Title: Learn to write badly : how to succeed in the social sciences /
Authors: Billig, Michael,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Communication in the social sciences.; Social sciences Research; English language Writing; Sozialwissenschaften.; Kommunikation
Abstract: Introduction -- Mass publication and academic life -- Learning to write badly -- Jargon, nouns and acronyms -- Turning people into things -- How to avoid saying who did it -- Some sociological things: governmentality, cosmopolitanization and conversation analysis -- Experimental social psychology: concealing and exaggerating -- Conclusion and recommendations.
Contents: Introduction -- Mass publication and academic life -- Learning to write badly -- Jargon, nouns and acronyms -- Turning people into things -- How to avoid saying who did it -- Some sociological things: governmentality, cosmopolitanization and conversation analysis -- Experimental social psychology: concealing and exaggerating -- Conclusion and recommendations.