Communication as Articulation

Slack, Jennifer Daryl

doi:10.4135/9781483329055.n24

Cited by 18 publications

(15 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…There's a lot of middle ground; and crucial political and cultural positions are not firmly anchored on one side or the other but are contested and up for grabs'' (Clifford, 2001, p. 477). Following Slack (2006), who advocates ''thinking with articulation,'' we have interrogated the power of ideological themes, the ideological work that various articulations and rearticulations perform, and the realities that particular linkages attempt to constitute. Notably, much of the milblog discourse that we examined engaged in the task of repairing dominant ideologies of sexuality, religion, and nation that WBC protests unsettle.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Making Sense of ‘God Hates Fags’ and ‘Thank God for 9/11’: A Thematic Analysis of Milbloggers' Responses to Reverend Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church

Brouwer¹,

Hess²

2007

Western Journal of Communication

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Since June 2005, the Reverend Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) have conducted protests at funerals of U.S. military personnel killed in the War on Terror. Investigating a webring of military blogs, we conduct an analysis of vernacular responses to the WBC's protests. Articulation theory informs our analysis as we characterize the ideological work performed in vernacular responses to the protests. Bloggers' responses demonstrate that the WBC exposes ideological tensions involving freedom of speech and religious expression, enactments of citizenship, injustice in the justice system, and disciplined military bodies out of control.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Making Sense of ‘God Hates Fags’ and ‘Thank God for 9/11’: A Thematic Analysis of Milbloggers' Responses to Reverend Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church

Brouwer¹,

Hess²

2007

Western Journal of Communication

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Articulation is a communicative act that connects two elements to establish a socially meaningful unity. Critical cultural theorists defined articulation as a suture (Hall, ), a temporary unity (DeLuca, ), a moment of closure (Slack, ), or contingent joining of parts (Slack, ). What these definitions have in common is contingency and historical particularity.…”

Section: Articulation and Hegemonic Discoursementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Articulation is simultaneously a theory, politics, and a method of inquiry (Slack, ). As a theory, it is “a way of characterizing social formation without falling into the trap of reductionism and essentialism” (Slack, , p. 112).…”

Section: Articulation and Hegemonic Discoursementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In other words, articulation theory allows claims to be made about identities, practices, and institutions while resisting the claims to assume monopoly and permanency. As politics, articulation empowers or disempowers certain ways of imagining and acting (Hall, ; Slack, ). That is, articulations are not simply ways of representing the social world, but they guide the ways we respond to the social world.…”

Section: Articulation and Hegemonic Discoursementioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Nuclear Power for Good: Articulations in Japan's Nuclear Power Hegemony

Kinefuchi

2015

Communication, Culture & Critique

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The Fukushima nuclear meltdown in March 2011 led the majority of the Japanese to support a phase-out of nuclear power. Yet, nuclear energy has become so interwoven with the social, economic, and political fabric of the Japanese society that its termination requires considerable structural and ideological changes to the society and the culture of Japan. This article examines 4 articulations that helped to shape Japan's pronuclear discourse and maintain its hegemonic status. I discuss the ways in which a variety of discursive practices were deployed to articulate nuclear power as virtuous, absolutely safe, necessary, and environmentally friendly.Despite being the only country in the world to experience the horror of nuclear bombs, Japan eagerly built nuclear power plants to secure energy independence, becoming the third largest owner of nuclear power plants in the world after the United States and France. Before the meltdown of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant in March 2011, Japan's nuclear energy provided about 30% of Japan's electricity consumption, and its share was expected to grow to 50% by 2030 (World Nuclear Association, 2010).But the Fukushima disaster put this plan on hold. Following the disaster, all 50 nuclear reactors went offline for the first time since 1970. Since the disaster, there have been ongoing protests and demonstrations all over Japan against continuation of nuclear energy. A number of public surveys showed results reflecting this antinuclear sentiment. In the public comments elicited by the government in summer 2012 with regard to the country's dependence on nuclear power for electricity, 87% of those who responded (89,124) chose the "zero nuclear" scenario out of three options: 30%, 15%, and 0% ("Pabu come," 2012, August 27). Similarly, in a telephone opinion poll about

show abstract

“…It is interesting to note that the highest dose (500 kGy) reduces the YI, showing that the chromophores are eventually destroyed by γ-radiation. An important practical consideration here is that γ-irradiation of wool causes yellowing of the fibre that is difficult to remove even at the relatively low dosage of up to 50 kGy, which is the recommended level for sterilisation of imported greasy wool by Australian quarantine regulations [16]. Although the effect of 50 kGy γ-irradiation on fibre strength is quite small (as shown in Figure 1), the effect on colour is clearly significant, is difficult to rectify by hydrogen peroxide bleaching and would therefore have a negative impact on the subsequent sale value of the wool.…”

Section: Colour Changes On Irradiationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comparison of the effects of gamma and ultraviolet radiation on wool keratin

Millington

2000

Coloration Technology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The effects of γ‐radiation (60Co) on some chemical and physical properties of wool keratin are compared and contrasted with the effects of ultraviolet radiation in the UVC (200–280 nm) region. The effect of UVC doses up to 25 J/cm2 (equivalent to 20 min exposure to a bank of high intensity lowpressure mercury arcs) on fabric strength is small (≤5%), whereas γ‐irradiated wool experiences strength reductions of ≥15% at doses over 100 kGy. Colour changes following UVC and γ‐irradiation are quite different: UVC wool is initially green changing to yellow under ambient conditions, γ‐treated wool becomes pink‐red at doses 25–250 kGy, and yellow at higher doses. The chromophores produced by UVC are easily removed by oxidative bleaching with hydrogen peroxide, whereas γ‐treated wool remains yellow even at relatively low doses (25–50 kGy). This has implications for the use of γ‐radiation as a means of sterilising wool for compliance with quarantine regulations. The effects of the two forms of radiation on the natural fluorescence of wool, permanent setting, printing properties and the epicuticle layer are also described.

show abstract

Communication as Articulation

Cited by 18 publications

References 0 publications

Making Sense of ‘God Hates Fags’ and ‘Thank God for 9/11’: A Thematic Analysis of Milbloggers' Responses to Reverend Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church

Making Sense of ‘God Hates Fags’ and ‘Thank God for 9/11’: A Thematic Analysis of Milbloggers' Responses to Reverend Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church

Nuclear Power for Good: Articulations in Japan's Nuclear Power Hegemony

Comparison of the effects of gamma and ultraviolet radiation on wool keratin

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About