Representations of social justice in social work blogs and the paradoxes of bridging theory in practice.

In this thesis I use feminist content analyses methods to explore thirty-two English speaking social work practitioner blogs for their affinity with social justice aims in social work. Using a poststructural feminist lens, I looked at the potentials and limitations for social work blogs to act as a means to bridge theory and practice in social work for the sake of social justice. I also looked for common understandings in the literature about critical practice to evaluate these commitments within these texts. The findings revealed that many of these bloggers demonstrated their commitment to the principle of social justice throughout their blogs. Further, much of the talk in blogs mirrors concerns found in the literature about the current contexts of social work practice. --Leaf ii.