Discursive Psychology: a discursive approach to identity work in online illness talk

JMWJ Lamerichs

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-68184-5_5

Discursive Psychology: a discursive approach to identity work in online illness talk

JMWJ Lamerichs

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This chapter sets out to demonstrate what the perspective of discursive psychology entails and attempts to show how the approach is particularly well-suited to the analysis of online health communication in two environments: online support groups and illness blogs. As a demonstration of analysis, a case study will be presented that is part of current research on illness blogs, focusing on blogs of people who have had ileostomy surgery. The analysis will show how individuals with an ostomy bag account for their decision to undergo ileostomy surgery and present themselves as a ‘new normal’ (Lamerichs and Van Hooijdonk 2019). Throughout this chapter, all sites of online interaction will be referred to as ‘illness talk’

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Analysing Health Communication
Subtitle of host publication	Discourse Approaches
Editors	Gavin Brookes, Daniel Hunt
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Pages	111-132
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030681845
ISBN (Print)	9783030681838, 9783030681869
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68184-5_5
Publication status	Published - 2021

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