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Discourse Analysis and the Study of Communication in LIS

Budd, John M.

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Title
Discourse Analysis and the Study of Communication in LIS
Author(s)
Budd, John M.
Issue Date
2006
Keyword(s)
  • Research methods
  • Discourse analysis
  • Communication studies
Abstract
A considerable portion of the work that is done in library and information science (LIS) can benefit from discourse analysis as a research method. The two major families of discourse analysis are linguistic- based analysis (such as conversation, which could be applied in any setting where information professionals mediate between the universe of information and information seekers), and culturally or socially based discursive practices (along the lines of the analyses that Michel Foucault has conducted). The potential of both families for LIS inquiry, along with examples of both, are discussed.
Publisher
Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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Copyright 2006 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.

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Library Trends 55 (1) Summer 2006: Research Methods PRIMARY
Library Trends 55 (1) Summer 2006: Research Methods. Edited by Lynda M. Baker.