Power in communication: revisiting power studies
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https://doi.org/10.1515/topling-2016-0007Keywords:
power in communication, theories of power, multiplicity of approaches, discourse, power termsAbstract
This paper revisits a range of theories of power in communication and argues that there has been no methodology able to grasp the multiplicity of power in communication as a concept. As a result, the present scholarship on power in communication is characterized by a multiplicity of approaches that a) use the concept of power as a self-explanatory or vague concept in the analysis of several interactional phenomena; b) draw on a particular approach to power, disregarding multiple workings of power; or c) acknowledge the complexity of power and synthesize various approaches to power.
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2016-06-15
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