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Discourse analysis: Power/Knowledge on an academic listserv

Patricia McGee (Department of Interdisciplinary Studies and Curriculum & Instruction College of Education and Human Development, The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA)
Felecia Briscoe (Department of Educational Leadership, College of Education and Human Development, The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA)

Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society

ISSN: 1477-996X

Article publication date: 1 August 2003

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Abstract

This case study examines whether an academic listserv functions primarily as a medium for progressive discourse in which enacted power relations are collaborative or primarily as a medium for discourse in which norms are unilaterally established and off‐line hierarchical power relations are re‐enacted. A few instances of progressive norm setting and other indicators of collaborative power relations were found. However, findings overall suggest that the hierarchical power relations of the college context were re‐enacted in the listserv as revealed by the manner in which the discourse was patterned by gender, rank, and role.

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McGee, P. and Briscoe, F. (2003), "Discourse analysis: Power/Knowledge on an academic listserv", Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, Vol. 1 No. 3, pp. 133-148. https://doi.org/10.1108/14779960380000232

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