Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Session 3, 11:30am-12:15pm
Developing a Methodology for Comparing Discourse Communities
Richard K. Neumann, Jr., Amy K. Langenfeld
Program Code: W3A
Why do faculty talk as they do at faculty meetings? In this roundtable discussion, we seek the audience’s assistance in designing a methodology to measure remarks that invoke hierarchy, shut down discussion, obfuscate issues, or protect turf or at the other end of the spectrum, remarks that help solve problems through reflection, inquiry, or brainstorming. Afterward, we might do an exhaustive social science discourse analysis, or instead write a satire…