Metaphorical constructions of hypertension among three ethnic groups in the Netherlands

Schuster, John; Beune, Erik; Stronks, Karien

doi:10.1080/13557858.2011.594996

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“…Thus the formal analysis of metaphorical language is a second method for integrating information about bodily operations and capacities into automated semantic text analysis methods. Ignatow (, , ) and several others (Schuster, Beune, & Stronks, ; Schmidt, ) have developed methods of metaphor analysis for use in social science research, but have thus far stopped short of developing highly automated methods that take advantage of currently available computing power, software and data. Today several research teams in computational linguistics and related fields are developing automated methods for automatically detecting metaphors in texts.…”

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confidence: 99%

Theoretical Foundations for Digital Text Analysis

Ignatow

2015

J Theory Soc Behav

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Much of social life now takes place online, and records of online social interactions are available for social science research in the form of massive digital text archives. But cultural social science has contributed little to the development of machineassisted text analysis methods. As a result few text analysis methods have been developed that link digital text data to theories about culture and discourse. This paper attempts to lay the groundwork for development of such methods by proposing metatheoretical and theoretical foundations suitable for machineassisted semantic text analysis. Metatheoretically I draw on the work of ElderVass (2012), Kaidesoja (2013) and others to argue that digital text analysis methods ought to be (and in practice implicitly are) based on a realist constructionist ontology that treats discourses as ontologically real emergent social entities that have causal relationships with non-discursive social and cognitive processes. Theoretically I follow Feldman (2006) and many others in arguing that language is fundamentally shaped by processes of embodied cognition. Researchers developing digital text analysis techniques must theoretically account for such processes if they wish to produce algorithms that can interpret texts in ways that supplement, and not only amplify, human interpretation. I critically survey contemporary text analysis methods that implicitly share these metatheoretical and theoretical positions and discuss some ways these can be further developed with newly available software.

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confidence: 99%

Theoretical Foundations for Digital Text Analysis

Ignatow

2015

J Theory Soc Behav

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“…Metaphors are highly parsimonious form-meaning pairings because they express meaning by enacting bodily and emotional operations. Ignatow (2003Ignatow ( , 2004Ignatow ( , 2007 and several other sociologists (Schmidt, 2012;Schuster, Beune, & Stronks, 2011) have developed sociologically oriented methods of metaphor analysis, but have thus far stopped short of developing highly automated methods that take advantage of currently available digital technologies and data. Today several research teams in computational linguistics and related fields are developing methods for automatically detecting metaphors in texts.…”

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Pierre Bourdieu: theorizing the digital

Ignatow

Robinson

2017

Information, Communication & Society

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is known for his research in the areas of education and cultural stratification that led to a number of theoretical contributions informing the social sciences. Bourdieu's interrelated concepts of field, capital, and habitus have become central in many approaches to inequality and stratification across the social sciences. In addition, we argue that Bourdieu's ideas also feature in what is increasingly known as 'digital sociology.' To underscore this claim, we explore the ways in which Bourdieu's ideas continue to have a major impact on social science research both on and with digital and Internetbased technologies. To do so, we offer a review of both Bourdieusian theorizing of the digital vis-à-vis both research on the social impacts of digital communication technologies and the application of digital technologies to social science research methods. We contend that three interconnected features of Bourdieu's sociology have allowed his approach to flourish in the digital age: (1) his theories' inseparability from the practice of empirical research; (2) his ontological stance combining realism and social constructionism; and (3) his familiarity with concepts developed in other disciplines and participation in interdisciplinary collaborative projects. We not only reason that these three factors go some way in accounting for Bourdieu's influence in many sociological subfields, but we also suggest that they have been especially successful in positioning Bourdieusian sociology to take advantage of opportunities associated with digital communication technologies.

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“…Therefore, a systematic study of metaphors can uncover perception, lead to understanding, and enhance therapeutic relationships. [1][2][3]22,[26][27][28][29][30][31] A deep level of understanding perception is especially important in health care sciences. Understanding perception may lead to improved education, patient compliance, and outcomes.…”

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“…Understanding perception may lead to improved education, patient compliance, and outcomes. 29 Increasing numbers of researchers and authors accept the premise that metaphor is pervasive in language and the human conceptual system is fundamentally metaphorical. As such, examinations of metaphors used in a variety of health care settings have offered new ways of more thoroughly understanding many aspects of nursing and health care.…”

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confidence: 99%

Metaphors of the Adult Asthma Experience in a Suburban Area

McClelland

Huttlinger

2012

Journal of Asthma & Allergy Educators

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Protudjer et al studied the "normalization" 14(p94) process of children with asthma using thematic coding. Similarly, Prout et al examined the "ordinariness" 13(p138) of children and families living with asthma from a qualitative approach. They used an adaptation model from a sociological analysis of chronic illness in their work.Clack, an advanced practice nurse, described the clinical decision-making process she used to assist a young boy and his mother in eradicating persistent symptoms of asthma. Her first step of "cue acquisition" 15(p24) described the importance of gathering information to "formulate an accurate picture of the child's situation." 15(p24) The second step Clack described in her clinical decision-making process was "hypothesis generation." 15(p25) Clack refers to Tanner's work suggesting that good clinical judgments require an "understanding of the illness experience for the child and the family." 15(p27) The additional stages of Clack's clinical decision-making model with asthma patients, "interpretation" 15(p25) and "evaluations," 15(p26) were useful in understanding the childhood experience of asthma.We suggest that findings from the aforementioned studies support the profound complexity of communication and language surrounding asthma. Although some things are known about perception, metaphors, and asthma, additional metaphorical studies are needed to understand the plethora of health care experiences including adult asthma patients, their families, and the nurses who care for them.

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Metaphorical constructions of hypertension among three ethnic groups in the Netherlands

Cited by 10 publications

References 31 publications

Theoretical Foundations for Digital Text Analysis

Theoretical Foundations for Digital Text Analysis

Pierre Bourdieu: theorizing the digital

Metaphors of the Adult Asthma Experience in a Suburban Area

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