Journal article
The Constructed Meaning of Suicide: A Relational Dialectics Theory Analysis of Online Suicide Chats
The Journal of communication inquiry, Vol.47(2), pp.168-186
04/2023
DOI: 10.1177/01968599221128533
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.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Constructed Meaning of Suicide: A Relational Dialectics Theory Analysis of Online Suicide Chats
- Creators
- Jordan B. Conrad - University of IowaCarol Coohey - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of communication inquiry, Vol.47(2), pp.168-186
- DOI
- 10.1177/01968599221128533
- ISSN
- 0196-8599
- eISSN
- 1552-4612
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 19
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 09/25/2022
- Date published
- 04/2023
- Academic Unit
- School of Social Work; Injury Prevention Research Center; Communication Studies
- Record Identifier
- 9984307259202771
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