Mapping the Language of Racism. Discourse and the Legitimation of Exploitation. (Löschper)

By M. Wetherell, Jonathan Potter. 1993

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Language Generation Models Can Cause Harm: So What Can We Do About It? An Actionable Survey (2022, background): “…similar gains on other languages (Lin et al., 2021c; Shliazhko et al., 2022) which people and societies perpetuate stereotypes (Bar-Tal et al., 2013; Wetherell and Potter, 1993; Maass, 1999; Coates, 2015) and manipulate opinions (Chong and Druckman, 2007; Russell Neuman et al., 2014; Bradshaw et…”
Word embeddings quantify 100 years of gender and ethnic stereotypes (2017, methodology): “Language analysis is a standard tool used to discover, understand, and demonstrate such stereotypes (Hamilton and Trolier, 1986; Basow, 1992; Wetherell and Potter, 1992; Holmes and Meyerhoff, 2008; Coates, 2015).”
“I am not a drug abuser, I am a drug user”: A discourse analysis of 44 drug users’ construction of identity (2005, background): “The discourse presupposes that the normal state of mind is to be in control of one’s situation and behaviour (Wetherell & Potter, 1992).”
Maintaining Cultural Stereotypes in the Serial Reproduction of Narratives (2000, background): “…processes but also in the information processing within collectives (Harasty, 1997; Hinsz, Tindale, & Vollrath, 1997; Ruscher & Hammer, 1994; Stangor & Schaller, 1996), as in communicating to others informally and discussing social issues in groups (e.g., van Dijk, 1987; Wetherell & Potter, 1991).”
Teaching About Racism: Pernicious Implications of the Standard Portrayal (2008, background): “A DA approach suggests that one should interpret racist talk not as a reflection of underlying racist dispositions but instead as communicative acts in which people draw upon culturally embedded, discursive repertoires to serve their rhetorical purposes (Durrheim & Dixon, 2004; Wetherell & Potter, ”
Discourse Analysis as Theory and Method (2002, methodology): “But if the plan is to do a less detailed textual analysis, it will be sufficient to employ a system that shows pauses, silent periods and overlaps between speakers – for example, the simpler version of Gail Jefferson’s system which is often used in discursive psychology (see, for example, Potter and”
Displacing place-identity: a discursive approach to locating self and other. (2000, unknown): “& Gillet, 1994; Potter & Wetherell, 1987; Wetherell & Potter, 1992) and especially to Billig’s (1987, 1991) work on rhetoric and ideology.”
Discursive Psychology: Between Method and Paradigm (2003, background): “…pay much attention to the empirical work in this field where such criteria are in play – the most recent actual research study in DA he discusses is Wetherell and Potter (1992), which is more than ten years old – not surprisingly, there has been considerable theoretical and methodological…”
Moral logic and logical morality: Attributions of responsibility and blame in online discourse on veganism (2005, background): “Participants shift alignment flexibly from one theme to another and back (‘that’s all very well in theory, but in practice . . .’), tailoring their ideological repertoire to the interactional business at stake (see also Wetherell and Potter, 1992).”
Culture in the labor market: segmentation theory and perspectives of place (2001, background): “Thus, academic and political discourse has legitimized practices and policies of discrimination in the labor market (Habermas, 1983; Wetherell and Potter, 1992 ).”