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- Carlsson, Tommy, et al.
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Communication of support and critique in Swedish virtual community threads about prenatal diagnoses of fetal anomalies
- 2016
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Ingår i: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1471-2393 .- 1471-2393. ; 16
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: A prenatal diagnosis of a fetal anomaly involves acute grief and psychological distress. The Internet has the potential to provide virtual support following the diagnosis. The overall aim was to explore communication of support and critique in Swedish virtual community threads about prenatal diagnoses of fetal anomalies.Methods: Systematic searches in Google resulted in 117 eligible threads. Fifteen of these were purposefully selected and subjected to deductive content analysis.Results:The virtual support involved mainly emotional support (meaning units n = 1,992/3,688, 54 %) and was described as comforting and empowering. Posters with experience of a prenatal diagnosis appreciated the virtual support, including the opportunity to gain insight into other cases and to write about one’s own experience. Critique of the decision to continue or terminate the pregnancy occurred, primarily against termination of pregnancy. However, it was met with defense.Conclusions: Peer support, mainly emotional, is provided and highly appreciated in threads about prenatal diagnoses of a fetal anomaly. Critique of the decision to terminate the pregnancy occurs in virtual community threads about prenatal diagnoses, but the norm is to not question the decision. Future studies need to investigate if virtual peer support promotes psychosocial function following a prenatal diagnosis and what medium would be most suitable for these types of supportive structures.
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Från social kategorisering till diskriminering : Fyra studier av språk och diskriminering och ett modellförslag
- 2015
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Språkbruk ligger till grund för många av de föreställningar och tolkningar som vi dagligen gör av oss själva och andra. Kategoriseringar ingår därmed som byggstenar i de kunskapsdiskurser som styr hur vi agerar med och mot varandra, t.ex. när någon blir diskriminerad. Både social kategorisering och diskrimninering är tätt förknippade med vårt sökande efter identitet, åt oss själva eller andra, med tillhörande värderingar. Sambandet mellan social kategorisering och språkbruk är därmed på flera olika sätt nära sammankopplat och värt en nämrare granskning.Alla bidrag i den här antologin har ambitionen att närma sig en sådan granskning, och de syftar till att visa på vilket sätt språk är en oundgänglig faktor i den sociala analysen av diskriminering. De medverkande författarna har gjort sina undersökningar utifrån olika material, olika analysmetoder och delvis olika teorier.
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- Hansson-Nylund, Helena, 1978-
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Hållbar dialog? : Retorik i möten om svensk kärnavfallshantering
- 2016
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Rhetorical choices and strategies are central to democratic decision-making, especially regarding decisions on matters that are open for argumentation depending on perspective. The thesis considers public meetings on Swedish nuclear waste management as an example of rhetorical argumentation, specifically in relation to the project of finding a place for final deposition of the high-level spent nuclear fuel – with local geological investigation as a critical part of that project. Project managers have met with other organizations such as protest groups, associations of experts and authorities on several occasions, mainly through local and national hearings. The thesis is guided by a research question regarding the most salient challenges to a resilient rhetorical dialogue for nuclear waste management. The concept of rhetorical dialogue is applied in two ways. Firstly to explain the lack of dialogue that is experienced by participants despite arrangements to reach consensus-oriented dialogue in the Habermasian sense. Secondly in a discussion of rhetorical relations that might explain ambiguity in participants’ interpretations of each other. Three meetings are compared: two local meetings at sites of geological investigation (Kynnefjäll 1979 and Kolsjön 1985) and one national meeting held in Stockholm in 2008. Research materials have been collected from the archives of participating organizations and from interviews with participants. Analyses of these materials are combined with a rhetorical analysis of meeting recordings, with a specific focus on question-reply argumentation. One main conclusion is that the principal rhetorical challenges concern the roles of participants in relation to the rhetorical situation, the establishment of rhetorical genre in the format of hearings, and inclusion of relevant perspectives in the early project phase.
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- Johansson, Annelie, 1981-
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Lärares bedömningsspråk : Språkhandlingar, bedömning och språklig utformning i grundskolans skriftliga omdömen
- 2018
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This thesis studies elementary school teachers’ language use in written assessments of students, and problematises the relation between teachers’ experiences of written assessment and the institutional and social expectations of professional language use.The study is based on three types of material: questionnaires answered by 39 teachers, interviews with 3 school principals and approximately 2,200 assessments of students, written according to three different templates. The assessments are analysed using methods derived from stylistics and textanalysis. The analyses of the texts focuses on speech acts, the content of the assessment and linguistic choices. The teachers’ testimonials in the questionnaires and the principals’ perspectives provide contextual information necessary for the understanding of the various forms of language used in the assessments.The theories applied are critical discourse analysis (Fairclough, e.g., 1992), Roberts & Sarangi’s model of language usage in professional practices (1999,2003), Bernstein’s theory of discourses in pedagogical practices (1990, 1996) and Gerrevall’s (2008) theory of assessment practices.The results indicate that the teachers’ language use positions them on a scale from formal to informal, and reflect different conditions for writing assessments. The templates for assessments, the statements of teachers and principals illustrate a wide range of institutional, collegial and personal language use. Teachers use six macro speech acts in their assessments: they inform, evaluate, summarise, guide, express feelings and attitudes, and seek dialogue. The content of the assessments focuses on the students’ achievements, processes, personal qualities and behaviour, but also on psychosocial evaluation, which promotes self-esteem and enhances selfregulation ability. In the assessments, teachers often reproduce parts of previously used texts, switch between formal, institutional, and bureaucratic language and context-bound, informal, and dialogical language use. The results show four typical roles that a teacher can assume: the reporter, the processor, the educator, and the coach. Teachers embrace these roles, and switch between them when navigating between institutional and social expectations of form, function and focus of the assessments, which can partly be explained by the influence of New Public Management on teachers’ documentation practices.
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- Karlsson, Anna-Malin, 1969-, et al.
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Gränsöverskridande meningsskapande : Om relevansen hos begrepp som text och sakprosa för förståelsen av hälsokommunikation
- 2018
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Ingår i: Sakprosa. - Oslo : Institutt for lingvistiske og nordiske studier, Universitetet i Oslo. - 1502-6000 .- 1891-5108. ; 10:1, s. 1-31
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- I artikeln problematiseras etablerade gränsdragningar och dikotomier inom text- och interaktionsforskning, med särskilt fokus på begreppet sakprosa. Kommunikationsprocesser om hjärtfel används för att visa på skärningspunkterna mellan medieringsformer, roller och kunskapsdomäner. Det empiriska materialet utgörs av konsultationssamtal mellan gravida och läkare, onlineforum på nätet och bloggar skrivna av föräldrar till barn med medfödda hjärtfel. De tre fallen jämförs med avseende på medieringsresurser, kunskapspositionering och framställningsformer. Resultaten visar att konsultationssamtalen är monologiska och textliknande medan skrift, särskilt i forumen, används på otraditionella och dialogiska sätt. I forum och bloggar bygger deltagare expertis utifrån personlig erfarenhet. I samtalen framstår läkarens framställningsformer som starkt styrande. Läkarna har dock inte alltid den största auktoriteten. Expertroller förhandlas i varje situation, och gränserna för fackkunskap är oskarp. Kunskap dock genomgående ett viktigt kapital, och olika typer av kunskap tillskrivs olika värde i de olika kontexterna. En utmaning för modern fackkommunikationsforskning är att bättre förstå dynamiken och nätverken som är involverade när saklig kunskap görs relevant i verkliga livssituationer.
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- Karlsson, Anna-Malin, 1969-, et al.
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Hälsolitteracitet och kunskapsbyggande i informationssamhället
- 2018
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Ingår i: Resultatdialog 2018. - Stockholm : Vetenskapsrådet. - 9789173073745 ; , s. 57-59
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Vårdinstitutioner har inte längre monopol på att förmedla medicinsk kunskap. Patienter söker själva information och delar egna erfarenheter – inte mist på Internet. I fall där kunskapsbehovet är akut och komplext kan en kombination av olika kunskapskällor vara det som krävs för att fylla individens behov. Vi har studerat hur föräldrar till barn med medfött hjärtfel tar till sig information.
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- Landqvist, Mats, 1960-
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A professional–cultural approach to discrimination – constructions of police discrimination in two European countries
- 2015
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Ingår i: Journal of Multicultural Discourses. - : Routledge. - 1744-7143 .- 1747-6615. ; 10:3, s. 313-331
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- From a critical analytical framework, this article analyses survey responses conveying Swedish and German police officers' understanding of discriminatory behaviour in the workplace. The article relates discursive constructions of discrimination made in respondents' accounts of potential factors behind discrimination, and in positioning oneself. Taking into account previous studies on constructions of discrimination, this study develops and proposes some key strategies of explication of the cultural meanings assigned to forms of discrimination as well as justification of or resistance to discriminatory behaviour in professional contexts. Resistance to discrimination is displayed through (1) exposition of reasons behind discrimination, (2) display of a critical self-image and (3) strategic choice of mode of report. Differences to be found between Swedish and German respondents are attention to detail, to underlying factors in discrimination and to typical communicative practices regarding discriminatory behaviour. Sexism is acknowledged as a violation to a comparatively high degree, whereas racism is reported much less.
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- Landqvist, Mats, 1960-
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Semiotic spaces in antidiscriminatory political discourse : Naming practices as indexes
- 2019
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Ingår i: Language in society (London. Print). - : Cambridge University Press. - 0047-4045 .- 1469-8013. ; 48:5, s. 721-743
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article explores the semiotic spaces occupied by organizations working against discrimination in Sweden. Expressions of identity, norm critique, and political goals are studied in relation to word production and language policy and planning. The study departs from interviews with representatives from three organizations within the hbtqi, antiracist, and disability movements. Other resources connected to them have also been analyzed, such as glossaries. Theoretically, this study draws on Yuri Lotman's concept of semiospheres, allowing the analysis to weigh in the whole semiotic process, including meaning production, policy work, and concrete word production. This approach completes an analysis of indexical orders. The results show that (a) organizations are aware of the importance of linguistic choices, (b) when new concepts and words are spread to the public, tension can arise and sometimes objections, and (c) word meanings change when used in public discourse. (Language policy and planning, semiosphere, indexical order, hbtqi, antiracism, disability, discrimination).
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- Landqvist, Mats, 1960-
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Sense and sensibility - Online forums as epistemic arenas
- 2016
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Ingår i: Discourse, Context & Media. - : Elsevier. - 2211-6958 .- 2211-6966. ; 13:Part B, s. 98-105
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- From a discourse analytic framework, this article analyses an online forum in which users give each other support in relation to a medical problem. The article relates sequences of dialogue between active users in this health forum from the perspective of digital literacy, informational support giving and rapport building. Taking into account previous studies on communication via medical forums, support giving and identity construction, this study develops and proposes some key strategies of explication of how knowledge plays a key role and is assigned to establishing contact as well as adapting themselves to other users of the forum. The role of epistemic parts in the forums is displayed through (1) encouraging further interaction, (2) bonding, and (3) attracting eligible dialogue partners. Skilful users are shown to share knowledge with each other in an informal, yet specific and substantial way. Posters are authored in flexible ways through a balance between knowledge input and emotional support giving. Knowledge is thus framed by the effects of the entanglement of epistemic and affective stances - not only by information exchanges.
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- Landqvist, Mats, et al.
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Språk, social kategorisering och diskriminering
- 2015
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Ingår i: Från social kategorisering till diskriminering. - Huddinge : Södertörns högskola. - 9789187843266 ; , s. 5-12
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Landqvist, Mats, 1960-
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Språkpolitiska inslag i kampen mot diskriminering
- 2018
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Ingår i: Språk och stil. - : Uppsala University. - 1101-1165 .- 2002-4010. ; NF 28, s. 176-202
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article takes an interest in words and expressions evolving as part of the fight against discrimination, derogatory attitudes and oppression. A point of departure is that linguistic changes relating to increased diversity sometimes become the object of public criticism, which in turn may produce challenges to writers and journalists, as well as to language-planning activities. The aim is to investigate new naming practices within a framework of political justice agendas of people facing discrimination, and to relate this type of language development to the work of languageplanning institutions. This study is mainly based on interviews with representatives of three Swedish organizations whose members are engaged in activism or education: the disability movement, the LGBTQ movement, and an antiracist organization. It is also based on text examples from Mediearkivet and Korp (Språkbanken) relating public discourse. Analytical results indicate that different ideological standpoints (such as tolerance policies or norm critique) generate different types of naming practices and word meanings that often exist in parallel. Suggested language-planning activities to enable viable recommendations could involve an update of ideological points of view and the identification of meaning variation regarding potentially useful expressions.
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Språk och identitet : Rapport från ASLA:s symposium, Södertörns högskola 8–9 maj 2014
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Proceedings (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Språk och identitet var temat för ASLA:s symposium som hölls på Södertörns högskola under två dagar i maj 2014. Under symposiet kunde vi ta del av ett fyrtiotal bidrag av föreläsare som rapporterade från forskning inom ett stort antal områden. I flertalet bidrag låg fokus på språkets roll för identitetsskapande processer i arbetsliv, utbildning eller medier. Sammantaget visade bidragen att det språkvetenskapliga fältet erbjuder en rad olika metoder för att analysera språkets roll i konstruktionen och förhandlingen av identitet.I flera bidrag kopplas identitet till flerspråkighet och lärande, medan andra rör identitet och flerspråkighet i arbetslivet, till exempel de nya krav på litteracitet som förändrade organisationsformer för med sig.Tretton av symposiebidragen presenteras i den här volymen. De flesta undersökningarna är gjorda på svenskt språkområde, men till symposiet kom glädjande nog även föredragshållare från en rad andra länder.
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- Westberg, Gustav, 1984-
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Legitimerade föräldraskap 1870–2010 : En diskurshistorisk undersökning
- 2016
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The aim of this thesis is to historize discourses of parenthood by analyzing how they are negotiated and legitimized in Swedish non-literary and wide spread texts published in the 1870s, 1940s and 2010s. The analyzed corpus consists of the following: family and women’s movement magazines from the 1870s; a public counseling brochure and weekly magazines from the 1940s; blog texts; online health counseling; parent magazines; and public welfare information from the 2010s. The study moreover aims to make an inventory of which visual and lexico-grammatical resources realize legitimating strategies in the texts.Theoretically, the thesis draws on constructivist and feminist discourse theories and social semiotics. There is an emphasis on subject positions and power relations. The thesis investigates which parental subject positions are legitimized in the corpus, what power relations they reproduce, and furthermore how different positions are transformed as discontinuities of each other and over time.The results are presented in four analytical chapters. In the first of these, findings derived from the legitimation analysis of the 1870s are presented. The following two chapters present the results derived from the analysis of the 1940s and 2010s. The fourth research chapter presents an inventory of semiotic resources with the potential to realize legitimating strategies.One crucial discourse-historical result regards how the position of the mother as primary caretaker predominates in the research data. However, the position is mainly legitimized during the 1870s and transformed into legitimacy during the 1940s and 2010s. The analysis furthermore captures how the same position is legitimized during the 1870s with reference to a discourse concerning a divine order of things. Although this divine discourse is muted during the 1940s and 2010s, it continues to imprint the representations. Moreover, the analysis captures how discourses of legitimate parenthood constitute discourses of manhood, Swedishness, expert knowledge, responsiveness to children, consumption and risk management throughout the investigated periods, yet in discontinuous ways.The overall conclusion drawn is that legitimized discourses from one historical setting can constitute silent foundations for representations in later historical contexts. By unraveling history from past to present, the thesis shows how it is possible to identify presupposed lineages of today’s ideas and discourses, and thereby to deconstruct hegemonic truths and the power relations they reproduce.
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