Medical Communication in the Asia Context
Edited by M. Agnes Kang and Olga Zayts-Spence
Special issue of Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 20:2 (2010) vi, 166 pp.
M. Agnes Kang
List of John Benjamins publications for which M. Agnes Kang plays a role.
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Subjects Afro-Asiatic languages | Altaic languages | Communication Studies
2015 Demeanor indexicals, interpretive discourses and the “Kong Girl” stereotype: Constructing gender ideologies in social media Who’s really normal? Language and sexuality in public space, Hiramoto, Mie (ed.), pp. 193–222 | Article
Focusing on a Hong Kong online discussion involving ‘Jenny’, who was later described as the ‘Kong Girl’ prototype, we demonstrate a method to study gender stereotype as both semiotically and discursively constructed. We trace the perceivable signs in online posts as demeanor indexicals (Goffman… read more
2010 Patient participation within a globalised patient population: Interactional difficulties in a prenatal counseling context in Hong Kong Medical Communication in the Asia Context, Kang, M. Agnes and Olga Zayts-Spence (eds.), pp. 169–184 | Article
Data from multicultural contexts add more complexity to many findings regarding healthcare practices that have been reported in the literature. For example, patient participation has been reported to contribute to the enhancement of healthcare results (e.g. Candlin, 2006; Thompson, 2008). However,… read more
2010 Communication in healthcare settings: Interactional perspectives from Asia Medical Communication in the Asia Context, Kang, M. Agnes and Olga Zayts-Spence (eds.), pp. 165–168 | Article
2010 Information delivery in prenatal genetic counseling: On the role of initial inquiries Medical Communication in the Asia Context, Kang, M. Agnes and Olga Zayts-Spence (eds.), pp. 243–259 | Article
This paper examines the interactional accomplishment of information delivery in the context of prenatal genetic counselling (PGC) in Hong Kong. We argue that information delivery is structured as a joint activity between the healthcare provider and the patient, and the structure of the talk takes… read more
2004 Constructing ethnic identity through discourse: Self-categorization among Korean American camp counselors Relationality: Discursive constructions of Asian Pacific American identities, Lo, Adrienne and Angela Reyes (eds.), pp. 217–233 | Article
In this paper, I demonstrate how Korean American camp counselors locally construct ethnic identity through the practice of self-categorization in discourse. Self-categorization, or the identification of oneself in terms of ethnic identity, serves to position counselors in terms of Korean ethnicity… read more