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Publication details [#46416]

Tracy, Karen and Margaret Durfy. 2007. Speaking out in public: citizen participation in contentious school board meetings. Discourse & Communication 1 (2) : 223–249.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

discourse analysis | genre | meeting | participation framework | school

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Annotation

This paper explores citizen participation in contentious U.S. school board meetings. Citizen commentaries are defined as a distinct speech genre, and the discursive practices employed to utter negative sentiment are characterized.