The "other" speaks up: when social science (re)presentations provoke reactance from the field

Abstract: "This paper addresses science communication problems: How do researchers convey social science representations and findings to the researched? How are the latter described in research reports? How do they react when they read or hear such reports and when they subsequently engage in discourse with researchers? Typically, social science researchers approach a field site with an attitude of curiosity that is unburdened by an immediate pressure to act. The field inhabitants, by contrast, are subject to the practical constraints of these everyday worlds; they identify personally with their milieu and its protagonists, and they are correspondingly sensitive. The present paper describes their defensive reactions, taking as an example the reception of a research project presented at conferences attended by a mixed audience. It highlights the reactions and strategies displayed by the researched in the contexts of discourse and meaning negotiation in response to unwelcome representations. A

Object Details

• Alternative title: The other talks back: Auslösung von Feldreaktanzen durch sozialwissenschaftliche Re-/Präsentationen
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: The "other" speaks up: when social science (re)presentations provoke reactance from the field ; volume:36 ; number:4 ; year:2011 ; pages:300-322 ; Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; Historical social research ; 36, Heft 4 (2011), 300-322

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Nachrichtenmedien, Journalismus, Verlagswesen

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Breuer, Franz

Further information

• DOI: 10.12759/hsr.36.2011.4.300-322
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-363241
• Rights: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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