A critical discourse analysis of students' anonymous online postings

dc.contributor.authorNg'ambi, Dick
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-06T08:29:19Z
dc.date.available2014-11-06T08:29:19Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractIt is difficult to understand students’ social practices from artifacts of anonymous online postings. The analysis of text genres and discursive types of online postings has potential for enhancing teaching and learning experiences of students. This article focuses on analysis of students’ anonymous online postings using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). The article argues that social practices reproduce during online interaction and artifacts embody such reproduction. A study involving more than 300 commerce students at a higher education institution (HEI) using a special purpose anonymous online consultation tool, the Dynamic Frequently Asked Questions (DFAQ), and social practices embodied in the artifacts is analyzed using CDA. The analysis used the three dimensions of CDA—description (text genres), interpretation (discursive type), and explanation (social practice)—and insights into students’ social practices were inferred. The article concludes that CDA of anonymous postings provided insight into social practices of students and, in particular, highlighted the tension between perceptions of inflexibility of traditional teaching practices and student demands for flexible learning. Finally, CDA, as described in this article, could be useful in analyzing e-mail communications, short message service (SMS) interactions, Web blogs, and podcasts.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationNg'ambi, D. (2008). A critical discourse analysis of students' anonymous online postings. <i>International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9285en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationNg'ambi, Dick "A critical discourse analysis of students' anonymous online postings." <i>International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education</i> (2008) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9285en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNg'ambi, D. 2008. A critical discourse analysis of students' anonymous online postings. International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn550-1876en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Ng'ambi, Dick AB - It is difficult to understand students’ social practices from artifacts of anonymous online postings. The analysis of text genres and discursive types of online postings has potential for enhancing teaching and learning experiences of students. This article focuses on analysis of students’ anonymous online postings using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). The article argues that social practices reproduce during online interaction and artifacts embody such reproduction. A study involving more than 300 commerce students at a higher education institution (HEI) using a special purpose anonymous online consultation tool, the Dynamic Frequently Asked Questions (DFAQ), and social practices embodied in the artifacts is analyzed using CDA. The analysis used the three dimensions of CDA—description (text genres), interpretation (discursive type), and explanation (social practice)—and insights into students’ social practices were inferred. The article concludes that CDA of anonymous postings provided insight into social practices of students and, in particular, highlighted the tension between perceptions of inflexibility of traditional teaching practices and student demands for flexible learning. Finally, CDA, as described in this article, could be useful in analyzing e-mail communications, short message service (SMS) interactions, Web blogs, and podcasts. DA - 2008 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2008 SM - 550-1876 T1 - A critical discourse analysis of students' anonymous online postings TI - A critical discourse analysis of students' anonymous online postings UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9285 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/9285
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationNg'ambi D. A critical discourse analysis of students' anonymous online postings. International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education. 2008; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9285.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherIGI Globalen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyCentre for Higher Education Developmenten_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceInternational Journal of Information and Communication Technology Educationen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jicte.2008070104
dc.titleA critical discourse analysis of students' anonymous online postingsen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsanonymityen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordscritical discourse analysisen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsDFAQen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsonline postingsen_ZA
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uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
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