Richard
Buttny
Professor of Communication & Rhetorical Studies
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Richard Buttny 113 Sims Hall Building V |
Date last updated: February 3, 2009
Courses Taught
| CRS 284 | Discourse and Society |
| CRS 360 |
Environmental Communication |
| CRS 430/630 | Intercultural Communication |
| CRS 514 | Language and Meaning |
| CRS 601 | Pro seminar in Communication |
| CRS 604 | Qualitative Methods in Communication |
| CRS 630 | Seminar in Intercultural Communication |
Research Interests
My research interests have been in how talk and social interaction work in context to jointly create social realities. Using a discursive analysis perspective I have studied topics such as: accounts of and accountability for action, therapeutic talk, racial discourse, reported speech, the rhetoric of violence, and risk communication during public hearings.
Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies Homepage
Publications
Books:
Buttny, R. (2004). Talking Problems: Studies on Discursive Construction. Albany: State
University of New York Press. http://www.sunypress.edu/details.asp?id=60831
Buttny, R. (1993). Social accountability in communication. London: Sage Publications. (Winner of the Outstanding Scholarship Award from the Language & Social Interaction Division of the National Communication Association, 2007 http://www.sagepub.com/booksProdDesc.nav?prodId=Book202414&
Note: Some of these articles or book chapters can be downloaded as a pdf file. Click on the links to download.
Public Participation and Environmental Risk Studies
Buttny, R., & Cohen, J.R. (2007). Drawing on the words of others at public hearings: Zoning, Wal-Mart, and the threat to the aquifer. Language in Society, 36/5. pdf
Buttny, R. (in process, 2009). Citizen participation, metadiscourse and accountability: A public hearing on a zoning change for Wal-Mart. doc
Buttny, R. (in process, 2008). Wal-Mart’s presentation to the community: Discursive practices in mitigating risk, limiting public participation, and developing a relationship. doc
Accounts and Accountability Studies
Buttny, R. (2008). Accounting research. In W. Donsbach (Ed.), The international encyclopedia of communication, Volume 1 (pp. 20-21). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell Pub. pdf
Buttny, R., & Ellis, D.G. (2007). Accounts of violence from Arabs and Israelis on ABC-TV’s panel discussion from Jerusalem. Discourse & Society, 18, 139-161. pdf
Buttny, R., & Morris, G.H. (2001). Accounting. In W.P.Robinson & H.Giles (Eds.), The new handbook on language and social psychology (pp.285-302). New York: John Wiley & Sons. pdf
Buttny, R. (1993). Accounts and the accountability of social action. In B.Dervin & U.Hariharan (Eds.), Progress in communication sciences, Volume 11 (pp.45-74). Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publications.
Buttny, R. (1987). Sequence and practical reasoning in accounts episodes. Communication Quarterly, 35, 67-83. pdf
Buttny, R. (1987). Legitimation techniques for intermarriage: Accounts of motives for intermarriage from U.S. servicemen and Philippine women. Communication Quarterly, 35, 125-143. pdf
Buttny, R. (1985). Accounts as a reconstruction of an event's context. Communication Monographs, 52, 57-77. pdf
Therapy/Counseling Studies
Buttny, R., & Kellogg Rath, S. (2007). Discursive practices in talking problems during a school-family meeting. In A. Hepburn & S. Wiggins (Eds.), Discursive research in practice: New approaches to psychology and interaction (pp. 247-262). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pdf
Buttny, R. (2001). Therapeutic humor in retelling the clients’ tellings. Text, 21, 303-326. pdf
Buttny, R. (1996). Clients' and therapist's joint construction of the clients' problems. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 29, 125-153. pdf
Buttny, R., & Jensen, A.D. (1995). Telling problems in an initial family therapy session: The hierarchical organization of problem-talk. In G.H.Morris & R.J.Chenial (Eds.), The talk of the clinic: Explorations in the analysis of medical and therapeutic discourse (pp.19-47). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum Publications.
Buttny, R., & Cohen, J.R. (1991). The uses of goals in therapy. In K.Tracy (Ed.), Understanding face-to-face interaction: Issues linking goals and discourse (pp.63-77). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum Publications.
Buttny, R. (1990). Blame-accounts sequences in therapy: The negotiation of relational meanings. Semiotica, 78, 219-247.
Talking Race Studies
Buttny, R. (2003). Multiple voices in talking race: Pakeha reported speech in the discursive constructions of the racial other. In H. Van den Berg, M. Wetherell, & H. Houtkoop (Eds.), Analysing race talk: Multidisciplinary perspectives on the research interview (pp.103-118). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Buttny, R., & Williams, P.L. (2000). Demanding respect: The uses of reported speech in discursive constructions of interracial contact. Discourse & Society, 11, 109-133. pdf
Buttny, R. (1999). Discursive constructions of racial boundaries and self-segregation on campus. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 18, 247-268.
Buttny, R. (1997). Reported speech in talking race on campus. Human CommunicationResearch, 23, 475-504. pdf
Johnson, F.L., & Buttny, R. (1982). White listener's response to "sounding black" and "sounding white": The effects of message content on judgments and language. Communication Monographs, 49, 33-49. pdf
Miscellaneous
Lannamann, J.W., & Buttny, R. (forthcoming). The UMass rebellion: Studying the coordinated management of meaning and constructing a rules theory. In W. Leeds-Hurwitz (Ed.), Social history of language and social interaction research: People, places, ideas. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
Buttny, R., & Jensen, A.J. (2002). Hot-stove league talk. In G.Gumpert & S.Drucker (Eds.), Take me out to the ball game: Communicating baseball (pp.71-93). Creskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
Buttny, R. (1998). Putting prior talk into context: Reported speech and the reporting context. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 31, 45-58. pdf
Buttny, R., & Isbell, T.L (1991). The problem of communicating one's understanding of Zen: A microanalysis of teacher-student interviews in a North American Zen monastery. Human Studies, 14, 287-309.
Buttny, R. (1986). The ascription of meaning: A Wittgensteinian perspective. QuarterlyJournal of Speech, 72, 261-273. pdf
Buttny, R., & Campbell, J.L. (1990). Discourse direction and power: Diverging strategies during a welfare interview. In S.Thomas & W.A. Evans (Eds.), Culture and communication, Volume IV: Language, performance, technology, and media (pp. 69-82). Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publications.
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