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Papers by Jane Jorgenson
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
This study focuses on work-life interrelationships for community health workers (CHWs) during the... more This study focuses on work-life interrelationships for community health workers (CHWs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. CHWs serve as liaisons between marginalized communities and health and human service organizations to facilitate access to services. Required physical distancing transformed their work from embodied, face-to-face interaction to almost wholly mediated by communication technologies. Interviews were conducted with 52 participants to identify CHWs’ adaptive strategies for communication, consequences of their adaptations for their experience of work and work-life interrelationships, and their communicative management of negative unintended consequences. Communicative practices that were emergent from participant accounts are examined through the lenses of four mutually informing research frameworks: the impact of technologically mediated remote work on work-life interrelationships, technological capital and differentiated digital inequalities, the text work/body work conti...
Journal of Family Communication, 2016
Estimates of the percentage of academics partnered with other academics vary depending on the sam... more Estimates of the percentage of academics partnered with other academics vary depending on the samples used. In surveying marriage rates among academics, Mason et al. (2013) found that 18% of female faculty and 13% of male faculty were married to other academics.
Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 2013
In this article, we use the anthropologist Gregory Bateson's conceptualization of framing and his... more In this article, we use the anthropologist Gregory Bateson's conceptualization of framing and his theory of interpersonal communication process to explore how relational realities develop in designed conversational processes. In recent years, there has been a blossoming of interest in large group methods as a way of achieving whole-system change. Many of these techniques seek to construct alternative spaces or dialogic "containers" in which the usual routines and authority structures are suspended; as such, they require that practitioners give particular attention to issues of framing. By analyzing examples drawn from two World Café events, we attempt to clarify theoretical principles underlying dialogic approaches to organizational change. We also consider the practical implications inherent in Bateson's ideas, particularly the possibilities they offer for enhancing the facilitator's awareness of the context in which he or she is a participating member.
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](Abstract: In this article we seek to contribute to the emerging conversation on child-centered re... more Abstract: In this article we seek to contribute to the emerging conversation on child-centered research methods by reflecting on the use of participatory photo interviewing to understand children's experiences with household technology. Participatory photo interviews attempt to engage children as active research participants by giving them cameras and inviting them to take pictures dealing with various aspects of their lives. The photos are later used in the interview process to jointly explore the subjective meaning of the images. We focus here on how children oriented to the research task, and in particular, on the ethnographic insights obtained by attending to the different kinds of commentaries evoked as children were asked to explain their photographs. Our experience with this image-based approach suggests that children's reactions to the research context complicate the task of interpretation but are essential to acknowledge if researchers are to make full use of the ...
Management Communication Quarterly
A substantial body of literature considers the experience of precarious work in market economies.... more A substantial body of literature considers the experience of precarious work in market economies. Only recently, however, have scholars of work begun to consider the impact of precarity in the workplace on work-life interrelationships. This study contributes to that research and expands its focus beyond the form of precarity represented by job insecurity to other forms of precarity that inhere in the management of work-life interrelationships for working families in industrialized nations. Taking a communication as constitutive of work-life interrelationships perspective, we identify four forms of precarity in middle class working mothers’ accounts of work-life, and then examine how these forms are communicatively managed through classed and gendered discursive and material/technological practices of resilience. Using Weick’s organizational sensemaking model, in particular his notion of “partial inclusion,” we discuss the implications that individuals’ practices of resilience to man...
Cybern. Hum. Knowing, 2003
Inspired by Heinz von Foerster\u27s notions of observing systems as a merging of second-order and... more Inspired by Heinz von Foerster\u27s notions of observing systems as a merging of second-order and first-order understanding, we explore the multiple senses of observing frames. We draw organically from ethnographic observations of visitors in a regional science center to reconceptualize processes of meaning construction in designed learning environments more generally. Von Foerster\u27s ethical and aesthetic imperatives are used to develop an understanding of science learning as an emergent co-improvisation between designers, researchers, interactors and visitors. Links are drawn with Luhmann\u27s paradoxy of observing systems, while implications for design processes are considered
Annals of the International Communication Association, 2006
This article uses work-life interrelationships as a lens through which to identify communication ... more This article uses work-life interrelationships as a lens through which to identify communication concepts that span the traditional "division divide" between organizational and family communication and to identify potential substantive contributions to worklife research that might be made from integrative perspectives. We review extant worklife research within the communication discipline to identify themes and methodological approaches represented to date; we also identify lines of research in both organizational and family communication that have not yet been tied to work-life research but that have strong potential connections. We explore three theoretical perspectives for bridging workplace and private-life frames of reference: structuration, systems, and relational dialectics. Within each perspective, we identify integrative directions for future research. We conclude with me tadis cursive reflections on obstacles to and pathways for spanning division divides.
The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 2013
In this article, we use the anthropologist Gregory Bateson’s conceptualization of framing and his... more In this article, we use the anthropologist Gregory Bateson’s conceptualization of framing and his theory of interpersonal communication process to explore how relational realities develop in designed conversational processes. In recent years, there has been a blossoming of interest in large group methods as a way of achieving whole-system change. Many of these techniques seek to construct alternative spaces or dialogic “containers” in which the usual routines and authority structures are suspended; as such, they require that practitioners give particular attention to issues of framing. By analyzing examples drawn from two World Café events, we attempt to clarify theoretical principles underlying dialogic approaches to organizational change. We also consider the practical implications inherent in Bateson’s ideas, particularly the possibilities they offer for enhancing the facilitator’s awareness of the context in which he or she is a participating member.
Women and Everyday Uses of the internet: Agency and …, 2003
Mit diesem Artikel wollen wir zur entstehenden Debatte uber Kind-zentrierte Forschungsmethoden be... more Mit diesem Artikel wollen wir zur entstehenden Debatte uber Kind-zentrierte Forschungsmethoden beitragen, indem wir die Anwendung von partizipativen Foto-Interviews fur das Verstehen kindlicher Erfahrungen mit Haushaltgeraten reflektieren. Mittels Foto-Interviews wird versucht, Kinder als aktive Forschungsteilnehmer/innen einzubeziehen, indem ihnen Kameras gegeben und sie eingeladen werden, unterschiedlichste Aspekte ihres Alltagslebens zu fotografieren. Spater werden die Fotos im Rahmen von Interviews genutzt, um gemeinsam die subjektive Bedeutung der Fotos zu besprechen. Wir beschaftigen uns im Folgenden damit, wie Kinder auf die Forschungsaufgaben eingegangen sind und im Besonderen mit ethnografischen Einsichten, die aus der Betrachtung der Kommentare erwachsen sind, die Kinder abgaben, nachdem sie gebeten worden waren, ihre Fotos zu erlautern. Unserer Erfahrung mit diesem Bild-basierten Ansatz ist, dass die kindlichen Reaktionen auf den Forschungskontext das Interpretieren durch...
... Qualitative Research, 1, 303-323. Rintel, E., & Pittam, J. (1997). Strangers in a strange... more ... Qualitative Research, 1, 303-323. Rintel, E., & Pittam, J. (1997). Strangers in a strange land:Interaction management on Internet relay chat. Human Communication Research, 23, 507-534. Sacks, H. (1992). Lectures on conversation. Vols.I and II. ...
Journal of Family Communication, 2016
ABSTRACT Increasingly competitive labor markets have created new challenges for academic partners... more ABSTRACT Increasingly competitive labor markets have created new challenges for academic partners who are seeking faculty positions in the same location. Mismatches between career aspirations and available opportunities can precipitate struggles over the meaning and desirability of an academic career, triggering a need for sensemaking. This article offers an analysis of academic couples’ job search stories, focusing on how they jointly make sense of career events through narrative performances. Using dialogic/performance analysis, the article identifies several specific strategies by which participants collaboratively manage tensions between “self” and “other” and sustain positive identities. These strategies include bolstering the partner’s image through protective teamwork, minimizing status differences, and re-storying professional setbacks. Together, these strategies show how couples strive to make their experiences sensible to themselves and others and to forge new meanings of career passages that, in many cases, depart from established models.
Cybern. Hum. Knowing, 2016
... judgements; what linguistic terms of address and reference are used by informants toward thei... more ... judgements; what linguistic terms of address and reference are used by informants toward their parents-in-law, and what ... JANE ELEANOR JORGENSON, "THE FAMILY'S CONSTRUCTION OF THE CONCEPT OF 'FAMILY'" (January 1, 1986 ... Dissertations available from ProQuest ...
... Mandell, A. (1993). Response to 'theorizing open and distance learning.' Open Learnin... more ... Mandell, A. (1993). Response to 'theorizing open and distance learning.' Open Learning, 49-50. Maxwell, L., Richter, C., & McCain, T. (1995). Graduate distance educa-tion: A review and synthesis of the research literature. ... Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Swann, J. (1989). ...
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
This study focuses on work-life interrelationships for community health workers (CHWs) during the... more This study focuses on work-life interrelationships for community health workers (CHWs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. CHWs serve as liaisons between marginalized communities and health and human service organizations to facilitate access to services. Required physical distancing transformed their work from embodied, face-to-face interaction to almost wholly mediated by communication technologies. Interviews were conducted with 52 participants to identify CHWs’ adaptive strategies for communication, consequences of their adaptations for their experience of work and work-life interrelationships, and their communicative management of negative unintended consequences. Communicative practices that were emergent from participant accounts are examined through the lenses of four mutually informing research frameworks: the impact of technologically mediated remote work on work-life interrelationships, technological capital and differentiated digital inequalities, the text work/body work conti...
Journal of Family Communication, 2016
Estimates of the percentage of academics partnered with other academics vary depending on the sam... more Estimates of the percentage of academics partnered with other academics vary depending on the samples used. In surveying marriage rates among academics, Mason et al. (2013) found that 18% of female faculty and 13% of male faculty were married to other academics.
Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 2013
In this article, we use the anthropologist Gregory Bateson's conceptualization of framing and his... more In this article, we use the anthropologist Gregory Bateson's conceptualization of framing and his theory of interpersonal communication process to explore how relational realities develop in designed conversational processes. In recent years, there has been a blossoming of interest in large group methods as a way of achieving whole-system change. Many of these techniques seek to construct alternative spaces or dialogic "containers" in which the usual routines and authority structures are suspended; as such, they require that practitioners give particular attention to issues of framing. By analyzing examples drawn from two World Café events, we attempt to clarify theoretical principles underlying dialogic approaches to organizational change. We also consider the practical implications inherent in Bateson's ideas, particularly the possibilities they offer for enhancing the facilitator's awareness of the context in which he or she is a participating member.
Abstract: In this article we seek to contribute to the emerging conversation on child-centered re... more Abstract: In this article we seek to contribute to the emerging conversation on child-centered research methods by reflecting on the use of participatory photo interviewing to understand children's experiences with household technology. Participatory photo interviews attempt to engage children as active research participants by giving them cameras and inviting them to take pictures dealing with various aspects of their lives. The photos are later used in the interview process to jointly explore the subjective meaning of the images. We focus here on how children oriented to the research task, and in particular, on the ethnographic insights obtained by attending to the different kinds of commentaries evoked as children were asked to explain their photographs. Our experience with this image-based approach suggests that children's reactions to the research context complicate the task of interpretation but are essential to acknowledge if researchers are to make full use of the ...
Management Communication Quarterly
A substantial body of literature considers the experience of precarious work in market economies.... more A substantial body of literature considers the experience of precarious work in market economies. Only recently, however, have scholars of work begun to consider the impact of precarity in the workplace on work-life interrelationships. This study contributes to that research and expands its focus beyond the form of precarity represented by job insecurity to other forms of precarity that inhere in the management of work-life interrelationships for working families in industrialized nations. Taking a communication as constitutive of work-life interrelationships perspective, we identify four forms of precarity in middle class working mothers’ accounts of work-life, and then examine how these forms are communicatively managed through classed and gendered discursive and material/technological practices of resilience. Using Weick’s organizational sensemaking model, in particular his notion of “partial inclusion,” we discuss the implications that individuals’ practices of resilience to man...
Cybern. Hum. Knowing, 2003
Inspired by Heinz von Foerster\u27s notions of observing systems as a merging of second-order and... more Inspired by Heinz von Foerster\u27s notions of observing systems as a merging of second-order and first-order understanding, we explore the multiple senses of observing frames. We draw organically from ethnographic observations of visitors in a regional science center to reconceptualize processes of meaning construction in designed learning environments more generally. Von Foerster\u27s ethical and aesthetic imperatives are used to develop an understanding of science learning as an emergent co-improvisation between designers, researchers, interactors and visitors. Links are drawn with Luhmann\u27s paradoxy of observing systems, while implications for design processes are considered
Annals of the International Communication Association, 2006
This article uses work-life interrelationships as a lens through which to identify communication ... more This article uses work-life interrelationships as a lens through which to identify communication concepts that span the traditional "division divide" between organizational and family communication and to identify potential substantive contributions to worklife research that might be made from integrative perspectives. We review extant worklife research within the communication discipline to identify themes and methodological approaches represented to date; we also identify lines of research in both organizational and family communication that have not yet been tied to work-life research but that have strong potential connections. We explore three theoretical perspectives for bridging workplace and private-life frames of reference: structuration, systems, and relational dialectics. Within each perspective, we identify integrative directions for future research. We conclude with me tadis cursive reflections on obstacles to and pathways for spanning division divides.
The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 2013
In this article, we use the anthropologist Gregory Bateson’s conceptualization of framing and his... more In this article, we use the anthropologist Gregory Bateson’s conceptualization of framing and his theory of interpersonal communication process to explore how relational realities develop in designed conversational processes. In recent years, there has been a blossoming of interest in large group methods as a way of achieving whole-system change. Many of these techniques seek to construct alternative spaces or dialogic “containers” in which the usual routines and authority structures are suspended; as such, they require that practitioners give particular attention to issues of framing. By analyzing examples drawn from two World Café events, we attempt to clarify theoretical principles underlying dialogic approaches to organizational change. We also consider the practical implications inherent in Bateson’s ideas, particularly the possibilities they offer for enhancing the facilitator’s awareness of the context in which he or she is a participating member.
Women and Everyday Uses of the internet: Agency and …, 2003
Mit diesem Artikel wollen wir zur entstehenden Debatte uber Kind-zentrierte Forschungsmethoden be... more Mit diesem Artikel wollen wir zur entstehenden Debatte uber Kind-zentrierte Forschungsmethoden beitragen, indem wir die Anwendung von partizipativen Foto-Interviews fur das Verstehen kindlicher Erfahrungen mit Haushaltgeraten reflektieren. Mittels Foto-Interviews wird versucht, Kinder als aktive Forschungsteilnehmer/innen einzubeziehen, indem ihnen Kameras gegeben und sie eingeladen werden, unterschiedlichste Aspekte ihres Alltagslebens zu fotografieren. Spater werden die Fotos im Rahmen von Interviews genutzt, um gemeinsam die subjektive Bedeutung der Fotos zu besprechen. Wir beschaftigen uns im Folgenden damit, wie Kinder auf die Forschungsaufgaben eingegangen sind und im Besonderen mit ethnografischen Einsichten, die aus der Betrachtung der Kommentare erwachsen sind, die Kinder abgaben, nachdem sie gebeten worden waren, ihre Fotos zu erlautern. Unserer Erfahrung mit diesem Bild-basierten Ansatz ist, dass die kindlichen Reaktionen auf den Forschungskontext das Interpretieren durch...
... Qualitative Research, 1, 303-323. Rintel, E., & Pittam, J. (1997). Strangers in a strange... more ... Qualitative Research, 1, 303-323. Rintel, E., & Pittam, J. (1997). Strangers in a strange land:Interaction management on Internet relay chat. Human Communication Research, 23, 507-534. Sacks, H. (1992). Lectures on conversation. Vols.I and II. ...
Journal of Family Communication, 2016
ABSTRACT Increasingly competitive labor markets have created new challenges for academic partners... more ABSTRACT Increasingly competitive labor markets have created new challenges for academic partners who are seeking faculty positions in the same location. Mismatches between career aspirations and available opportunities can precipitate struggles over the meaning and desirability of an academic career, triggering a need for sensemaking. This article offers an analysis of academic couples’ job search stories, focusing on how they jointly make sense of career events through narrative performances. Using dialogic/performance analysis, the article identifies several specific strategies by which participants collaboratively manage tensions between “self” and “other” and sustain positive identities. These strategies include bolstering the partner’s image through protective teamwork, minimizing status differences, and re-storying professional setbacks. Together, these strategies show how couples strive to make their experiences sensible to themselves and others and to forge new meanings of career passages that, in many cases, depart from established models.
Cybern. Hum. Knowing, 2016
... judgements; what linguistic terms of address and reference are used by informants toward thei... more ... judgements; what linguistic terms of address and reference are used by informants toward their parents-in-law, and what ... JANE ELEANOR JORGENSON, "THE FAMILY'S CONSTRUCTION OF THE CONCEPT OF 'FAMILY'" (January 1, 1986 ... Dissertations available from ProQuest ...
... Mandell, A. (1993). Response to 'theorizing open and distance learning.' Open Learnin... more ... Mandell, A. (1993). Response to 'theorizing open and distance learning.' Open Learning, 49-50. Maxwell, L., Richter, C., & McCain, T. (1995). Graduate distance educa-tion: A review and synthesis of the research literature. ... Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Swann, J. (1989). ...