Constructing mediator identities through questioning in Chinese televised mediation

IF 1.4 2区 文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION Discourse Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-09 DOI:10.1177/14614456221139202
Xian Zhang, Yanbiao Dong
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This study, integrating poststructuralist discourse analysis and conversation analysis, analyzes how the question-answer sequences construct mediators’ dynamic identities during Chinese televised mediation. The research shows that different mediators in the team tend to employ different types of questions at varying stages; that questions serve not only to elicit information but also to manage the multilateral talk, to make assertions, to persuade, and to construct different identities; that different mediators’ identities include the manager, the reality tester, the moral educator, the facilitator, and the entertainer. Instead of remaining neutral, they might step out of the neutralistic circle and adhere to the golden mean. The complex representation of these identities is deeply rooted in China’s cultural and socioeconomic background. This study provides a thorough understanding of the interplay between questioning and identity in institutional contexts and the mechanism of Chinese televised mediation.
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从质疑建构中国电视调解中的调解员身份
本研究将后结构主义话语分析与会话分析相结合,分析了在中国电视调解过程中,问答序列如何构建调解员的动态身份。研究表明,团队中不同的调解员在不同阶段倾向于使用不同类型的问题;问题不仅有助于获取信息,而且有助于管理多边对话、做出断言、说服和构建不同的身份;不同媒介的身份包括管理者、现实测试者、道德教育者、促进者和娱乐者。与其保持中立,他们可能会走出中立的圈子,坚持中庸。这些身份的复杂表现深深植根于中国的文化和社会经济背景。本研究深入了解了制度背景下质疑和身份认同之间的相互作用,以及中国电视调解的机制。
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Discourse Studies
Discourse Studies COMMUNICATION-
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期刊介绍: Discourse Studies is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal for the study of text and talk. Publishing outstanding work on the structures and strategies of written and spoken discourse, special attention is given to cross-disciplinary studies of text and talk in linguistics, anthropology, ethnomethodology, cognitive and social psychology, communication studies and law.
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