Using Foucauldian Discourse Analysis to Analyze Young Women’s Constructions of the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine

Gray Brunton, Carol; Todorova, Irina; Petrova, Dafina; Carnegie, Elaine; Whittaker, Anne

Abstract

This case study introduces the reader to Foucauldian discourse analysis (FDA) as applied to a cross-cultural project around young women’s constructions of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. We introduce common qualitative research approaches in psychology. We discuss two main types of Discourse Analysis in psychology and why a Foucauldian discourse analysis was adopted here. In this case we examine examples of our data according to Carla Willig’s (2008) approach to Foucauldian discourse analysis using six stages: discursive constructions, discourses, action orientation, positionings, practice and subjectivity. Finally, we consider the main limits and strengths with a Foucauldian discourse analysis.

Citation

Gray Brunton, C., Todorova, I., Petrova, D., Carnegie, E., & Whittaker, A. (2018). Using Foucauldian Discourse Analysis to Analyze Young Women’s Constructions of the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine. Sage Research Methods Cases, https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526440235

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 31, 2017
• Publication Date: 2018
• Deposit Date: Oct 10, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 10, 2017
• Journal: Sage Research Methods Cases
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526440235
• Keywords: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine, young women,
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/995822