Social Media Genre Analysis

Please submit your genre analysis and a written description of what you propose to create for the multimodal composition.

Genre analysis:

1. Look at the examples of your chosen genre and consider the following questions.

My chosen genre is social media post.

• Who is the intended audience of each example and what is the audience likely to know? Want to know? Why?
• How much time will this audience want to spend with the information presented in the genres?
• Where/how will the audience encounter this genre? What is the purpose of the information presented in your examples? (e.g. inform, persuade, entertain)

Purpose: Inform

• How does each example help to establish the information’s credibility? Is it effective?
• What types of evidence are used to support the claims of the information in the genres? Is it appropriate? Why or why not?
• How is the information shaped by the genre? Consider the limitations/freedoms of space, time, layout, audience, and so on.
• How does the structure facilitate the purpose of the information in the genre(s)?
• How formal/informal is the language? What other language features do you notice?

1. In a short paragraph describe why you have chosen this genre to communicate your message.

Multimodal composition

• Summarize the message that you would like to convey to your audience
• Describe your composition
• Discuss how you plan to create the composition, any tools you will use and any problems you may have to anticipate