The Constructed Meaning of Suicide: A Relational Dialectics Theory Analysis of Online Suicide Chats

IF 0.9 Q3 COMMUNICATION

Journal of Communication Inquiry Pub Date : 2022-09-25 DOI:10.1177/01968599221128533

Jordan B. Conrad, C. Coohey

引用次数: 1

Abstract

Examining synchronous chats from an online suicide crisis intervention, we used contrapuntal analysis to identify competing discourses of meaning among online suicide chat users. Contrapuntal analysis revealed two emergent discourses in competition to make meaning of suicide among crisis chat users: Discourses of the Precious Life (DPL) and Discourses of Life as a Thing (DLT). The results provide a nuanced understanding of the cultural meaning of suicide presented in chat visitors’ discourse. Aside from the theoretical implications for RDT 2.0 focused research, this study extends a growing body of suicide research that foregrounds culture as a basis for understanding the meaning of suicide from the perspective of the lived experience.

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自杀的建构意义:网络自杀聊天的关系辩证法理论分析

研究了在线自杀危机干预中的同步聊天，我们使用对位分析来识别在线自杀聊天用户之间的竞争性意义话语。对位分析揭示了危机聊天用户自杀意义竞争中的两种新兴话语:宝贵生命话语(DPL)和生命作为物话语(DLT)。结果提供了一个微妙的理解自杀的文化意义呈现在聊天访问者的话语。除了对RDT 2.0研究的理论意义外，本研究还扩展了越来越多的自杀研究，这些研究将文化作为从生活经验的角度理解自杀意义的基础。

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Journal of Communication Inquiry COMMUNICATION-

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2.90

自引率

11.10%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Communication Inquiry emphasizes interdisciplinary inquiry into communication and mass communication phenomena within cultural and historical perspectives. Such perspectives imply that an understanding of these phenomena cannot arise soley out of a narrowly focused analysis. Rather, the approaches emphasize philosophical, evaluative, empirical, legal, historical, and/or critical inquiry into relationships between mass communication and society across time and culture. The Journal of Communication Inquiry is a forum for such investigations.