GENRE ANALYSIS

Blogs are important to those in the field of political science because they allow those who are serious about the field to communicate their viewpoints more than scholarly articles do. Blogs, like scholarly articles, still tend to demand a higher quality of writing-- or at least greater length and depth than social media genres.

* This Example is from the Winter 2020 assignment which asked students to examine 3 characteristics. Please see the American Politics Blogs Part 2 to see how I've modified this post to fit the Fall 2020 version of the assignment*