Interest in the rural has increased in Sweden during the last decades and the rural has become increasingly present as an object of politics, not least in social media. While social media have been recognised for their significance for social movements generally, less is written about how to understand rural movements online. The aim of this article is to study how politics of the rural is perf...

This paper demonstrates the need for a uniform model of discourse variation analysis which is equipped to capture the complex nature of discourse variation and change whilst also ensuring generalizability. A review of the literature shows that the current heterogeneity in corpus construction, data quantification and theorizing of discourse variables impedes reliability and intersubjectivity. Su...

This paper uses the concept of discourse i.e. semiotic elements of social practices to define money. It explores a way in which money requires discourse in order to be money. Before proceeding to investigate money, however, the following methodological points need to be considered: 1. Why discourse? 2. What is and what is not discourse? 3. How does discourse work with money? This paper focuses ...

Decarbonising housing is a key UK government policy to mitigate climate change. Using discourse analysis, we assess how low carbon housing is portrayed within British broadsheet media. Three distinct storylines were identified. Dominating the discourse, Zero carbon housing promotes new-build, low carbon houses as offering high technology solutions to the climate problem. Retrofitting homes emph...

• Summary: For quite some time the evidence-based practice discourse in social work has been influential. While this may be viewed as a positive development, problems arise when some of the proponents of the discourse deride other approaches in social work as unscientific. In particular, it is of concern that those who embrace a psychodynamic perspective have been corralled into a ‘mentalist’ e...

Meta-language utterances, i.e. utterances about other utterances, are ubiquitous in every type of human discourse, from unconstrained multi-party conversations to task-oriented man-machine dialogues. Several examples of meta-language communication are analyzed, identifying the complexities that a cognitively plausible discourse model should address. Meta-language utterances are investigated in ...

This 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...

PURPOSE To understand risk-related practices of older adults returning home posthospitalization. RESEARCH DESIGN Qualitative methods informed by critical discourse theory, designed to uncover linkages between broader social practices and peoples' talk and stories, were used. METHODS Eight older adults, screened as high-risk from an inpatient cardiology unit, and six partners were interviewe...

this article examines women's discursive space of physical activity in order to answer an important question: why most women have problems with regular physical activity and cannot permanently benefit from a long-term regular exercise program. the analysis was performed with concepts discussed in the discourse theory of laclau and mouffe(1995). there are two main discourses in the women&ap...

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