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Re-reading discourse and social psychology: transforming social psychology
journal contribution
posted on 2014-07-04, 11:56 authored by Jonathan PotterThis paper considers one theme in the contemporary legacy of Potter and Wetherell's (1987) Discourse and Social Psychology. It overviews the context that led to that book and considers a series of critical responses from both experimental and critical/qualitative social psychologists. It refutes criticisms and corrects confusions. Focusing on contemporary discursive psychology, it highlights (a) its rigorous use of records of actual behaviour; (b) its systematic focus on normative practices. In methodological terms, it (a) highlights limitations in the use of open-ended interviews; (b) considers the way naturalistic materials provide access to participants’ own orientations and displays; (c) builds a distinctive logic of sampling and generalization. In theoretical terms, it (a) highlights the way discourse work can identify foundational psychological matters; (b) offers a novel approach to emotion and embodiment; (c) starts to build a matrix of dimensions which are central to the constructing and recognizing of different kinds of social actions. It now offers a fully formed alternative social psychology which coordinates theory and method and a growing body of empirical work.
History
School
- Social Sciences
Department
- Communication, Media, Social and Policy Studies
Published in
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGYVolume
51Issue
3Pages
436 - 455 (20)Citation
POTTER, J., 2012. Re-reading discourse and social psychology: transforming social psychology. British Journal of Social Psychology, 51 (3), pp. 436 - 455.Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell © The British Psychological SocietyVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2012Notes
This article was published in the journal, British Journal of Social Psychology [© The British Psychological Society] and the definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8309.2011.02085.xISSN
0144-6665Publisher version
Language
- en