Expert opinion? A micro-analysis of eating disorder talk on Dr. Phil

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dc.citation.issue43
dc.citation.volume19
dc.contributor.authorLaMarre A
dc.contributor.authorSutherland O
dc.date.available1/01/2014
dc.date.issued1/01/2014
dc.description.abstractIn this study, we explored how eating and identities of individuals diagnosed with eating disorders are constructed on a popular television talk show, Dr. Phil. Informed by conversation analytic and discursive psychological research traditions, we show how Dr. Phil, jointly with guests, constitutes guests as mentally ill and accountable for their illness. Specifically, we highlight Dr. Phil’s unilateral pursuit of a solution to the “puzzle” of the eating disorder, including its origins and meanings, as he enlists the guests’ endorsement of his versions of their situations and experiences. We examine broader implications of such a framing for societal understandings of the subjectivity of individuals diagnosed with eating disorders. Keywords: Eating Disorders, Mental Illness, Conversation Analysis, Discursive Psychology, Mass Media, Talk Television.
dc.description.publication-statusPublished
dc.identifier.citationQualitative Report, 2014, 19 (43)
dc.identifier.eissn2160-3715
dc.identifier.elements-id427504
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10179/15028
dc.relation.isPartOfQualitative Report
dc.titleExpert opinion? A micro-analysis of eating disorder talk on Dr. Phil
dc.typeJournal article
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pubs.organisational-group/Massey University
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences/School of Psychology
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