The Interpenetration of Communicative Contexts: Examples from Medical Encounters

‘Lucky this is anonymous.’ Ethnographies of reception in men’s magazines: a ‘textual culture’ approach

“…Cicourel 1992, Sunderland 1996, Scollon 2000, Wodak 1999, Sunderland et al 2002 aim to recreate the rich ethnographic context in which the speech event or text is embedded by tracing the discourse through a variety of relevant contexts or instantiations, both diachronic and synchronic (what Cicourel has usefully described as 'the interpenetration of communicative contexts' (1992)) and also by invoking the post hoc interpretation of participants.…”

Misunderstandings, communicative expectations and resources in illness narratives: Insights from beyond interview transcripts

“…This broader view of the relevant analytical context is what rampton et al (2004) referred to as 'opening linguistics up' to incorporate ethnographic features of context not accessible within interactional data, a point also argued by Cicourel (1992). The value of accounting for ethnographic features of context is particularly evident when interactants do not appear to be performing as they 'ought to' within the particular discursive framework set up for the research interviews taking place and the meaning of what the person's talk represents is then seen to be open to question.…”

Transmisión del diagnóstico en psiquiatría y adscripción de identidades: perspectivas de los profesionales

“…(d) La transmisión de información médica ha sido analizada por la línea de estudios que examinan los aspectos comunicativos de la relación médico-paciente [23][24][25][26] . Estos trabajos hacen foco en la forma en que los profesionales comunican información técnica en la interacción con los pacientes, y el grado en que estos comprenden esta información, variable según el estrato social o la familiaridad con categorías médicas (la "capacidad médica", en palabras de Bolstanski 23 ).…”