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‘5 secrets they won’t tell you’ : The content and rhetoric of YouTube advice videos about searching for a doctoral supervisor
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Kier-Byfield, Sophia, Burford, James and Henderson, Emily F. (2023) ‘5 secrets they won’t tell you’ : The content and rhetoric of YouTube advice videos about searching for a doctoral supervisor. Innovations in Education and Teaching International . pp. 1-15. doi:10.1080/14703297.2023.2279580 ISSN 1470-3297. (In Press)
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1080/14703297.2023.2279580
Abstract
Much guidance on how to identify and contact a doctoral supervisor can be found on YouTube. There is a wealth of advice videos presented by ‘insiders’ including students, academics, consultants and institutional representatives. This article explores such ‘find a supervisor’ videos, characterising them as texts in the broader genre of doctoral writing advice. The article examines a sample of these videos thematically and then discursively, offering insight into the advice they give, as well as their positionality and rhetorical constructions of authority. Although potentially helpful to applicants, particularly those without strong networks, these videos nonetheless contribute to a complex advice market which requires critical scrutiny in terms of motivation and message. The article argues that, although supervisor advice videos may provide accessible support, they also capitalise on doctoral anxiety and perpetuate a culture of compliance with higher education norms, rather than encourage institutional and cultural transformation towards inclusivity.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > English and Comparative Literary Studies | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Faculty advisors, Graduate students -- Supervision of, Doctor of philosophy degree, Mentoring in education, Online social networks | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Innovations in Education and Teaching International | ||||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1470-3297 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 2023 | ||||||||
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Page Range: | pp. 1-15 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/14703297.2023.2279580 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | In Press | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 20 November 2023 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 20 November 2023 | ||||||||
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