The Social Construction of Emotions

Parrott, W. Gerrod

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-26680-6_14

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“…That is, we have focused on the value of emotion research for understanding positioning. However, pioneers in positioning research have also made significant contributions to emotion research and the development of a social constructivist understanding of emotions (Harré, 1986;Parrott, 2019). We highlight three ways in which positioning research can contribute to widening the scope of emotion research.…”

Section: Vision Iv: Developing New Approaches To Emotion Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Particularly relevant for the development of positioning theory, social psychologists have developed social constructionist perspectives through which emotions are conceptualized as enacted in and through social interaction (e.g., Averill, 1980;Christensen, 2019;Edwards, 1999;Harré, 1986;Parrott, 2019). However, also sociologists have used social constructionist perspectives to study "the social nature of emotions and ... the emotional nature of social reality" (Bericat, 2016, p. 495).…”

Section: Intra-and Interpersonal Perspectives On Emotion Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Positioning theory is closely related to the study of emotions in social interaction thanks to its roots in social and discursive psychology -both of which have been widely used in research on emotional phenomena (Parkinson & Manstead, 2015;Taylor, 2014;Wetherell, 2013;Wetherell & Potter, 1992). In fact, positioning theorists have explicitly discussed emotions, and their roles in social interaction, ever since the theory emerged during the 1980s (Christensen, 2019;Harré, 1986;Parrott, 2019). For example, they have argued that expressing emotions inevitably involves making normative claims about social reality because emotions are closely related to values Lönngren et al, 2021b).…”

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Positioning, Emotions, and Emotional Positioning

Lönngren,

Berge

2023

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This chapter introduces an emerging body of research exploring relationships between positioning and emotions. First, previous research is described and related to ways in which positioning has been related to emotions: (1) positioning processes can trigger emotions, (2) emotions can function as resources in positioning, (3) persons can be positioned as (un)emotional, (4) positioning theory provides a useful analytic lens for studying emotions, and (5) emotions can provide a useful analytic lens for studying positioning. Second, the concept of emotional positioning is introduced to focus researchers’ analytic attention on the various ways in which positioning is achieved in and through emotions and emotion discourse. Finally, four visions are outlined for future research on emotional positioning, focusing on (I) power issues, (II) multimodal data analysis, (III) integrating research and practice, and (IV) contributions to emotion research. The authors hope that a better understanding of key terms, previous research, and visions for the future research will inspire more positioning researchers and doctoral students to engage with this timely, exciting, and important area of research.

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Positioning, Emotions, and Emotional Positioning

Lönngren,

Berge

2023

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“…The sociology of emotions has come up with various concepts that allow the transition of analysis from the individual to collective level (e.g. Parrott 2019;Heaney 2019;Hochschild 1979;Nai 2021;Flam -King 2008;Salmelavon Scheve 2017). In the field of politics, these concepts have been used to examine the success of political mobilization by political parties and their leaders and to explain the political behavior of voters.…”

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Fear, Anger, Hope, and Pride: Negative and Positive Emotions in Electoral Behaviour

Saxonberg¹,

Frič²,

Gyárfášová³

2023

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Fear, Anger, Hope, and Pride: Negative and Positive Emotions in Electoral Behaviour. It is becoming increasingly clear that emotions play a crucial role in voting decisions. This is especially true when it comes to choosing populist parties. This article uses a unique dataset to analyse the interplay between emotions and support for various types of populist parties in Slovakia. It contributes to the discourse by testing the competing hypotheses on what kinds of emotions matter in a post-communist country with multiple types of populist parties. Our results show that although previous studies have tended to concentrate on emotions toward the political or economic situation, feelings toward political leaders actually have greater importance, at least in the Slovak, post-communist context. Our study also indicates that the types of emotions differ depending on whether the populist party has already been in power or not. Contrary to expectations, fear has played a more important role than anger and in general, emotions are more important for rightwing and leftwing populist parties than for nonpopulist or centrist populist parties.

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