The common public goal for Greenpeace is quite obvious. They are on a mission to expose environmental issues globally, as well as promote solutions to these problems. The problems they are working on include saving the arctic, protecting forest, fighting global warming, protecting oceans, living toxic-free, promoting sustainable food, and defending democracy. Greenpeace hopes to promote these solutions in order to create a more peaceful/safe environment/planet.
2.) "A discourse community has mechanisms of intercommunication among it's members.
One of the community's mechanisms of intercommunication includes Green Wire. On this website they share upcoming events, emails, and members to communicate with in the organization.The discourse community of Greenpeace also attend meetings, rallies, and marches.
3.)"A discourse community uses it's participatory mechanisms primarily to provide information/feedback."
The discourse community of Greenpeace has multiple blogs. In the blogs, they have topics on news/media, events, groups, and members. In order to view the member's blog, you must first become one. Then you are able to share your thoughts/information with other member's of the community.
4.) "A discourse community utilizes and hence possesses one or more genres in the communicative furtherance of it's aims."
Aside from their meetings, blogs, marches, and rallies, the community also shares it's information via twitter, face book, youtube, instagram, and emails.
5.) "In addition to owning genres, a discourse community has acquired a specific lexis."
On their website they refer to different items as "green." For example, "green internet". Not many people would understand this if they were outside of the Greenpeace community. However, green internet involves environmentally safer, and less energized technology to reduce environmental impact. They also include a section on the website that is titled "movement news". Almost self explanatory, but this section includes news that involves Greenpeace. Movement news makes you feel a certain type of way, whether it's positive or negative, it effects your feelings. Another lexis that they have is "front line." This stands for the people of the Greenpeace community that publicly fight for their goals.
6.) "A discourse community has a threshold of members with a suitable degree of relevant content and discourse expertise.
In the discourse community, Greenpeace has a wide range of members. They include members, interneships, volunteers, the front line, board members, and issue experts. Their issue experts include 17 members both male and female. Together, they possess a wide range of back rounds that include science, law, politics, and advocacy.
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