The sequential and moral (dis)order of public disputes: how speakers resist, partition and do being reasonable in talk-in-interaction

Joyce, Jack B.

doi:10.26174/thesis.lboro.11637315.v1

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“…The remainder feature cases where the challenge gets reversed by the target (cf. Joyce, 2019). These are disputes in the sense that people cohere with the (1) disputed topic, and (2) the course of a challenge according with Heritage and Sorjonen's (1994) description.…”

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Resistance in public disputes: Third-turn blocking to suspend progressivity

Joyce

2022

Discourse Studies

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When people argue they routinely challenge the opinions, views, and attitudes of one another, they seek to cast the other as the aggressor or party at fault, and otherwise exert social control. This article illustrates how members work to hamper challenges, evade control or avoid being negatively characterized by systematically blocking access to a turn in the third position and stopping their opponent’s agenda. Examining 100 hours of public disputes (public transport, protestor interactions and radio call-ins) in varieties of English, I use membership categorization analysis and conversation analysis to unpack resistance as part of the structural organization of disputes. I identify two methods of resisting an agenda: (1) passively, whereby a responsive turn stalls the progressivity of the interaction, and (2) actively, whereby a responsive turn disaligns to outrightly suspend the progressivity of the interaction. I discuss how resistance sequentially unfolds across sequential positions, and as an interactional phenomenon which solves the trouble of a challenge. Overall, this article contributes to social interaction research on resistance, public disputes and how social order is constituted in and through talk-in-interaction.

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Resistance in public disputes: Third-turn blocking to suspend progressivity

Joyce

2022

Discourse Studies

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Integrated positive and negative analyses of cognitive-mediation strategies in the social quarrels

2023

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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Public disharmony can easily arise in our social conversations, leading to quarrels, disputes, and even conflicts, which can harm our society’s stability and security. Encouraging harmonious communication and interaction in public spaces is considered an embodiment of personal morality and social civilization. However, interlocutors in public discussions often overlook the crucial role of cognitive mediation, which is essential but rarely discussed in previous studies. Drawing on the theory of cognitive mediation, this study analyzes four authentic videos using four different cognitive-mediation strategies that interlocutors may use to mediate ongoing quarrels with evident social disharmony. It also demonstrates how mediators carefully choose their words to prevent the quarrel from escalating into a more negative interaction. The analysis not only illustrates the process of mediating ongoing quarrels but also provides a new model for regulating social interactions that promote communicative harmony in public places. This study has the potential to improve communication education practices in public settings and normalize social communication.

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The sequential and moral (dis)order of public disputes: how speakers resist, partition and do being reasonable in talk-in-interaction

Cited by 2 publications

References 112 publications

Resistance in public disputes: Third-turn blocking to suspend progressivity

Resistance in public disputes: Third-turn blocking to suspend progressivity

Integrated positive and negative analyses of cognitive-mediation strategies in the social quarrels

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