
Advice Online
Advice-giving in an American Internet health column
Miriam A. Locher(Author)
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Published on 19. July 2006
Book
Hardback
277 pages
978-90-272-5392-7 (ISBN)
Description
Advice Online presents a comprehensive study of advice-giving in one particular American Internet advice column, referred to as 'Lucy Answers'. The discursive practice investigated is part of a professional and educational health program managed by an American university. The study provides insights into the linguistic realization of both asking for and giving advice in a written form and thus adds to the literature on advice columns as a specific text genre, on advice in health care contexts, and on Internet communication. The book offers a comprehensive literature review of advice in health encounters and other contexts, and uses this knowledge as a basis for comparison. Advice Online demonstrates how qualitative and quantitative research methods can be successfully combined to arrive at a comprehensive analysis of a discursive practice. It provides essential information on advice-giving for researchers, academics and students in the fields of (Internet) communication, media studies, pragmatics, social psychology and counseling. Health educators who work for advice columns or use similar forms of communication will also benefit from the insights gained in this study.
Reviews / Votes
This is a well-written, well-executed and thought-provoking book that displays great skill and sensitivity in the analysis of the discursive practices of advice-giving. It is particularly valuable in being the first book-length study of its kind on Internet discourse and is a top quality synthesis of highly pleasing originality and first class scholarship. -- Richard J. Watts, University of BernMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 164 mm
Weight
690 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-5392-7 (9789027253927)
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07/2006
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Content
1. Acknowledgments; 2. List of tables and figures; 3. Introduction; 4. Material description: 'Lucy Answers', an American Internet advice column; 5. Literature review on advice; 6. Research questions; 7. The content structure of the response letters and the realization of advice; 8. Aspects of relational work in the response letters; 9. The personal and public dimension of advice-giving in the response letters; 10. Lucy's voice: Constructing the identity of an expert advice-giver; 11. The problem letters by the anonymus advice-seekers; 12. Factors constituting the discursive practice in 'Lucy Answers'; 13. Notes; 14. Appendix: Sample of an XML file; 15. References; 16. Index