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The rhetorical complexity of competitive and common victimhood in conversational discourse
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dc.contributor.author | McNeill, Andrew | |
dc.contributor.author | Pehrson, Samuel | |
dc.contributor.author | Stevenson, Clifford | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-07T23:31:51Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-06-07T23:31:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-06-07 | |
dc.identifier.citation | McNeill , A , Pehrson , S & Stevenson , C 2017 , ' The rhetorical complexity of competitive and common victimhood in conversational discourse ' , European Journal of Social Psychology , vol. 47 , no. 2 , pp. 167–179 . https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2255 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0046-2772 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 245443726 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: 56d055c2-c4a7-4759-8a1e-042699e49665 | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 85020262015 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-9259-6408/work/60196834 | |
dc.identifier.other | WOS: 000403098400004 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/13830 | |
dc.description.abstract | Much current research on collective victimhood acknowledges the role of rhetoric but does not fully address the implications for micro-level variation in personal expressions of victimhood. The focus has tended to be on individual differences in collective victimhood construals where people may either see their group as the sole possessor of victim-status or may incorporate other groups into an inclusive category. While recent research sees a strategic element in some “inclusivity”, we argue that all claims of victimhood are strategic. By using a discursive approach, we show variability in the expression of victimhood and how this accomplishes different activities in conversations. Several focus groups consisting of victims from Northern Ireland were analysed to identify presentations of victimhood and their relation to the unfolding dynamics of the conversation. We demonstrate that presentation of victimhood is an interactional concern, link this to the concept of “needs” and suggest implications this might have. | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | European Journal of Social Psychology | en |
dc.rights | © 2017, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2255 | en |
dc.subject | Victimhood | en |
dc.subject | Intergroup relations | en |
dc.subject | Collective victimhood | en |
dc.subject | Rhetorical psychology | en |
dc.subject | Discursive psychology | en |
dc.subject | HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare | en |
dc.subject | RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry | en |
dc.subject | E-NDAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | HV | en |
dc.subject.lcc | RC0321 | en |
dc.title | The rhetorical complexity of competitive and common victimhood in conversational discourse | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.description.version | Postprint | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Psychology and Neuroscience | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2255 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2018-06-07 |
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