scholarly journals Japanese Perspective on Korean Reunification: An Analysis of Interrelations between Social Identity and Power

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-72
Author(s):  
Karina Korostelina ◽  
Yuji Uesugi
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Republic Of Korea ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Korean Unification ◽  
Regional Dynamics ◽  
Japanese Perspective ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Group Interviews

The paper explores how experts in Japan assess and understand the process and consequences of the unification of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea). Based on the theoretical framework of interrelations between social identity and power, this paper asks how Japanese experts frame the process of Korean unification and evaluate its impact on Japan. The data was collected in Tokyo, Japan, through 37 semi-structured and focus group interviews, then examining these interviews using phenomenological and critical discourse analysis. Analysis of data reveals the existence of four competing narratives rooted in the complex relations between meaning of identity, concepts of power, and Japanese policies toward the unification process. The paper expands the description of two narratives currently present in the existing literature, (1) threat and (2) peace, and introduces two new narratives, (3) democratic processes and (4) restorative justice. The final discussion explores how three groups of factors, (1) regional dynamics, (2) domestic policy, and (3) possible models of unification, influence the prevalence of a particular narrative as well as resulting policies of Japan toward Korean unification.

scholarly journals The Discursive Construction of Gender as Social Identity in Arabic written Discourse

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 168
Author(s):  
Shifaa Hadi Hussein
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
Written Discourse

Identity is the idiosyncratic features that characterize an individual as being unique. It is the dynamic per formativeness of self through behaviors, acts, clothes and etc.. When such self is shared (by sharing memories, desires, and emotions) with others, it becomes social identity. Such an identity is, thus, changed, transformed, spoke out, acknowledged and never be fixed at any moment of life. The current study aims at studying the discursive construction of social identity in Arabic written discourse. It seeks to ponder the question of what linguistic devices do the Arab writers utilize to identify themselves in discourse and to show sameness and differences between in – and out- groups. To attain the above aim, we hypothesize that Arab writers use scanted discursive and linguistic devices to identify gender in their writing. Accordingly, seven linguistic and discursive components have been chosen to analyze the discourse to unveil the identity of its writer: processes, mood, modality, vocabulary and collocation, pronouns, figurative uses of language, and interdiscursivity. The study comes with some conclusions, the most important of which are: social identity can be traced in Arabic discourse through the construction of in _ and out_ groups with the in- group being victimized by the out-group who is the dominant, a conclusion which clashes with studies of critical discourse analysis, and changes and transformation of identity occur through stages including: attention, interest, solutions and urging by giving commands.

scholarly journals VARIETY OF RHETORICS IN POLITICAL SPEECH PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO AND JOKO WIDODO IN EDUCATIONAL FIELD

Humanus ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 221
Author(s):  
Noermanzah Noermanzah ◽  
Emzir Emzir ◽  
Ninuk Lustyantie
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Speech ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Discourse Practice ◽  
Educational Field ◽  
Dramatic Variation

The study aims to provide an understanding of the range of rhetoric in the political speech of the President of Indonesian Republic Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Joko Widodo, especially in the field of education. The research method used is the critical discourse analysis method of Norman Fairclough model. Data collection techniques used are documentation techniques, note-taking techniques, and interviews. Data analysis techniques are operated by connecting micro, meso, and macro elements in dimensions, such as: (a) text, (b) discourse practice, and (b) socio-cultural practices. The result of the research shows the rhetoric in the political speech of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Joko Widodo in the field of education which are compiled by the staf of presidential documents are as followed: 54,25% of the argumentation, 31,21% of the hortatory variety, 5,32% of  the exposition, 4,25% of persuasion, 2,48% of  informative variety,  1,06 % of narrative range, 0,71% of descriptive variation, 0,35% of dramatic variation, and 0,35% of  procedural variation. The variety of rhetoric used aims to deliver educational programs that have been made, promises, and wishes or expectations to improve the quality of education in Indonesia, especially in the reform era.Keywords:  variety of rhetoric, state speech, educationRAGAM RETORIKA DALAM PIDATO KENEGARAAN PRESIDEN REPUBLIK INDONESIA SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO DAN JOKO WIDODO PADA BIDANG PENDIDIKAN AbstrakPenelitian ini bertujuan memberikan pemahaman tentang ragam retorika dalam pidato kenegaraan Presiden Republik Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono dan Joko Widodo khususnya dalam bidang pendidikan. Metode penelitian menggunakan metode analisis wacana kritis model Norman Fairclough. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan teknik dokumentasi, teknik catat, dan wawancara. Teknik analisis data dengan cara menghubungkan unsur mikro, meso, dan makro pada dimensi: (a) teks, (b) praktik wacana, dan (b) praktik sosial budaya. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan ragam retorika yang terdapat dalam pidato kenegaraan Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono dan Joko Widodo dalam bidang pendidikan yang disusun bersama tim kerjanya, yaitu ragam argumentasi terdapat 54,25%, ragam hortatori terdapat 31,21%, ragam eksposisi terdapat 5,32%, ragam persuasi terdapat 4,25%, ragam informatif terdapat 2,48%, ragam narasi terdapat 1,06%, ragam deskriptif terdapat 0,71%, ragam dramatik terdapat 0,35%, dan ragam prosedural terdapat 0,35%. Ragam retorika yang digunakan bertujuan untuk menyampaikan program pendidikan yang telah dilakukan, janji,  dan keinginan atau harapan untuk memperbaiki mutu pendidikan di Indonesia khususnya pada era reformasi.Kata kunci: ragam retorika, pidato kenegaraan, bidang pendidikan

scholarly journals President Joko Widodo’s Rhetorical Technique of Arguing in the Presidential Speeches of the Reform Era

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Noermanzah ◽  
Emzir ◽  
Ninuk Lustyantie
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Reform Era ◽  
Presidential Speech ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Discourse Practice

A good speech has the power in presenting the rhetorical argument, therefore it is required a study corresponds to the speech preparation with rhetorical techniques to argue, especially in the presidential speech of the President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo of reform era in the field of education. The research method was the critical discourse analysis method of Norman Fairclough model. Data collection techniques used were documentation techniques, note-taking techniques, and interviews. Data analysis techniques were administered by connecting micro, meso, and macro elements in dimensions: (a) text, (b) discourse practice, and (b) socio-cultural practices. The results show that President Joko Widodo and his team used the argument technique: 1) The introduction has two patterns: (a) claim and ground; and (b) claims. 2) The trunk or content section has a pattern: (a) claim and ground; (b) claim, ground, and claim; (c) claim, ground, and warrant; (d) claim, ground, and possible; and (e) claim, ground, warrant and backing with each sub topic or argument, minimally and dominantly comprising claim and ground. 3) The closing section has a pattern: (a) claim, ground, and claim; (b) claim. The rhetorical technique of arguing in a presidential speech aims at explaining the plans of educational programs, undertaken educational programs, and the promise and expectation to improve the quality of education in Indonesia during the reform era.

scholarly journals THE PORTRAYAL OF DEFAMATION CASE DEFENDANT IN COURT VERDICT

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahardhika Zifana ◽  
Iwa Lukmana ◽  
Dadang Sudana
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Data Interpretation ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Final Decision ◽  
Presumption Of Innocence ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Electronic Transactions ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Republic

In Indonesia, the law that regulates defamation case is not only the Criminal Code but also the Law of the Republic Indonesia Number 11 of 2008 on Information Electronic Transactions (the ITE Law). From 2009 to 2014, the ITE Law has brought 71 defendants in courts as the suspects of defamation case. This overlapping law seems to be caused by many dimensions that can be used to see whether a person’s name can be ‘defamed’ due to someone else’s language productions. The complexity of defamation in Indonesia leads this study to look into its legal dimensions from a linguistic perspective. Conducted in the context of law in Indonesia, this research attempted to discover the portrayal of defamation case defendants in court verdicts. The data of the research were collected from the copies of court verdicts of two defendants of defamation case in Indonesia, settling in 2014 and 2015. The data were in the form of texts explaining the position of the defendants in their relation to the grounds for judge’s final decision. This research employed van Leeuwen’s  (2004) Critical Discourse Analysis as a framework to reveal social semiotic features depicting  and explaining  the construction and position of inclusion and exclusion of social actors in related discourses. Data interpretation and final conclusions unveil the existence of certain features that might violate the principle of presumption of innocence against defendants. This research also reveals marginalization of defendants in an effort to balance justice retributively and restoratively. The study indicates that the defendants turned to be the target of victimization in the production of court verdicts, while in fact, the law should place all subjects in equal positions before the delivery of such consequential decisions.

scholarly journals (Re)Engendering Classroom Space: Teachers, Curriculum, Policy, and Boys’ Literacy

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Jan Pennycook
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Literacy Achievement ◽  
Curriculum Policy ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Perceived Needs ◽  
Purposeful Sampling ◽  
The Social ◽  
Teacher Professional ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Teacher Professional Knowledge

How teachers are engaging with a particular Ontario curriculum resource document, Me Read? No Way!, and the problem of boys’ literacy achievement in the context of a globalized neoliberal discourse of ‘failing boys’ has important implications for pedagogy and practice in the classroom. This investigation into teachers’ work adopts a feminist poststructural framework and uses critical discourse analysis to develop two case studies based on focus group interviews with a purposeful sampling of Intermediate level teachers. Not only are boys’ perceived needs and interests driving teacher choices in pedagogy and resource materials, but girls are perceived as not having any particular educational needs at all: boys will be boys and girls will be good. This investigation concludes that teacher professional knowledge must include a more developed understanding of how the social construction of gender is negotiated in the classroom.

Constructing national history in political discourse: Coherence and contradiction (Moldova, 2001-2009)

2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 780-800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julien Danero Iglesias
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
Civic Discourse ◽  
Discourse Coherence ◽  
Many Instruments ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Many

History is one of the many instruments available for the persuasive construction of a nation. In Moldova, the Party of the Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM), in office from 2001 to 2009, advocated for a Soviet-based version of the Moldovan nation. This “Moldovanism” boasted of the existence of a “Moldovan People” and was relied upon to justify the independence of the former Romanian province. Vladimir Voronin, the party's leader and president of the Republic during this period, promoted this “civic” Moldovan nation and created what seemed to be a coherent and ad hoc construction of an independent Moldovan nation.This paper focuses on communist political discourse during this eight year period. Through the use of Critical Discourse Analysis, this paper focuses on the discursive construction of the Moldovan nation. It is based on Voronin's official speeches and messages from key occasions such as Independence Day and Victory Day.This paper demonstrates the varied use of history in these speeches which improves understanding of the process of the construction of a nation. Moreover, it demonstrates that this construction, far from being coherent, was also sometimes contradictory. Indeed, discourse was adapted to the immediate context and audience. Finally, the paper explains how an explicitly “civic” discourse can be implicitly and, sometimes even explicitly, “ethnic” and “exclusive”.

Caregivers of people with multiple sclerosis: experiences of support

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
L P McKeown ◽  
A P Porter-Armstrong ◽  
G D Baxter
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Major Aspect ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
Over Time

The aim of this pheno menological study was to gain an understanding of the experiences of a group of caregivers of people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Sixteen caregivers from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland participated in focus group interviews. The theme of support, either sought or received, emerged as a major aspect of the experiences described. C aregivers’ feelings about, and experiences of, support appeared to change over time. Four common phases that caregivers experienced in relation to support were identified as: ‘rejecting’, ‘resisting’, ‘seeking’ and ‘accepting’ support. This paper will present and discuss these four phases. The study findings highlight the complexity of issues surrounding a caregiver’s decision to seek and accept support. It is hoped that the phases identified within this study are useful in depicting how caregivers of people with MS may progress through stages in their desire for, and acceptance of, support. Findings from this study are useful to healthcare professionals who work with people with MS and their caregivers by increasing awareness that a caregiver’s attitude toward and acceptance of support changes over time.

scholarly journals NEGOTIATING SOCIAL IDENTITY THROUGH QUESTIONS IN CASUAL CONVERSATIONS: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 311
Author(s):  
Zulfa Sakhiyya
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Negotiation Of Identity ◽  
Emerging Patterns ◽  
Native Speakers Of English ◽  
A Site ◽  
Two Stages

Questioning is a potential means to establish identity in social interaction, and thus it helps position oneself in relation to others. However, this relationship between question and social identity remains relatively under-explored in the theoretical territory (Kao & Weng, 2012; Tracy & Naughton, 1994). This paper contributes to this area of inquiry by employing critical discourse analysis in investigating the construction and negotiation of social identity through questions. Data are drawn from four sets of casual conversations I conducted with two native and two non-native speakers of English. Two stages of analysis are carried out. Firstly, I present and distribute the questioning patterns that emerge from the conversation. Secondly, I analyse the questioning process and its relation to the negotiation of social identity. Findings and discussion reveal that social identity is multiple: as a site of struggle and subject to change. The negotiation of identity through questions is evident from the emerging patterns of the length of interrogative form, repetitive questions, and the intensity of social control.

scholarly journals PRAKTEK PRODUKSI HEGEMONI MILITER MELALUI FILM “JENDERAL SOEDIRMAN”

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cosmas Gatot Haryono
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Text Structure ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
The Public ◽  
Historical Film ◽  
National Media ◽  
The Republic

<p>As a mass media, Film seldom unrecognized as a media disseminator for messages and discourse. This condition is used by filmmakers and some interested parties as “arena” to disseminate or conduct hegemony to the public. Film General Soedirman is one example of a film that we can felt the hegemony agenda. As a historical film, the film try to build its story or narrative centrally on the figure of the Great Commander General Soedirman. Interestingly, the protrusion of General Soedirman figure is felt too much. On the contrary, the civil politicians are discribed ugly. This led to controversy and debate that is quite exciting in the national media. There is a suspicion of a large discourse, that is being rolled out by the filmmakers for the sake of a certain position within the larger narrative of the republic.<br />This article is a report of qualitative research and use critical discourse analysis of Van Dijk. The research try to dismantle the structure of the text, either micro, macro, and it‟s superstructure, thus unfolding discourse developed through the production of this film.<br />Keywords: Critical Discourse, Text Structure, and Hegemony</p>

scholarly journals REPRESENTATION OF KIM JONG-UN’S SUCCESSION IN BBC NEWS: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Hendra Nugraha
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Active Material ◽  
Present Writer ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Republic Of Korea ◽  
Discursive Practice ◽  
Kim Il Sung ◽  
Practice Analysis ◽  
News Website

This research attempts to reveal representation of Kim Jong-Un’s succession in BBC News through textual and discursive practice analysis. The data of this thesis are taken from BBC News website on 29 and 31 December 2011. The theory applied to seek the objective of the research is Critical Discourse Analysis developed by Fairclough. Through textual and discursive practice analysis, the writer finds pthat BBC employs more passive material clauses than active material clauses in depicting Kim Jong-Un’s succession. BBC also represents Kim Jong-Un’s succession as premature process where Kim Jong-Un is portrayed as a young and inexperienced leader. Besides the prematurity of the succession, the present writer finds that BBC represents Kim Jong-Un’s succession as continuity of Kim’s family dynasty. Thus, the succession is based on his resemblance to Kim Il-Sung, the founder of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, rather than Kim Jong-Un ability and competency.

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