explain it's viewpoints and offer evidence and then ends in a resulted prediction or conclusion of the impacts of the topic. such as is displayed in example five.

• Do sentences have a certain style? There isn't really a standard sentence style for economic blogs.  The sentences are pretty straightforward and the paragraphs are full of hyperlinks for added resources. which is displayed in example one 

• Word choice? The words used are pretty heavy with difficult economic jargon  the overall effect gives the blog a professional and trusted tone such as  example three again.

Social Context of Genre:

• Who does the genre include/exclude? The genre of the text includes  people who  have an interest and maybe even be involved with economic becasue of the terms used. The genre may exclude people who aren't as involved in the field as is seen  again in example one. 

• What roles for writers and readers does the genre encouraged? The genre encourages the reader to have a bit of prior knowledge of the topic and basic economics so they don't get confused while reading and the it encourages the writer to take on a professional and almost professor like tone in relaying the information and facts.

• What beliefs/values are assumed from users of genre? the beliefs and values assumed from the users of the genre, is that they value the opinion of trusted economic researchers and people related to the industry , so much so that they will consider their opinions and predictions about certain topics.

• What content is most valuable / least valuable? In economic blogs the facts and the ending prediction or estimated result of the writer's suggestion is the the most valuable part of the content. the least valuable would be .....well it's all pretty valuable since the facts include everything that's in the blog.

Reflection: 

 From reading Lia and Allison's posts I learned that  both of them are doing text centered genres as well . and although Lia's is more informal Allison's , similar to mine doesn't have many visuals or eye catching variables to draw in readers. It made wonder if I should change my genre to something else , but then I thought " well i'm too far now."  so I'll just change some of the mechanics of the genre i'm writing . unlike the examples posted, save for the Washington Post one, mine will be shorter , extremely casual with visuals , only because it's directed towards a different audience and they , similar to me, would get bored.