Microanalysis Of Online Data: The methodological development of “digital CA”

Giles, David; Stommel, Wyke; Paulus, Trena M.; Lester, Jessica Nina; Reed, Darren

doi:10.1016/j.dcm.2014.12.002

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“…This approach was chosen as it provides an analytic focus on the turn-by-turn detail of interaction and of the management of psychological business (such as mental or emotional states and suicidality). In the case of online discussion forums, we examined both how forum posts are constructed and how they were responded to (i.e., the post is always understood within a social context, rather than as a linguistic statement), and in this sense, it is similar to the use of conversation analysis to analyze online interaction (Giles et al, 2015). What is distinctive about discursive psychology is that it pays particular attention to the psychological "business" that is at stake in the interaction.…”

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Stepping Back From Crisis Points

2016

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Suicide is a global health concern, though little is known about the social practices that might support those who are contemplating suicide. Online forums provide a unique insight into the anonymous discussion of suicide, including sociocultural norms about suicide and the delicate management of online interaction. In this article, we examine the provision and acknowledgment of support in an online discussion forum about suicide, using discursive psychology to analyze the textual interaction. The analysis illustrates how forum threads function as case studies and enable members to gain support on numerous occasions. In this way, members can gain help at crisis points as and when these occur, while still maintaining authenticity as a valid forum member. The analysis also provides additional evidence for models of suicide which highlight the fluid nature of suicidality and contributes to the preventative work on suicide by demonstrating how support can be provided at crisis points.

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Section: Analytical Proceduresmentioning

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“…With close linkages to ethnomethodology, conversation analysis has been used widely to study everyday and institutional talk. It has also begun to be more broadly used in the study of online talk, as well as other digital domains (Giles, Stommel, Paulus, Lester, & Reed, 2015). Thus, in our study, our focus was shaped by many of the central principles of conversation analysis.…”

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Graduate Students’ Construction of Researcher Identities Explored Through Discourse Analysis

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Lester

2016

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While many research methods courses challenge students to make sense of their own researcher identities as they relate to research paradigms and perspectives, there is a lack of research that examines how students actually go about constructing theses identities, particularly at the level of discourse. In this study, we attended to graduate students’ talk in an introductory research methods course, taking note of how students used particular discursive resources to construct a research identity in online classroom discussions. We analyzed 93 discussion posts students were asked to make in response to a discussion board prompt after completing assigned readings related to research paradigms and researcher identity. We identified two discursive patterns through our analysis: 1) minimizing knowledge, and 2) justifying paradigmatic orientations. Our findings highlight how being asked to talk about one’s research identity is a potentially fragile task, as evidenced by disclaimers of ‘knowing’, and one that evokes justifications and connections to students’ everyday lives. We highlight implications for the teaching of research methodology, particularly qualitative methods courses.

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“…One potential reason why there have been relatively few articles which have used CA to analyse online interaction is the potential challenge in adapting a method which has been used predominantly for spoken interaction and applying it to a type of communication which is not only written, but can often use images and videos as well. Giles, Stommel, Paulus, Lester, and Reed (2015) have noted there are a number of challenges in simply transferring CA findings and ideas wholesale to online interaction. They highlight issues such as the non‐linear development of much online interaction, the ways in which the software might impact upon the interaction, and the potential challenges of analysing such massively multi‐party and multi‐recipient interactions.…”

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Conversation analysis, cyberpsychology and online interaction

Meredith

2020

Social & Personality Psych

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In this paper, I explore how conversation analysis (CA) can be used as a method for analysing online interaction. As the number and quantity of online communication platforms have proliferated, there has been a growing interest in social psychology about the impact and effectiveness of online, text-based communication. A number of theories have been used and developed to explain how online communication might impact upon relationships and effective communication. However, this paper argues that in order to explore the differences between online and offline interaction an analysis of online behaviour is needed. CA allows for an in-depth, sequential and discursive analysis of real-life online interactions. It can explore the ways in which the affordances of the interactional platforms are oriented to or made relevant in the interaction. The utility of CA is demonstrated through a number of examples, highlighting how this method can be used to broaden our understanding of how online communication works in practise.

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Microanalysis Of Online Data: The methodological development of “digital CA”

Cited by 182 publications

References 28 publications

Stepping Back From Crisis Points

Stepping Back From Crisis Points

Graduate Students’ Construction of Researcher Identities Explored Through Discourse Analysis

Conversation analysis, cyberpsychology and online interaction

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