{"id":82,"date":"2017-02-10T17:53:35","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T17:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/olemiss-writ250\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=82"},"modified":"2018-02-09T15:36:12","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T15:36:12","slug":"introduction-to-module","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/olemiss-writ250\/chapter\/introduction-to-module\/","title":{"raw":"Why It Matters: Discourse Communities and Academic Conversations","rendered":"Why It Matters: Discourse Communities and Academic Conversations"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Why Do I Have to Write Research Papers?<\/h2>\r\nA lot of times, instructors and students tend to separate \u201cthinking,\u201d \u201cresearching,\u201d and \u201cwriting\u201d into different categories, believing that they aren\u2019t necessarily very well connected. \u00a0First you think, then you research, and then you write.\r\n\r\nThe reality is, though, that the possibilities and process of research writing are more complicated and much richer than that. \u00a0We think about what it is we want to research and write about, but, at the same time, we learn what to think based on our research and our writing. \u00a0The goal of this textbook is to guide you through this process of research writing by emphasizing a series of exercises that touch on different\u2014yet related\u2014parts of the research process.\r\n\r\nAcademic research is a conversation; as you continue reading this textbook you'll learn how researchers in different fields communicate and make new knowledge, and you'll also practice working with real, academic journal articles.","rendered":"<h2>Why Do I Have to Write Research Papers?<\/h2>\n<p>A lot of times, instructors and students tend to separate \u201cthinking,\u201d \u201cresearching,\u201d and \u201cwriting\u201d into different categories, believing that they aren\u2019t necessarily very well connected. \u00a0First you think, then you research, and then you write.<\/p>\n<p>The reality is, though, that the possibilities and process of research writing are more complicated and much richer than that. \u00a0We think about what it is we want to research and write about, but, at the same time, we learn what to think based on our research and our writing. \u00a0The goal of this textbook is to guide you through this process of research writing by emphasizing a series of exercises that touch on different\u2014yet related\u2014parts of the research process.<\/p>\n<p>Academic research is a conversation; as you continue reading this textbook you&#8217;ll learn how researchers in different fields communicate and make new knowledge, and you&#8217;ll also practice working with real, academic journal articles.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-82\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>The Process of Research Writing . <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Steven D. 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