Finance Report

Part 2: Scholars and their publications In this section of the report, answer the following questions:

1. Based on your research on topics of interest, identify scholars that research those topics. List 3-4 of the scholars and very briefly describe their general research areas.

2. Choose one scholar to focus on. Write a list of 3-4 major publications and presentations created by the scholar. The publications might appear in scholarly or professional (trade) journals and conference proceedings.

a) What are some of the differences between publications? How are the audiences for each publication different from each other?

b. To what extent has the scholar’s research interest changed over time?

c. Looking at the reference pages in the articles, or/and the citation link in Google Scholar, briefly describe who is in “conversation” with this scholar (who is citing the scholar and who the scholar is citing)?

d. Briefly discuss how the scholar is engaging in scholarly conversation with other scholars. For this question you will have to select several sources the scholar cites in one article and see what they have written and how what they have written connects to the writing of your main scholar. You are looking for connections between scholars’ research interests by mapping how scholars cite each other in their writing.

Part 3: Rhetorical analysis: academic and public writing In this last section of the report, choose a scholar from the list above, a topic the scholar researchers, and a scholarly article or conference proceeding the scholar has published. Read the scholarly article and answer the following questions, giving specific examples:

1. Who is the audience for the article? How do you know?

2. What language is used to explain theories, methods and findings?

Formal, informal? How is the article organized? What does the language and the organization of the article tell you about the discourse community the audience belongs to?

3. What seem to be some of the discourse conventions the author adheres to in the article?

4. How does the author establish credibility?

Now, choose an article in a popular magazine or newspaper that discusses the same or similar topic as the scholar. Answer the following questions, giving specific examples:

1. Who is the audience for the article? How do you know?

2. What language is used to explain theories, methods and findings? Formal, informal? How is the article organized? What does the language and the organization of the article tell you about the discourse community the audience belongs to?

3. What seem to be some of the discourse conventions the author adheres to in the article?

4. How does the author establish credibility? Finally, briefly compare the two audiences, based on the way the article is written, organized, distributed, and presented. How would the audience gain access to each article? What is the purpose of each publication platform? How are the audiences similar? Different?