COMM 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Free Writing, Moodle, Business Communication

• School: Concordia University
• Department: Commerce
• Course: COMM 212
• Professor: Diana Yazidjian

Document Summary

Chapter 2 getting started: planning and writing business messages. Introduction: key concepts, the writing process, collaborative writing, critiquing. Writing in context: 4 key concepts before writing any kind of message. Contextual factors: elements of a writing task, su(cid:272)h as the situatio(cid:374), o(cid:396)ga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374)"s procedures, and readers, that i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e the (cid:449)(cid:396)ite(cid:396)"s choices at every step. Genres: the agreed-upon forms of writing that develop in response to recurrent situations and that allow users to act purposefully in a particular activity. Discourse communities: a group of communicators who share a goal or interest in adopting a way of participating in a public discussion, including the use of particular genres and terminology. A forum or means for participation and intercommunication between members. Exigence (issue, problem): reason for speaking urgently on a topic/issue. Audience: those with interest in reacting to exigence. Constraints: limitations on what can be said and factors shaping content & nature of message.