Representing Reality: Discourse, Rhetoric and Social Construction

Jonathan Potter

ISBN 10: 0803984111 / ISBN 13: 9780803984110

Editore: Sage Publications Ltd, 1996

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• Titolo: Representing Reality: Discourse, Rhetoric and Social Construction
• Editore: Sage Publications Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0803984111
• ISBN 13: 9780803984110
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: Used; Very Good

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`This is an admirable book which can be recommended to students with confidence, and is likely also to become an indispensable source of reference for those researching fact construction' - Discourse & Society

How is reality manufactured? The idea of social construction has become a commonplace of much social research, yet precisely what is constructed, and how, and even what constructionism means, is often unclear or taken for granted. In this major work, Jonathan Potter offers a fascinating tour of the central themes raised by these questions.

Representing Reality overviews the different traditions in constructionist thought. Points are illustrated throughout with

Informazioni sull?autore

Jonathan Potter is Professor of Discourse Analysis and Dean of the School of Social, Political and Geographical Sciences at Loughborough University. He has studied topics such as scientific argumentation, current affairs television, riots, racism, relationship counselling and child protection helplines. His main focus recently has been on the study of helpline interaction, on interaction during family mealtimes, on the conceptualization of cognition in interaction research, and on issues of psychology and institutions. He a world authority on qualitative methods and has written on discourse analysis and discursive psychology, focus groups, the study of psychological issues. Recently has raised questions about the over-reliance of social scientists on open-ended qualitative interviews. He has taught workshops and short courses on analysis in 10 different countries.