Positioning Theory and Discourse Analysis: Some Tools for Social Interaction Analysis
This article outlines positioning theory as a discursive analysis of interaction, focusing on the topic of conflict. Moreover, said theory is applied to a new work environment for the social sciences: virtual spaces. The analysis is organized in the following way. First, the major key psychosocial i...
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| description | This article outlines positioning theory as a discursive analysis of interaction, focusing on the topic of conflict. Moreover, said theory is applied to a new work environment for the social sciences: virtual spaces. The analysis is organized in the following way. First, the major key psychosocial issues which define the topic of conflict are reviewed. Then, virtual environments are presented as a new work space for the social sciences. Thirdly, a synthesis of positioning theory and its FOUCAULTian legacy is conducted, while appreciating its particular appropriateness for analyzing conflictive interaction in virtual environments. An empiric case is then presented. This consists of an analysis of interactive sequences within a specific virtual environment: the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) Humanitats i Filologia Catalana studies forum. Through positioning theory, the production and effects that a conflictive interaction sequence has on the community in which it is produced are understood and explained.
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| spelling | doaj.art-36eab251c7b1497f8325b60391d8af132022-12-21T21:04:56ZdeuFQSForum: Qualitative Social Research1438-56272007-05-0182247Positioning Theory and Discourse Analysis: Some Tools for Social Interaction AnalysisFrancisco Tirado0Ana Gálvez1Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaUniversitat Oberta de CatalunyaThis article outlines positioning theory as a discursive analysis of interaction, focusing on the topic of conflict. Moreover, said theory is applied to a new work environment for the social sciences: virtual spaces. The analysis is organized in the following way. First, the major key psychosocial issues which define the topic of conflict are reviewed. Then, virtual environments are presented as a new work space for the social sciences. Thirdly, a synthesis of positioning theory and its FOUCAULTian legacy is conducted, while appreciating its particular appropriateness for analyzing conflictive interaction in virtual environments. An empiric case is then presented. This consists of an analysis of interactive sequences within a specific virtual environment: the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) Humanitats i Filologia Catalana studies forum. Through positioning theory, the production and effects that a conflictive interaction sequence has on the community in which it is produced are understood and explained. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0702317http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/248positioning theorysocializationconflictsocial interactionvirtual environments |
| spellingShingle | Francisco Tirado Ana Gálvez Positioning Theory and Discourse Analysis: Some Tools for Social Interaction Analysis Forum: Qualitative Social Research positioning theory socialization conflict social interaction virtual environments |
| title | Positioning Theory and Discourse Analysis: Some Tools for Social Interaction Analysis |
| title_full | Positioning Theory and Discourse Analysis: Some Tools for Social Interaction Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Positioning Theory and Discourse Analysis: Some Tools for Social Interaction Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Positioning Theory and Discourse Analysis: Some Tools for Social Interaction Analysis |
| title_short | Positioning Theory and Discourse Analysis: Some Tools for Social Interaction Analysis |
| title_sort | positioning theory and discourse analysis some tools for social interaction analysis |
| topic | positioning theory socialization conflict social interaction virtual environments |
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