Abstract
As norms in the forensics community are often unspoken and have few identifiable starting points, habitus and Bourdieu seems an apt place to begin an analysis. Further, such analysis can serve as a potential case study for broader applications of Bourdieu to communication studies. Thus, my goal is to provide an overview of Bourdieu’s work through his interconnecting ideas of habitus, field, and cultural capital and use those concepts to discuss college forensics as a case study of how communicative norms and attitudes are shaped in small collective social structures such as forensics. Building from that application, I explore ways in which Bourdieu might be used more broadly in communication studies.
Advisor
Justin Rudnick
Committee Member
Katie Brunner
Date of Degree
2020
Language
english
Document Type
APP
Degree
Master of Science (MS)
College
Arts and Humanities
Recommended Citation
Hagan, S. P. (2020). Using Bourdieu in communication and forensics research [Master’s alternative plan paper, Minnesota State University, Mankato]. Cornerstone: A Collection of Scholarly and Creative Works for Minnesota State University, Mankato. https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/etds/985/
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