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Engaging in Scientific Controversies in Science Blogs: The Expression of Allegiance and Ideological Commitment

Engaging in Scientific Controversies in Science Blogs: The Expression of Allegiance and Ideological Commitment

María-José Luzón
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 25
ISBN13: 9781466644267|ISBN10: 1466644265|EISBN13: 9781466644274
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4426-7.ch011
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Luzón, María-José. "Engaging in Scientific Controversies in Science Blogs: The Expression of Allegiance and Ideological Commitment." Innovative Methods and Technologies for Electronic Discourse Analysis, edited by Hwee Ling Lim and Fay Sudweeks, IGI Global, 2014, pp. 235-259. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4426-7.ch011

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Luzón, M. (2014). Engaging in Scientific Controversies in Science Blogs: The Expression of Allegiance and Ideological Commitment. In H. Lim & F. Sudweeks (Eds.), Innovative Methods and Technologies for Electronic Discourse Analysis (pp. 235-259). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4426-7.ch011

Chicago

Luzón, María-José. "Engaging in Scientific Controversies in Science Blogs: The Expression of Allegiance and Ideological Commitment." In Innovative Methods and Technologies for Electronic Discourse Analysis, edited by Hwee Ling Lim and Fay Sudweeks, 235-259. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4426-7.ch011

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Abstract

The weblog incorporates technical capabilities which facilitate interaction and make it easy to exchange information and engage in discussion about controversial issues. This chapter presents a methodological framework to study how both allegiance and conflict are expressed and constructed in scientific controversies in science blogs. The study is based on the exploration of three controversies, related with global warming, the effects of vaccination and the role of women in science. A corpus of weblog comments to six posts which triggered off a dispute over these controversial issues was searched for indicators both of social behaviour and of rude or verbally offensive behaviour. The study shows how blog comments are used by participants to signal their allegiance to a particular group within the disciplinary community, their ideological commitments, and their rejection of opposing standpoints and competing claims.

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