Pragmalinguistic Categories in Discourse Analysis of Science Journalism

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Molek-Kozakowska
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Institutional Context ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Science Journalism ◽  
Market Driven ◽  
Analytic Potential ◽  
Science Magazine

AbstractDrawing on selected approaches from pragmatics, functional linguistics, discourse space theories and evaluation theories, this article proposes a methodological framework for the study of science journalism. It presents the institutional context of science journalism, which is considered a hybrid discourse, as it combines features of science communication and of market-driven journalism, particularly the need for the coverage to meet the criteria of newsworthiness. To enable the study of how science journalists tend to engage the readers linguistically without foregoing the appearances of credibility, the article demonstrates the analytic potential of such pragmalinguistic categories as illocutionary force, reference and positioning, agency and stance, proximization and alignment, as well as emotivity and evaluation. Finally, the article illustrates the applicability of the above categories in a qualitative analysis of a special corpus of “most-read” medicine and biotechnology reports published in the online version of the popular international science magazine New Scientist. The analysis shows how to combine these categories in a productive way in order to develop a methodologically viable and theoretically grounded approach to doing (critical) discourse analysis of science journalism.

A Critical Framework for Examining Sustainability Claims of the Sharing Economy: Exploring the Tensions Within Platform Brand Discourses

2021 ◽  
pp. 027614672110603
Author(s):  
Michael Beverland ◽  
Pinar Cankurtaran ◽  
Leila Loussaïef
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Resource Use ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Free Choice ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Environmentally Sustainable ◽  
Market Driven

The sharing economy represents a market-driven response to the perceived inefficient resource use arising from materialism, and as such, offers the possibility of a more environmentally sustainable form of consumption. However, the sustainability benefits attributed to the sharing economy remain contentious and fraught with paradox. Drawing on a critical discourse analysis of three sharing economy brands (Lime, Rent the Runway and BlaBlaCar) we identify that sustainability discourses compete with claims arising from the espoused benefits of immateriality and platform brands’ desire for rapid growth. We identify and explore three platform brand discourses (disrupting unsustainable leaders, guilt-free choice, and non-commercial appeals) and their associated practices. In doing so we identify that tensions between these discourses and practices give rise to three sustainability-related contradictions: displacement of sustainable alternatives, hidden materiality, and creeping usage. Our findings contribute to our understanding of the sharing economy and its role in sustainability.

scholarly journals War Metaphors in Political Communication on Covid-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eunice Castro Seixas
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Crisis Communication ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Metaphor Analysis ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
War Metaphor

Although militaristic metaphors have been pervasive during health crisis in political and science communication, few works have examined how these linguistic devices may influence crisis communication. Drawing on critical discourse analysis (CDA) and on crisis communication literature, I show how political representatives have used the war metaphor for very different purposes in terms of crisis communication and management of the current Covid-19 pandemic. I suggest that these findings challenge previous criticisms of the war metaphor as inherently negative and damaging. Finally, I discuss possibilities of using CDA, and specifically, metaphor analysis to inform and expand crisis communication.

scholarly journals Review of Sorina Chiper’s Book “Discourse Studies In Practice”

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (45) ◽  
pp. 181-186
Author(s):  
Vilma Linkevičiūtė
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Intercultural Studies ◽  
Discourse Studies

The book “Discourse Studies In Practice” is a compilation of articles on discourse, written by S. Chiper over fifteen years and published in Romania and abroad. The research of different topics has been done in the methodological framework of critical discourse analysis (CDA). This book aims at discourse researchers and students, and anyone interested in discourse and intercultural studies.

Reimagining Grand Strategy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georg Löfflmann
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Security Studies ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Grand Strategy ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Critical Geopolitics ◽  
Critical Security Studies ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
American Grand Strategy

This chapter provides an introduction into the concepts of grand strategy and geopolitics, and their conventional conceptualization in the International Relations (IR) literature. This is juxtaposed with the main theoretical and methodological perspectives developed by the literature in critical security studies and critical geopolitics that have informed the theoretical-methodological framework guiding the book’s critical discourse analysis. The chapter provides a detailed exploration of the key concepts of power/knowledge, discourse, intertextuality, and identity that are applied to the study of American grand strategy under Obama and detailed in the subsequent chapters. The chapter introduces the three basic discourse of American grand strategy under Obama (hegemony, engagement, and restraint) and the concept of hybrid discourses: hegemonic engagement and hegemonic restraint that juxtapose identity and practice.

Hero, leader, traitor: The print media deconstruction of Argentina’s last dictator

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 610-629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muireann Prendergast
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Political Crisis ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Historical Approach ◽  
Difficult Time ◽  
Discourse Historical Approach

The 1982–1983 period marked the end of Argentina’s last dictatorship, one of the most brutal in history, and a difficult time of transition for the country from dictatorship to democracy following defeat in the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas War. Using the theoretical framework of critical discourse analysis, which approaches media as constructing rather than mirroring social reality and driven by the interests behind them, this article explores representations of Argentina’s last dictator, Leopoldo Galtieri, within broader discourses on nationalism in three newspapers that supported the regime. The methodological framework of the study is mixed, combining qualitative elements of the discourse-historical approach with corpus tools for an investigation into collocations and metaphors employed. Findings suggest that linguistic and discursive features used in relation to Galtieri change over the course of the year, reflecting shifting discourses on nationalism and Argentina’s period of socio-political crisis.

scholarly journals Critical discourse analysis: new possibilities for scientific research in the mental health area

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leandro Barbosa de Pinho ◽  
Luciane Prado Kantorski ◽  
Antonio Miguel Bañon Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Health Area ◽  
Psychiatric Discourse ◽  
Methodological Aspects

The present study aims to get to know the philosophical, conceptual and methodological aspects of Critical Discourse Analysis, as a theoretical-methodological framework for research in the mental health area. Initially, the study presents a reflection on psychiatric discourse in history and at present, with the goal of introducing concepts and presuppositions that would guide the analysis of discursive processes. Discussions are presented about the historical milestones of Critical Discourse Analysis as an analytical framework in social sciences. Finally, the study presents its conceptual and methodological applications to research in the mental health area.

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