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Wilson, GL, Keenan, J, Porcellato, L, Gee, I, Gough, B and Grogan, S (2023) Using discursive approaches to examine the utility and functions of language in public health and health promotion: highlighting social constructions of e-cigarettes. Critical Public Health. ISSN 0958-1596
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Abstract
This article uses discursive approaches to examine the utility and functions of language in public health, focusing on social constructions of e-cigarettes. Due to the ambiguity surrounding the use of e-cigarettes, understanding may be negotiated collaboratively through co-construction in talk. Ten participants, three men and seven women aged 26–47 years, took part in two focus groups in Manchester, UK, where they discussed e-cigarettes. Data were analysed using blended discourse analysis, with a view to identifying dominant repertoires used by speakers. Participants drew from two discursive frameworks to communicate perceptions of e-cigarettes: (1) uncertainty and risk and (2) the social acceptability and stigma spectrum. The ambiguity surrounding e-cigarettes was reflected in the linguistic devices used in talk. This article demonstrates the value of drawing on discourse analysis to better understand the impact of health-related communication by providing insight into how existing messages are interpreted, co-constructed, and assigned meaning through shared interactions.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 1117 Public Health and Health Services; 1608 Sociology; Public Health |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Divisions: | Public Health Institute |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jun 2023 12:33 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Jun 2023 12:33 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1080/09581596.2023.2201658 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/19622 |
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