Sex Dolls in the Swedish Media Discourse: Intimacy, Sexuality, and Technology

Critical Discourse ◽

Sexual Practices ◽

Media Discourse ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Therapeutic Uses ◽

Broad Variety ◽

The Media ◽

Definition Of ◽

AbstractSex dolls are a complex phenomenon with several diverse possible emotional, sexual and therapeutic uses. They can be part of a broad variety of sexual practices, and also function as a sexual aid. However, the media discourse on sex dolls first and foremost concerns how we perceive the relationship between intimacy and technology. A critical discourse analysis of the Swedish media discourse on sex dolls reveals six themes which dominate the discourse: (a) the definition of what a human being is; (b) a discourse on the (technological and existential) future; (c) a social effort; (d) a loveless phenomenon; (e) men’s violence against women; and (f) pedophilia. Accordingly, this discourse is very conservative and normative in its view of sexuality, technology, and humanity. Overall, the dominant themes do not provide any space for positive effects of technology on human sexuality, and if they do, it is usually as a substitute for something else.

Media construction of the immigrant’s image: specifics of discourse strategies (based on the content of a Facebook group and articles in The Daily Mail)

Professional Discourse & Communication ◽

10.24833/2687-0126-2020-2-3-23-44 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 23-44

Author(s):

M. S. Matytsina ◽

O. N. Prokhorova ◽

I. V. Chekulai

Keyword(s):

Discourse Analysis ◽

Social Practice ◽

Critical Discourse ◽

Discursive Construction ◽

Media Discourse ◽

Daily Mail ◽

Reciprocal Effect ◽

The Media ◽

Definition Of

The paper based on the content of the Facebook group Immigrants in EU and The Daily Mail publications discusses the issue of discursive construction of an immigrant image in media discourse. Using the framework of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), the authors claim that the image of an immigrant can be viewed as a discursive construct, and the main discursive strategies involved in its construction include the reference strategy and the prediction strategy. As a result of the analysis, the so called CDA-categories (topic blocks) underlying the formation of the immigrant figure, are identified and illustrated by the relevant examples, the need for further study of the social media discourse as part of critical discourse analysis is justified. The relevance of such study is due to the growing research interest in discursive construction of the immigrant figure in the media discourse, since it underpins the definition of discourse as a form of social practice, not only reflecting processes in the society, but also exerting a reciprocal effect on them. The use of both verbal and non-verbal means in the media texts under study reflects the intention of the authors of the messages to use all possible communication channels when constructing an immigrant’s image. The results show that the dichotomy of “friends and foes” is being formed and maintained by the British newspaper The Daily Mail, while the members of the Immigrants in EU group try to mitigate the conflict between immigrants and indigenous people.

The dual causes of fragmentation: Democratic security and the communitarian state in Colombian politics

Discourse & Society ◽

10.1177/0957926519877694 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

pp. 64-84

Author(s):

Neyla G Pardo

Keyword(s):

National Security ◽

Critical Discourse ◽

Crimes Against Humanity ◽

The Political ◽

Discursive Strategies ◽

The Media ◽

Extrajudicial Killings ◽

The Relationship ◽

Democratic Security

This chapter analyzes speeches delivered by former Colombian President, Álvaro Uribe Vélez, between August 2002 and August 2009, which can be found on the official website of the presidency: ( http://web.presidencia.gov.co/discursos/ ). We attempt to identify the webs of meaning surrounding the concepts of ‘Democratic Security’ and ‘Communitarian State’ with awareness of the relationship between discourse, ideology and power. The aim is to better understand the political power of the plans, programs and projects developed by Uribe’s administration, and how this was affected by widespread deployment of the media. These policies are conditioned by a set of colonialist principles that are embodied in symbolic-discursive strategies that result in representations, by means of which mechanisms of marginalization, discrimination and polarized hierarchy are legitimized from the different social spheres. During the 7-year period analyzed there were controversial debates over the commission of crimes against humanity by national security agents, as well as corruption scandals over topics like ‘para-politics’, ‘false positives’, selective arrests, extrajudicial killings and violations of the sovereignty of bordering countries. Within this political context, we attempt to identify the inherent tensions and social conflicts. It is argued that the analyzed discourses reproduce colonialist thoughts, in relation to neoliberal principles and the application of global policies. Using the principles of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), we explore the strategies and resources used in Uribe’s speeches and how major themes are positioned to reproduce systems of beliefs, values and attitudes.

Conceptualization of South Ossetia conflict by Russian bloggers

Cognition communication discourse ◽

10.26565/2218-2926-2019-18-01 ◽

2019 ◽

Keyword(s):

Discourse Analysis ◽

Cognitive Linguistics ◽

Point Of View ◽

Critical Discourse ◽

Human Beings ◽

South Ossetia ◽

The Media ◽

Media Narratives ◽

The present study analyzes the narratives by Russian bloggers on the 2008 South-Ossetia conflict. This analysis of political discourse is underpinned by the principles of cognitive linguistics, developed on the basis of bodily experience of human beings. The combination of different approaches leads to a more comprehensive analysis and concise interpretation of events taking place in society. This cognitive-discursive perspective differs from traditional studies of mass media narratives which mostly base on Discourse Analysis (DA) and/or Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), i.e., language in use is studied from the perspective of meaning on/ above the level of sentences and through the relationship between language and society, as well as language and power. Methodologically, this study was conducted on the basis of integrative speech analysis, critical discourse analysis, and cognitive linguistics. From the cognitive point of view, bloggers’ discourse is based on concepts evaluated positively (BENEFIT, FAIRNESS/HONORABLE CASE), negatively (CONQUER, PROBLEM, VANDALISM, NEGOTIATED MATCH), and neutrally (DEMONSTRATION, TEST). From the linguistic point of view, in their discourse, bloggers extensively use metaphors, which belong to the most effective ways of expressing opinions and are widely used by the media to create vivid images of the events described. A qualitative generalization of the data of content analysis proves that the attitude of Russian bloggers to the conflict is quite diverse, there is no consensus about how the war was fought, about its results, about the current situation and future prospects for the region.

Critical Discourse Analysis of the Editorial Coverage of Osama Bin Laden Operation by the Pakistani Media

ISSUE1 - Journal of Peace, Development & Communication ◽

10.36968/jpdc-v05-i01-21 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol Volume 5 (1) ◽

pp. 240-254

Author(s):

Amna Zulfiqar ◽

Sadaf Asif ◽

Ayesha Siddiqua

Keyword(s):

Discourse Analysis ◽

Agenda Setting ◽

Critical Discourse ◽

Media Discourse ◽

Military Establishment ◽

The Media ◽

Osama Bin Laden

The article is intended to compare and analyze the media discourse in the editorials of two daily English newspapers of Pakistan in the context of one of the most controversial antiterrorist operation which is named as the Osama Bin Laden (OBL) operation. For this purpose editorials of two leading English newspapers of Pakistan i.e., Dawn and The News were selected from 3rd May, 2011, to 26th August, 2011. Moreover, the current study employed the method of critical discourse analysis and has also studied the theoretical notion of agenda setting and framing. Results reveal that The News used very strong, rather harsh vocabulary during the editorial coverage of OBL operation. Whereas, Dawn adopted literary phrases and less harsh tone to cover OBL operation. Also, editorials of both the newspapers constructed similar frames such as “failure of military establishment” and “security lapse” throughout the coverage of OBL operation

What They Do Not Talk about When They Talk about Radicalism: (A Corpus-assisted Discourse Analysis on Islamic News Portals in Indonesia)

MediaTor (Jurnal Komunikasi) ◽

10.29313/mediator.v13i2.5859 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 178-190

Author(s):

Oemar Madri Bafadhal ◽

Nurly Meilinda ◽

Krisna Murti ◽

Anang Dwi Santoso

Keyword(s):

Discourse Analysis ◽

Critical Discourse ◽

Clear Definition ◽

Information Function ◽

Corpus Linguistic ◽

The Media ◽

Definition Of

The lack of a clear definition of radicalism leads Islamic organisations to feel entitled to interpret it. It results in contention for the meaning of radicalism and forms a different reality for each reader. By taking a case study on two spectra of Islamic organisations, moderate Islamic organisation (NU Online) and Islamic extremist organisation (Portal Islam), this study aims to understand the construction of radicalism in two Islamic news portals. We utilised a dataset of news about radicalism from September 2018-2019 and analysed it using a combination of corpus linguistic (CL) and critical discourse analysis (CDA). While CL helped to reveal emerging discourses, CDA intended to observe the patterns and relate them into socio-political contexts critically. The results indicate that each site was blurring the information function of news portals into a propaganda function. They also generate fragmented knowledge, which leads to a misrepresentation of paradigm towards radicalism. This leads to discriminatory actions against other groups. The meaning of radicalism in the media may encourage group dichotomy, which is counterproductive to countering terrorism in Indonesia. This study contributes to a comprehension of the terrorism phenomenon by providing a closer view of how moderate and extreme Islamic organisations interpret radicalism.

Made/maid in the media: narrative discourses surrounding Filipina nannies in the live-in caregiver program.

10.32920/ryerson.14649204 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Holly Dae Edejer

Keyword(s):

Media Studies ◽

Minority Group ◽

Media Representations ◽

Critical Discourse ◽

Media Discourse ◽

Global Migration ◽

Research Findings ◽

The Media ◽

Domestic Labour

This paper explores the various narratives and media representations surrounding Filipinas in Canada’s Live-In Caregiver Program. This study draws upon existing scholarship in global migration of (gendered, racialized, and class-based) domestic labour, as well as theories of postcolonialism and media studies. Using critical discourse analysis, the content of 132 news articles from 1988 to 2014 in the Toronto Star are coded and discussed. The five main categories in which these Filipina live-in caregivers – ‘or Filipina nannies’ – are constructed are identified as foreigners, mothers, workers, victims, and activists. The research findings suggest that representations of Filipina live-in caregivers are framed by notions of difference and social hierarchy in Canada’s most widely disseminated newspaper. Thus this newsprint media discourse reproduces the subaltern status and dual in/visibility of this minority group in Canadian society.

Advances in Media, Entertainment, and the Arts - Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond ◽

Reproducing Orientalism With Cinema

10.4018/978-1-7998-7180-4.ch054 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 953-973

Author(s):

Deniz Yüceer Berker

Keyword(s):

Mass Media ◽

Effective Mass ◽

World View ◽

Critical Discourse ◽

Political Pressure ◽

The Social ◽

The Media ◽

The Subject ◽

The place and importance of mass media as an ideological device is accepted without any discussion today. The sovereign states, trying to impose their ideology and world view to “others,” impose the dominant ideology by using the media as well as economic and political pressure. Cinema is like a mirror that reveals the socio-cultural and economic structures in societies and reflects all changes and conflicts. Therefore, the relationship between cinema and social structure is quite strong. At this point, the relationship between cinema and orientalism, which is the subject of the study, becomes important. Orientalism is constantly being reproduced through cinema, which is one of the most effective mass media. In this context, the movie Aladdin produced in 2019 will be analyzed in order to analyze how the orientalist perspective is reproduced with cinema and how the eastern image is “otherized.” In the study, critical discourse analysis method was preferred for the purpose of analyzing the social and political backgrounds of the ideologies in the film.

Discursive construction of Lithuania's “others:” the case of Belarus

Nationalities Papers ◽

10.1080/00905992.2016.1250068 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 45 (1) ◽

pp. 80-95

Author(s):

Eglė Kesylytė-Alliks

Keyword(s):

Critical Discourse ◽

Political Crisis ◽

Discursive Construction ◽

Media Discourse ◽

The Past ◽

The Media ◽

Grand Duchy Of Lithuania ◽

Discourse Historical Approach ◽

Discursive Representations

This article analyzes discursive representations of Lithuania and of Belarus as Lithuania's “Other” in the context of the recent political crisis in Ukraine. Focusing on the media discourse of Lithuanian intellectuals regarding the historical Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL) and its legacy, it examines how Belarus and its role vis-à-vis Lithuania have been depicted. The analysis is informed by the discourse-historical approach within critical discourse analysis, using thematic content and argumentation schemes for studying the images ascribed to the GDL, Belarus, and Lithuania in the selected texts. Focus in the discourse of intellectuals on the GDL as a historical homeland is found to shift from history as a scholarly endeavor to the politics of history and the uses of the past in today's political projects. Belarus and the GDL emerge as topics not only historically and politically salient but also potentially dangerous for Lithuania within the setting of the events in Ukraine.

Ethical aspects of voice assistants: a critical discourse analysis of Indonesian media texts

Journal of Information Communication and Ethics in Society ◽

10.1108/jices-12-2020-0118 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Anisa Aini Arifin ◽

Thomas Taro Lennerfors

Keyword(s):

Discourse Analysis ◽

Media Coverage ◽

Social Practice ◽

Ethical Issues ◽

Critical Discourse ◽

Content Type ◽

Positive Effects ◽

The Media ◽

Media Texts

Purpose Voice assistant (VA) technology is one of the fastest-growing artificial intelligence applications at present. However, the burgeoning scholarship argues that there are ethical challenges relating to this new technology, not the least related to privacy, which affects the technology’s acceptance. Given that the media impacts public opinion and acceptance of VA and that there are no studies on media coverage of VA, the study focuses on media coverage. In addition, this study aims to focus on media coverage in Indonesia, a country that has been underrepresented in earlier research. Design/methodology/approach The authors used critical discourse analysis of media texts, focusing on three levels (text, discourse practice and social practice) to study how VA technology was discussed in the Indonesian context and what power relations frame the representation. In total, 501 articles were collected from seven national media in Indonesia from 2010 to 2020 and the authors particularly focus on the 45 articles that concern ethics. Findings The ethical topics covered are gender issues, false marketing, ethical wrongdoing, ethically positive effects, misuse, privacy and security. More importantly, when they are discussed, they are presented as presenting no real critical problem. Regarding discursive practices, the media coverage is highly influenced by foreign media and most of the articles are directed to well-educated Indonesians. Finally, regarding social practices, the authors hold that the government ideology of technological advancement is related to this positive portrayal of VAs. Originality/value First, to provide the first media discourse study about ethical issues of VAs. Second, to provide insights from a non-Western context, namely, Indonesia, which is underrepresented in the research on ethics of VAs.

COMPARISON OF THE MODEL CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS BY MILLS AND FAIRCLOUGH AT ONLINE MEDIA IN CASE REPORTING OF “IKAN ASIN”

Hortatori : Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra Indonesia ◽

10.30998/jh.v3i2.218 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 73-80

Author(s):

Syarifa Rafiqa

Keyword(s):

Discourse Analysis ◽

Critical Discourse ◽

Online Media ◽

Text Production ◽

Production And Consumption ◽

The Media ◽

Analysis Models ◽

Language And Ideology ◽

Abstract: This study examines how the relationship between gender language and ideology is constructed in media texts, and aims to interrogate a small number of articles taken from the most widely read online editions of national newspapers in Indonesia regarding online media reporting on the harassment of women in the "Ikan Asin" case. The focuses of this research are 1) how the women are displayed in the text. 2) How media displays texts, discursive practices that include the production and consumption of texts, and social practices. 3) What are the differences between the Mills and Fairlough critical discourse analysis models? The results of the study are that women are displayed positively even though the case they experience is negative. Text production is closely related to the ideology of journalists and the media as well as the audiences who consume the text. Both Mills and Fairclough's critical discourse analysis models have similarities and differences in analyzing texts. Key Words: Critical Discourse Analysis, Mills, Fairclough, Ikan Asin.