Doing Discourse Analysis: Methods for Studying Action in Talk and Text

Wood, Linda A.; Kroger, Rolf O.

doi:10.4135/9781452233291

Cited by 687 publications

(98 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Given that ''the focus of discourse analysis is language use, rather than language users, the size of the sample of discourse (rather than the number of people to be analyzed)'' is the unit of analysis (Wood & Kroger, 2000, p. 80). A rich data set enables the researcher to flesh out discursive patterns in the text as well as see exceptions, contradictions, and complexities (Potter & Wetherell, 1987;Wood & Kroger, 2000). We began recruiting in January 2011 and stopped in April 2012 after we had collected a full and complex data set that allowed the identification of a range of discursive patterns with sufficient instances of talk to explore each of these in detail (Wood & Kroger, 2000).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A rich data set enables the researcher to flesh out discursive patterns in the text as well as see exceptions, contradictions, and complexities (Potter & Wetherell, 1987;Wood & Kroger, 2000). We began recruiting in January 2011 and stopped in April 2012 after we had collected a full and complex data set that allowed the identification of a range of discursive patterns with sufficient instances of talk to explore each of these in detail (Wood & Kroger, 2000). All 15 women who responded to the flyers were interviewed and no additional women were recruited.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In other words, the ''data'' are not individuals or their characteristics, as there is no assumption that certain ''kinds of people'' will map on to certain ways of understanding. Instead, the data of interest from a poststructural perspective is the talk itself (Potter & Wetherell, 1987;Wood & Kroger, 2000).…”

Section: Explainsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Discourse analysis is an analytic method that is consistent with a feminist poststructural perspective (Gavey, 1989(Gavey, , 2011. It focuses on what people do with their talk and the rhetorical strategies people use to make and counter claims (Potter & Wetherell, 1987;Wetherell, 1998;Wood & Kroger, 2000). In particular, we explored the various ways in which participants accounted for their resistance to faking orgasm.…”

Section: Explainsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Given that feminist poststructuralism highlights how meaning can never be devoid from context and that interpretations are always contextualized and provisional, the positivist concepts of reliability and validity are regarded as inadequate and inappropriate indicators of research quality and rigor. Poststructural scholars attend to a different set of warranting criteria that include orderliness, demonstration, orientation, and coherence (for a fuller discussion, see Wood & Kroger, 2000). In short, we aimed to produce an analysis that clearly documents the steps we took, to provide sufficient evidence to support the claims we made, to demonstrate that our claims are consistent with participants' meanings, and to show how the data fit together at both broad and fine levels of talk (including the explorations of exceptions in the data).…”

Section: Explainsmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 4 more Smart Citations

“I’m Not Gonna Fake It”

Lafrance

Stelzl

Bullock

2017

Psychology of Women Quarterly

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Women faking orgasm has been identified as a common and widespread practice, particularly in the context of heterosexual sex. While feigning pleasure has been the subject of extensive scholarly inquiry, almost no research attention has been applied to women's experiences of resisting this normative practice. We adopted a discourse analytic approach to explore the question: If faking orgasm is often compulsory, how do women resist this practice and what does it mean when they do? Participants were 15 undergraduate students who ranged in age from 19 to 28. We identified the mobilization of several discursive patterns in their accounts. First, participants mobilized a ''future pleasures'' discourse to highlight the importance of resisting faking orgasm in order to increase their chances of experiencing genuine pleasure. Second, they positioned sexual satisfaction as an ''equal right'' to which they were entitled. In some instances, this was discussed in terms of reciprocity, in which pleasure is given and received. In others, it was positioned as a feminist issue of gender and power. Third, participants highlighted the importance of deflecting blame for absent orgasm in order to avoid hurting one's partner. Fourth, participants described the role of pain as either a factor that prevented them from faking pleasure or that motivated them to fake orgasm in order to end painful sex. We conclude that an equal rights discourse, framed as a feminist issue, holds the most promise as a means of discursive resistance. At the same time, we highlight the significant risks for women of both faking orgasm and not faking orgasm and the delicate discursive work required when an expected orgasm is not experienced. We suggest that efforts to support women's sexual health and equality are enhanced by better understanding the emancipatory potential of various discursive constructions as well as their limitations and risks. The merits and challenges of each pattern of accounting are discussed in the context of broader scholarship in the area of discursive resistance.

show abstract

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Explainsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Explainsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Explainsmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 3 more Smart Citations

“I’m Not Gonna Fake It”

Lafrance

Stelzl

Bullock

2017

Psychology of Women Quarterly

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

The rhetoric of experimental social psychology, 1930-1960: From caution to enthusiasm

MacMartin

Winston

2000

J. Hist. Behav. Sci.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Discourse Analysis/Methods

Ainsworth

2017

The International Encyclopedia of Organizational Communication

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Studying discourse means more than examining language use. It entails studying the use of language (and other nonlinguistic systems of meaning) as a form of social practice, and a way of reflecting and shaping society. Not surprisingly then, discourse analysis is of interest to researchers in varied academic fields such as education, health, law, sociology, gender studies, psychology, public policy, political science, management, organization studies, and, of course, organizational communication.

show abstract

Doing Discourse Analysis: Methods for Studying Action in Talk and Text

Cited by 687 publications

References 0 publications

“I’m Not Gonna Fake It”

“I’m Not Gonna Fake It”

The rhetoric of experimental social psychology, 1930-1960: From caution to enthusiasm

Discourse Analysis/Methods

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About