scholarly journals From Big Data to Rich Theory: Integrating Critical Discourse Analysis with Structural Topic Modeling

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana M. Aranda ◽  
Kathrin Sele ◽  
Helen Etchanchu ◽  
Jonne Y. Guyt ◽  
Eero Vaara
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Topic Modeling ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Structural Topic Modeling

From Big Data to Rich Theory: Combining Structural Topic Modeling and Critical Discourse Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (1) ◽  
pp. 16640
Author(s):  
Eero Vaara ◽  
Ana M. Aranda ◽  
Helen Etchanchu ◽  
Kathrin Sele ◽  
Jonne Guyt
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Topic Modeling ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Structural Topic Modeling

Taiwan as ghost island? Ambivalent articulation of marginalized identities in computer-mediated discourses

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-306
Author(s):  
Yao-Tai Li ◽  
Yunya Song
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Topic Modeling ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Bulletin Board ◽  
Social Critique ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Discourse Historical Approach ◽  
Self Presentations ◽  
Structural Topic Modeling

This study examines the conflicting self-presentations when using the term ‘ghost island’ in Taiwan, a self-mocking way to belittle the homeland. While some view this term as a form of social critique, others consider it to be suggestive of a social malaise affecting contemporary Taiwanese. Drawing on online posts and comments from the most popular bulletin board system in Taiwan, this study combines topic modeling with a discourse-historical approach (DHA) to critical discourse analysis (CDA) to examine the constructions of ‘ghost island’ by Taiwanese netizens. A computer-aided content analysis was implemented using Structural Topic Modeling (STM) to identify discourse topics associated with netizens’ discourses on ghost island. Our findings suggest that the images of ‘us’ (the ordinary people) are presented as victims as against powerful ‘others’ (e.g. mainland China and local elites). Specifically, self-mockery was often invoked to project a loser image and marginalized status living on the island, whereas self-assertive narratives were invoked to affirm Taiwanese society’s democracy and freedom. The conflicting narratives – with a mixture of grudge, helplessness, pessimism, hope and pride – point to Taiwanese netizens’ ambivalent articulation of marginalized identities that operates to strengthen affective connectedness and virtual bonding.

scholarly journals Teaching Critical Discourse Analysis of Sociocognitive Approach to EFL Learners through Corpus-based Analysis

ELT in Focus ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-45
Author(s):  
Yogi Setia Samsi ◽  
Iwa Lukmana ◽  
Dadang Sudana
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Corpus Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Pedagogical Approach ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Functional Linguistics

Many studies have been researching critical discourse analysis, henceforth CDA, in analyzing a numerous contexts, nevertheless, those studies still have lack of contributions such as in pedagogical aspects and lack of incorporations with specialized technology such as corpus tool. However, this study intended to fill a gap that qualitatively aimed to explore on how teaching CDA focusing on sociocognitive approach through corpus analysis and to know learners’ responses about their experience. Then, this study concerns to three elements: corpus based approach, CDA approach, and pedagogical approach. The target of participants were undergraduate students of university in Karawang, Indonesia. It was randomly participated from higher semester, 7th semester, had been studying linguistics and learning media. The study ran for one month and included two training sessions for learners on how to use concordance software in analyzing words, phrases, concordance line, frequencies, and collocations in order to get sociocognitive which specialized by only microstructure couched by Van Dijk (2008). The corpus were made from 2 different newspaper with a specific issue contained a big data. The main findings showed that the participants can be able to use a concordance software independently as it seemed very excited in the exercise.  It indicated successful way that students eventually can criticize some discoures through corpus analysis that corroborated by the training and the learners’ responses. However, the further study requires to deepen and incorporate with other approaches such as systemic functional linguistics to strengthen the analysis.

Mining ideological discourse on Twitter: The case of extremism in Arabic

2021 ◽  
pp. 175048132110437
Author(s):  
Sami Abdullah Hamdi
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Topic Modeling ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Ideological Discourse ◽  
Linguistic Strategies ◽  
Ideological Influence ◽  
Twitter Users ◽  
Modeling Algorithm

Extremism has been a problematic term to define and suggests different and opposing meanings. This study explores how Twitter users conceptualize extremism in Arabic and express their opinions/arguments to construct the term. A corpus of tweets was collected from Twitter API using the word ‘تطرف أو متطرف’ in Arabic for extremist/extremism. A topic modeling algorithm was then applied to the dataset to uncover latent associated concepts underlying extremism, followed by a critical discourse analysis using Van Dijk’s Sociocognitive approach. The discursive and linguistic strategies used by Twitter users to support and justify their views of extremism were examined. The findings demonstrate an ideological influence that controls the concept of extremism, keeping it open to manipulation to serve shared interests and goals. Arab users of Twitter use extremism to promote their groups’ positive schema against others-negative schema.

The Media Conspiracy Behind the Death of Diana, Princess Of Wales: A Study of Critical Discourse Analysis

Metahumaniora ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Indah Mustika Santhi
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Daily Mail ◽  
Daily Newspapers ◽  
Analysis Theory ◽  
The Media ◽  
Material Process ◽  
Social Level

ABSTRAKPenelitian ini berjudul “The Media Conspiracy Behind the Death of Diana, Princessof Wales: A Study of Critical Discourse Analysis”. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskanbagaimana kematian Putri Diana direpresentasikan oleh The Daily Mail dalam artikelartikelpemberitaannya melalui dimensi tekstual dan juga memaparkan cara pandang TheDaily Mail sebagai pelaku media konspirasi pada praktik kerjanya terkait berita kematianPutri Diana dalam dimensi sosiokultural. Objek penelitian ini adalah The Daily Mail, salahsatu tabloid harian terbesar di Inggris. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalahmetode kualitatif, analisis deskriptif. Penulis menggunakan teori analisis wacana kritisFairclough (1995), disertai dengan beberapa teori pendukung lainnya, seperti teori klausasebagai representasi Halliday (2004), teori konspirasi Feaster (2008), Birchall (2006),Barkun (2003), Hodapp dan von Kannun (2008). Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkanbahwa representasi kematian Putri Diana dalam dimensi tekstual didapat melalui prosesmaterial, proses mental, proses relasional, proses verbal, dan proses eksistensial yangterdapat dalam artikel-artikel The Daily Mail. Sementara itu, cara pandang The Daily Mailsebagai pelaku media konspirasi atas berita kematian Putri Diana didapat melalui prosestataran sosial, tataran institusional, tataran sosial pada dimensi praktik sosiokultural.Kata Kunci: Transitivitas, Analisis Wacana Kritis, Media konspirasi.ABSTRACTThis thesis is entitled “The Media Conspiracy Behind the Death of Diana, Princessof Wales: A Study of Critical Discourse Analysis”. This thesis is aimed to describe therepresentation of Princess Diana’s death and The Daily Mail’s perspective as a mediaconspiracy actor through textual and sociocultural dimension. The object of this thesis isThe Daily Mail, one of the widest national daily newspapers in England. The method that isused in this thesis is a qualitative method, a descriptive analytic method. The writer uses thecritical discourse analysis theory of Fairclough (1995) and some other supported theories,such as clause as representation theory by Halliday (2004), the conspiracy theory by Feaster(2008), Birchall (2006), Barkun (2003), Hodapp and von Kannun (2008). The result of thisresearch shows that the representation in textual dimension that appear on Princess Diana’sdeath is derived from material process, mental process, relational process, verbal process, andexistential process. While The Daily Mail’s perspective on Princess Diana’s death is derivedfrom situational level, institutional level and social level of sociocultural practice dimension.Keywords: Transitivity, Critical Discourse Analysis, Media Conspiracy.

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