Democracy in Talk: Dominance in “User-Centred” Team Meetings

Category of participantsUsersRelativesProfessionalsAll participantsNumber of participants561930Minimum/maximum number of participants in individual meetings1/11/21/63/8Total number of words15 30012 42627 11254 838Percentage of total number of words282350101Average number of words per person3060207114271828Minimum/maximum number of words used by individual participants786/6634869/3309115/3869115/6634Total number of turns124385314483544Percentage of total number of turns352441100Average number of turns per person24914276118Minimum/maximum number of turns used by individual participants75/42139/2388/2398/421Average number of words/turn12151918Minimum/maximum average number of words/turn used by individual participants5/289/2211/385/38

Table 2.

The quantitative distribution of the discourse space between relatives and professionals during five meetings held by five different teams without users present

Category of participantsRelativesProfessionalsAll participantsNumber of participants82533Minimum/maximum number of participants in individual meetings1/33/65/9Total number of words21 99140 97162 962Percentage of total number of words3565100Average number of words per person274916391908Minimum/maximum number of words used by individual participants350/7304182/5105183/7304Total number of turns121619093125Percentage of total number of turns3961100Average number of turns per person1527695Minimum/maximum number of turns used by individual participants31/3095/1895/309Average number of words/turns182220Minimum/maximum average number of words/turn used by individual participants7/249/487/48

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15017410701264418 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011

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