Allies in Action: The Communicative Experiences of People Who Challenge Social Injustice on Behalf of Others

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dc.contributor.authorDeTurk, Sara
dc.creator.orcid0000-0003-0661-5762en_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-06T18:59:37Z
dc.date.available2022-01-06T18:59:37Z
dc.date.issued2011-10-14
dc.description.abstractThis study explores the lived experiences of people who act as allies in the interest of social justice. Interviews were conducted to investigate the meaning of the ally identity and the tactics allies use to interrupt stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination against others. Findings suggest that people who speak out on behalf of social justice from positions of relative power do so (a) out of identity concerns that emphasize moral obligations, (b) largely through authoritative and dialogic strategies that draw on their symbolic capital, and (c) in ways that reflect ideologies of culturally dominant groups. The study also describes tensions arising out of the contradictory nature of deploying social power against the system that confers it. Conventional definitions of “allies” that rely on static notions of power, finally, are challenged as too simplistic.en_US
dc.description.departmentCommunicationen_US
dc.identifier.issn1746-4102
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12588/783
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCommunication Quarterly;59(5)
dc.subjectdialogueen_US
dc.subjectintercultural communicationen_US
dc.subjectinterpersonal communicationen_US
dc.subjectpersuasionen_US
dc.titleAllies in Action: The Communicative Experiences of People Who Challenge Social Injustice on Behalf of Othersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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