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by Dr. Jonathan Potter (Author) "If we are asked to think of something that epitomizes the world of facts, before very long we are likely to consider science ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 264 pages
  • Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd; illustrated edition edition (13 Aug 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0803984111
  • ISBN-13: 978-0803984110
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 71,835 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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`Since the publication of Potter & Wetherell's influential Discourse and Social Psychology, which laid the ground-plan for their version of discourse analysis, work has continued apace... As a progress report, the present text provides a valuable up-date, summarizing the main lines of development and usefully pulling together material heretofore only available from a disparate range of sources... As an introduction to this type of analysis, this is an admirable book which can be recommended to students with confidence, and is likely also to become an indispensable source of reference for those researching fact construction' - Discourse & Society

`Potter leaves the reader wanting more-which is a pretty good place to leave a reader' - Language in Society



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`This is an admirable book which can be recommended to students with confidence, and is likely also to become an indispensable source of reference for those researching fact construction' - Discourse & Society

How is reality manufactured? The idea of social construction has become a commonplace of much social research, yet precisely what is constructed, and how, and even what constructionism means, is often unclear or taken for granted. In this major work, Jonathan Potter offers a fascinating tour of the central themes raised by these questions.

Representing Reality overviews the different traditions in constructionist thought. Points are illustrated throughout with varied and engaging examples taken from newspaper stories, relationship counselling sessions, accounts of the paranormal, social workers' assessments of violent parents, informal talk between programme makers, political arguments and everyday conversations. Ranging across the social and human sciences, this book provides a lucid introduction to several key strands of work that have overturned the way we think about facts and descriptions, including: the sociology of scientific knowledge; conversation analysis and ethnomethodology; and semiotics, post-structuralism and postmodernism.


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4.0 out of 5 stars Representing Reality: Discourse, Rhetoric and Social Constru, 30 Mar 2003
Representing Reality: Discourse, Rhetoric and Social Construction is a fantastic book that is an easy read. As a degree student i found it very useful and packed with great ideas for my report. I highly recomend it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Impressively concise and readable introduction to the topic, 13 Jul 2005
With this book, Jonathan Potter provides an introduction to the way the concept of the fact, and facts themselves, are employed in a variety of discourses. The study is well researched and referenced, and manages to discuss complex subjects without becoming overly difficult. It also succeeds in suggesting many areas for further research.
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