Robyn Penman
Biographic Data
| ID | 235041 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robyn Penman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robyn |
| FAMILY NAME | Penman |
| SIGNATURE | PENMAN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Austin Hospital |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3559-7161 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
From listening … to the dialogic realities of participatory democracy
The idea of listening offers a means of reframing contemporary media theory and the project of cultural studies in such a way that the other half of communication can enter the picture on an equal footing. Many of the implications, both politically and conceptually, of such a move were canvassed in a special issue of Continuumin 2009.This paper engages with the themes of the special issue and elaborates on the implications through a consideration…
Socially Inclusive Processes: New Opportunities with New Media
The tools of Web 2.0 and its culture of open collaboration offer a number of new opportunities to individuals, communities and governments. At first glance, many of these opportunities appear to lend themselves to fostering socially inclusive practices, and the report of the Government 2.0 Taskforce in 2009 certainly claimed this. However, while there has been much discussion of social inclusion in policy terms, there has been little consideratio…
Good Theory and Good Practice: An Argument in Progress
This article is concerned with the question of what we might take to be good communication theory and good communication practice within a new paradigm. The metatheoretical assumptions of this new paradigm are used to show that the setting aside of truth in favor of morality is one of its radical distinguishing features. It is then argued that the practical moral basis for evaluating communication needs to reside in how the process affects our hu…
Facework & Politeness: Multiple Goals in Courtroom Discourse
This paper places recent work on politeness and facework into a broader framework concerned with the analysis of multiple goals in courtroom discourse. Problems with Brown & Levinson's (1978) theory as applied to ongoing discourse are addressed. A schema is developed that can be used to interpret major strategic options available for the conducting of facework. A methodology for employing this interpretative approach is described and illustrated …
Communication Reconstructed
Discourse in courts: Cooperation, coercion, and coherence
This paper addresses itself to the relevance of Grice's model in accounting for coherent discourse in courts of law. Using examination and cross‐examination episodes of 8 trials, 19 discourse rules were identified and all were shown to be congruent with Grice's Cooperative Principle. At the same time, however, it was also demonstrated that these rules were not easily or readily adhered to. In fact, a contradiction was found to exist: courts need …
Mothers' speech to prelingual infants: A pragmatic analysis
Functional and referential changes in maternal speech were investigated in a developmental study of nineteen mother–infant dyads, using video recordings of their free play at three and six months. The role of the infant in influencing speech adjustments was investigated by analysing the relationships between different types of maternal speech and different infant behavioural modes. Three general modes were differentiated – Communicative, Praxic a…
Synchrony in mother‐infant interaction: A possible neurophysiological base
The extent to which mothers and their infants can synchronize their activity levels and cycles of engagement and disengagement has been seen as fundamental to healthy affective development in the infant. Ten mothers and their infants were studied to consider the possibility of a neurophysiological base to synchronization potential. The infants' neurophysiological capacities were examined within two to three days of birth using the Brazelton Neona…
Some origins of the ‘difficult’ child: The Brazelton scale and the mother's view of her new‐born's character
Thirty‐two mothers and their new‐born babies were studied in order to consider, in a limited way, the manner in which a mother comes to attribute personality traits to her infant. The child's expected ‘difficulty’ was rated by means of a standardized inventory. In addition, a semi‐structured interview was conducted with the mother, and her baby was examined by means which have been described by Brazelton. The circumstances of birth were taken fro…
Support Systems of Widowed Women in Australia
The support systems that are used across the life cycle by women who become widowed were investigated in terms of (a) their frequency of use, and (b) problems for which support services were not seen as being available. In‐depth interviews with 298 widowed women indicate relatively little use of organized social services for personal problems. In contrast, family and local doctors were called upon to help with a wide range of personal and economi…
Women's current and future role conceptions
(1975). Women's current and future role conceptions. Australian Psychologist: Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 193-201
Facework & Politeness: Multiple Goals in Courtroom Discourse
This paper places recent work on politeness and facework into a broader framework concerned with the analysis of multiple goals in courtroom discourse. Problems with Brown & Levinson's (1978) theory as applied to ongoing discourse are addressed. A schema is developed that can be used to interpret major strategic options available for the conducting of facework. A methodology for employing this interpretative approach is described and illustrated …
Discourse in courts: Cooperation, coercion, and coherence
This paper addresses itself to the relevance of Grice's model in accounting for coherent discourse in courts of law. Using examination and cross‐examination episodes of 8 trials, 19 discourse rules were identified and all were shown to be congruent with Grice's Cooperative Principle. At the same time, however, it was also demonstrated that these rules were not easily or readily adhered to. In fact, a contradiction was found to exist: courts need …
Good Theory and Good Practice: An Argument in Progress
This article is concerned with the question of what we might take to be good communication theory and good communication practice within a new paradigm. The metatheoretical assumptions of this new paradigm are used to show that the setting aside of truth in favor of morality is one of its radical distinguishing features. It is then argued that the practical moral basis for evaluating communication needs to reside in how the process affects our hu…
Communication Reconstructed
Socially Inclusive Processes: New Opportunities with New Media
The tools of Web 2.0 and its culture of open collaboration offer a number of new opportunities to individuals, communities and governments. At first glance, many of these opportunities appear to lend themselves to fostering socially inclusive practices, and the report of the Government 2.0 Taskforce in 2009 certainly claimed this. However, while there has been much discussion of social inclusion in policy terms, there has been little consideratio…
Synchrony in mother‐infant interaction: A possible neurophysiological base
The extent to which mothers and their infants can synchronize their activity levels and cycles of engagement and disengagement has been seen as fundamental to healthy affective development in the infant. Ten mothers and their infants were studied to consider the possibility of a neurophysiological base to synchronization potential. The infants' neurophysiological capacities were examined within two to three days of birth using the Brazelton Neona…
Some origins of the ‘difficult’ child: The Brazelton scale and the mother's view of her new‐born's character
Thirty‐two mothers and their new‐born babies were studied in order to consider, in a limited way, the manner in which a mother comes to attribute personality traits to her infant. The child's expected ‘difficulty’ was rated by means of a standardized inventory. In addition, a semi‐structured interview was conducted with the mother, and her baby was examined by means which have been described by Brazelton. The circumstances of birth were taken fro…
Women's current and future role conceptions
(1975). Women's current and future role conceptions. Australian Psychologist: Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 193-201
Support Systems of Widowed Women in Australia
The support systems that are used across the life cycle by women who become widowed were investigated in terms of (a) their frequency of use, and (b) problems for which support services were not seen as being available. In‐depth interviews with 298 widowed women indicate relatively little use of organized social services for personal problems. In contrast, family and local doctors were called upon to help with a wide range of personal and economi…
Women's current and future role conceptions
(1975). Women's current and future role conceptions. Australian Psychologist: Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 193-201
Support Systems of Widowed Women in Australia
The support systems that are used across the life cycle by women who become widowed were investigated in terms of (a) their frequency of use, and (b) problems for which support services were not seen as being available. In‐depth interviews with 298 widowed women indicate relatively little use of organized social services for personal problems. In contrast, family and local doctors were called upon to help with a wide range of personal and economi…
Some origins of the ‘difficult’ child: The Brazelton scale and the mother's view of her new‐born's character
Thirty‐two mothers and their new‐born babies were studied in order to consider, in a limited way, the manner in which a mother comes to attribute personality traits to her infant. The child's expected ‘difficulty’ was rated by means of a standardized inventory. In addition, a semi‐structured interview was conducted with the mother, and her baby was examined by means which have been described by Brazelton. The circumstances of birth were taken fro…
Mothers' speech to prelingual infants: A pragmatic analysis
Functional and referential changes in maternal speech were investigated in a developmental study of nineteen mother–infant dyads, using video recordings of their free play at three and six months. The role of the infant in influencing speech adjustments was investigated by analysing the relationships between different types of maternal speech and different infant behavioural modes. Three general modes were differentiated – Communicative, Praxic a…
Synchrony in mother‐infant interaction: A possible neurophysiological base
The extent to which mothers and their infants can synchronize their activity levels and cycles of engagement and disengagement has been seen as fundamental to healthy affective development in the infant. Ten mothers and their infants were studied to consider the possibility of a neurophysiological base to synchronization potential. The infants' neurophysiological capacities were examined within two to three days of birth using the Brazelton Neona…
Discourse in courts: Cooperation, coercion, and coherence
This paper addresses itself to the relevance of Grice's model in accounting for coherent discourse in courts of law. Using examination and cross‐examination episodes of 8 trials, 19 discourse rules were identified and all were shown to be congruent with Grice's Cooperative Principle. At the same time, however, it was also demonstrated that these rules were not easily or readily adhered to. In fact, a contradiction was found to exist: courts need …
Communication Reconstructed
Facework & Politeness: Multiple Goals in Courtroom Discourse
This paper places recent work on politeness and facework into a broader framework concerned with the analysis of multiple goals in courtroom discourse. Problems with Brown & Levinson's (1978) theory as applied to ongoing discourse are addressed. A schema is developed that can be used to interpret major strategic options available for the conducting of facework. A methodology for employing this interpretative approach is described and illustrated …
Good Theory and Good Practice: An Argument in Progress
This article is concerned with the question of what we might take to be good communication theory and good communication practice within a new paradigm. The metatheoretical assumptions of this new paradigm are used to show that the setting aside of truth in favor of morality is one of its radical distinguishing features. It is then argued that the practical moral basis for evaluating communication needs to reside in how the process affects our hu…
From listening … to the dialogic realities of participatory democracy
The idea of listening offers a means of reframing contemporary media theory and the project of cultural studies in such a way that the other half of communication can enter the picture on an equal footing. Many of the implications, both politically and conceptually, of such a move were canvassed in a special issue of Continuumin 2009.This paper engages with the themes of the special issue and elaborates on the implications through a consideration…
Socially Inclusive Processes: New Opportunities with New Media
The tools of Web 2.0 and its culture of open collaboration offer a number of new opportunities to individuals, communities and governments. At first glance, many of these opportunities appear to lend themselves to fostering socially inclusive practices, and the report of the Government 2.0 Taskforce in 2009 certainly claimed this. However, while there has been much discussion of social inclusion in policy terms, there has been little consideratio…
Psychology (9 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 works) · Medicine (3 works)