224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Nexus Analysis presents an exciting theory by two of the leading names in discourse analysis and provides a practical guide to its application.
The authors argue that discourse analysis can itself be a form of social action. If the discourse analyst is part of the nexus of practice under study, then the analysis can itself transform that nexus of practice.
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1. Discourse Analysis and Social Action 2. Cycles of Discourse 3. From the Essay to Email: New Media Technology and Social Change 4. Engaging the Nexus of Practice: Oil, the Cold War, and Social Change in Alaska in the 1980's 5. Navigating the Nexus of Practice: Mapping the Circumferences and Timescales of Human Action 6. Navigating the Nexus of Practice: Discourse Analysis and Institutional Power 7. Changing the Nexus of Practice: Technology, Social Change, and Activist Discourse Analysis References Appendix: A Fieldguide for Nexus Analysis
Biography
Ron Scollon is Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University, USA. Suzie Wong Scollon is Network Coordinator, Associated Sociocultural Research Projects, Georgetown University, USA.
'In this intellectually exciting yet accessible book, Ron Scollon and Suzie Wong Scollon provide the reader with not only a working example of a new theory in action, but also a personal and engaging snapshot of a key moment in the history of communication technology, as Internet technology transformed Alaskan life.' - Folia Linguistica
