Discourse in a Computer-Mediated Forum

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The discourse analysis approach to understanding human communication is used to examine the discourse that takes place in a computer-mediated forum. An overview of the forum is followed by a review of how discourse analysis works and how it can be applied to this research project. A description of the analytic technique is followed by a discussion of the findings and a summary of the research in the conclusion. Relevant appendices with original research findings and explanatory notes are also provided.

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"The amount of empirical work employing the discourse analysis approach has increased in recent years, as organizational researchers have embraced the methods established in other domains of study to explore organizations (Hardy, 2001). The discourse analysis approach to understanding human communication described by Wood and Kroger and others is used in this research project to examine the discourse that takes place in a computer-mediated forum."

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