The turn to discourse in social psychology.

Kroger, Rolf O.; Wood, Linda A.

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“…As argued above, it is not surprising that Milgram did not develop the implications of such observations himself given that he was working prior to what some authors have termed ‘the turn to language’ in the social sciences (see, e.g., Kroger & Wood, 1998). However, given the developments in qualitative methodologies which have occurred since Milgram's work was published (e.g., Madill & Gough, 2008; Rennie, Watson, & Monteiro, 2002), it is perhaps more notable that the continued recognition of the significance of Milgram's research has yet to stimulate secondary qualitative analysis of his data.…”

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Milgram's obedience experiments: A rhetorical analysis

Gibson

2011

British J Social Psychol

119

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The present paper outlines a perspective on Milgram's obedience experiments informed by rhetorical psychology. This perspective is demonstrated through a qualitative analysis of audio recordings and transcripts from two of Milgram's experimental conditions: ‘voice‐feedback’ and ‘women as subjects’. Analysis draws attention to the way in which participants could draw the experimenter into a process of negotiation over the continuation of the experimental session, something which could lead to quite radical departures from the standardized experimental procedure, and points to the ineffectiveness of Milgram's fourth prod (You have no other choice, you must go on). These observations are discussed in terms of their implications for theory and research on dis/obedience, with a specific focus on the concepts of choice and agency and the nature and meaning of dis/obedience.

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Section: Rhetorical Psychologymentioning

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Milgram's obedience experiments: A rhetorical analysis

Gibson

2011

British J Social Psychol

119

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“…Este vínculo entre el trabajo de Goffman, el Interaccionismo Simbólico y la Escuela de Palo Alto para la comprensión de la comunicación humana en el contexto de la interacción social, ha sido señalado por Rizo (2004) como la mayor contribución a la dimensión comunicológica de la interacción. Por otro lado, la concepción del estigma como un fenómeno construido socialmente a través del proceso de comunicación y en el contexto de la interacción social, vincula su comprensión desde las ciencias sociales a una de las premisas principales de la psicología social discursiva: el planteamiento de que los fenómenos que interesan a la investigación psicosocial están constituidos en y a través del discurso (Kroger & Wood, 1998;Sampson, 1993).…”

Section: Estigma Social: Propuesta De Goffmanunclassified

Microsociología del estigma: aportes de Erving Goffman a la conceptualización psicosociológica del estigma social

Miric¹,

Álvaro

González

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psi.saber.soc

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RESUMEN: Pese a su presencia temprana en las sociedades humanas, el estudio del estigma desde las ciencias sociales se inicia a mediados del siglo XX, constituyendo la definición de Erving Goffman del estigma como un atributo profundamente desacreditador dentro de una interacción social particular, una de las primeras aproximaciones al estudio sistemático y formal de este concepto. A diferencia de muchos autores contemporaneos, Goffman identifica oportunamente los rasgos propios del estigma social que permiten su clara delimitación con respecto a otros fenómenos vinculados a sus manifestaciones, siendo el reconocimiento de su singularidad conceptual el primer paso hacia el análisis y la compresión de sus complejas manifestaciones en diferentes contextos socio-culturales. La microsociología de Goffman y, de manera particular, su concepto de marcos, como esquemas generales que organizan la experiencia humana, ofrece un enfoque teórico fértil y, a la vez, poco explorado, para el análisis de este fenómeno y los mecanismos implicados tanto en su construcción social como en su impacto en los diferentes ámbitos de la interacción humana. Así, los marcos construidos, entre otros procesos, a partir de las narrativas y otras formas de comunicación popular, facilitan el reconocimiento y la codificación de objetos, situaciones, experiencias y secuencias de acciones desde el sistema de valores asumido por la comunidad, modificándose y ajustándose de manera continua a través del proceso de interacción social.Palabras claves: estigma; discriminación; microsociología; marcos; Goffman.ABSTRACT: Despite its early presence in human societies, stigma was not addressed by social sciences until mid-twentieth century, with Erving Goffman’s definition of stigma as a profoundly discrediting attribute within a specific social interaction being one of the first attempts to produce a systematic and formal study of this phenomenon. Unlike many contemporary authors, Goffman accurately identifies features of social stigma that allow for its clear delimitation from other social phenomena related to its manifestations, understanding the acknowledgment of stigma’s conceptual singularity as a first step required for analysis and comprehension of its complex manifestations in different socio-cultural contexts. Goffman’s microsociology and, particularly, his concept of frames as schemata of interpretation that organize human experience, provide a fertile and, at the same time, relatively unexplored, theoretical ground for the analysis of social stigma, and the mechanisms involved both in its social construction and its impact in different areas of human interaction. From that perspective, frames constructed, among other social processes, through narratives and other forms of popular communication, facilitate the recognition and coding of objects, situations, experiences and sequences of actions based on the value system assumed by specific communities, being continually modified and adjusted through social interaction.Keywords: stigma; discrimination; microsociology; frames; Goffman.

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“…Exactly why this state of affairs might have arisen is difficult to pin down, but one likely contributing factor is social psychology's pursuit of universal laws of human social behaviour and cognition, something which meant that military conflict was, by definition, only ever likely to be regarded as a specific manifestation or outcome of more general underlying processes. This approach to social psychology has been subject to various critiques over the years, with the last 25 years in particular seeing the development of perspectives influenced by what has been termed the 'turn to language' or 'turn to discourse' in the wider social sciences (Kroger & Wood, 1998). Much of this work has been conducted under the rubric of 'critical social psychology' (see e.g.…”

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confidence: 99%

Social Psychology, War and Peace: Towards a Critical Discursive Peace Psychology

Gibson

2011

Social & Personality Psych

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In this paper, I make two related arguments: that peace psychology and social psychological peace research should give greater attention to discourse, and that critical discursive approaches in social psychology should explore matters of international military conflict, an area which has hitherto been somewhat neglected in this tradition of work. These arguments are developed in relation to debates concerning the nature and status of psychological ‘science’, and the neglect of language in social and peace psychology. To illustrate the possibilities of a critical discursive approach, research on the discursive function of ‘peace’ is discussed. In conclusion, it is suggested that a critical discursive perspective enables analysts to interrogate a range of assumptions underpinning militaristic ideologies.

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The turn to discourse in social psychology.

Cited by 34 publications

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Milgram's obedience experiments: A rhetorical analysis

Milgram's obedience experiments: A rhetorical analysis

Microsociología del estigma: aportes de Erving Goffman a la conceptualización psicosociológica del estigma social

Social Psychology, War and Peace: Towards a Critical Discursive Peace Psychology

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