Dj Forums

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Technical Analysis of Forums
RE: DJ Forums
Overview
The genre I chose to do for my report is an analysis on DJ fan forum sites in comparison to the manufacturers FAQ sites. In this document I will be discussing where information is produced between manufacturer sites of DJ equipment and fan forums on miscellaneous sites. There is a big difference between the two because the manufacturer sites depend more upon paper plans and product analysis rather than being hobbyists of the musical instruments and having more hands on experience.

Creators of the technical sites and forums
The authors of the fan forum sites are the fans themselves. On these forum sites, different people who use the DJ equipment trade questions and answers about technical problems they have while using the equipment. These sites are not limited to just questions and answers, it is also a platform for discussion about different pieces of music equipment. There is usually not just one single person that responds to all of the questions. At times the fans may get as many as 10 different people telling them ways to fix or improve problems they may be having. These forum sites, however, are not limited to just technical problems, they tend to offer advice on how to keep your equipment running smooth, or even teach you how to make modifications to them to make them perform better. Some of the information that you find on the fan forum sites maybe not be available on the manufacturer sites.
All of the fans within the particular DJ forum are responsible for asking and answering each others questions, and it is up to the user asking to questions to decide which response they will use to answer the questions they may have. So in these forums the authors are highly visible in the sense that the forum is like a conversation board, and even though the reader may not personally know the ones who respond to him, they still converse and communicate back and forth. The head W...