Epistemology
Which paradigm says "Knowledge is always influenced by power"?
Fairclough:Critical discourse perspective
What is the main difference between Conversation Analysis + Discourse Analysis?
CA focuses on micro-interactional structures (turn-taking, repair, sequence organization) from recorded talk; DA/CDA examine broader social context, power, and intertextual connections in texts and talk.
If a study investigated how nurses treat a patient's physical gestures as a turn in interaction indicating compliance versus a explicitly saying yes. Which method would be appropriate?
Conversation analysis
Which paradigm treats reality as "historically contingent" emphasizing genealogy + power relations?
Foucauldian/genealogical paradigm
Name three strategies to promote rigor
(1) Reflexivity
(2) Provide evidence supporting claims
(3) Methodological alignment
What approach would enable investigation of how educational materials targeted at parents construct the discourse of parental responsibility surrounding childhood vaccinations?
CDA: Analyze how public health authorities use language to construct "good, responsible parent" vs "irresponsible parent"
Contrast the ontology + epistemology of Conversation Analysis with a Derridean approach.
O: interpretivist/constructivist; reality ongoing, produced in interaction. E: participant-driven knowledge grounded in social action.
D - O: relativist. E: language prevents absolute truth; interrogates binary oppositions.
What is involved in examining connections to other discourses?
Examine the origins shaping the text (e.g., sources of evidence, publisher)
What framework would be used to examine how the public health texts frame compliant parents as "rational/protective" + hesitant parents as "irrational/risky"?
DA focuses on how institutional language use binary oppositions to exercise power, maintain social control, and establish what is seen as "truth."