scholarly journals Discourse-structure of social cohesion as a category of social policy: experience of critical discourse-analysis application

2021 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 140-153
Author(s):  
O. O. Deineko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Discourse Structure ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Units Of Analysis ◽  
Analysis Application ◽  
National Governments

The article is dedicated to identifying the discourses of social cohesion as a category of social policy, constructed by the textual structures of national governments, intergovernmental associations and international organisations documents. The paper is performed in the frame of a discourse-analytical approach; discursive events define the normative acts of national governments, intergovernmental associations, and international organizations during the 90s – 2000s, devoted to the issue of social cohesion; definitions of social cohesion and “textual situations” of their use are chosen as units of analysis. Based on the critical discourse analysis of N. Fairclough’s and some provisions of E. Laclau and S. Mouffe’s discourse approach, the author (re)constructs a discourse-structure of social cohesion, presented by discourses of social solidarity, neoliberalism, inclusion (involvement) and materialism. These discourses are further composed into interdiscursive spaces of neoliberalism and traditionalism. The need for methodological caution in the uncritical scholars’ application of political-legal definitions of social cohesion is emphasised to prevent the spread of constructed discursive ideologemes. It is concluded that social cohesion appears as a chameleon discourse, which content is not only socio-culturally, historically, politically contextual, but also chronologically dynamic (systemically fluid). The article emphasises the dominant positioning of social cohesion as an instrument of state policy, a “universal cure” for the social diseases and all the “best” against all the “worst” that ideologizes this concept, making it artificially dogmatic. The paper identifies “empty signs” of social cohesion discourses and the point of “hegemony intervention”. Considering delusions of the political-legal discourse of social cohesion, the relevance of applying a dialectical strategy for defining social cohesion within academic discourse is highlighted.

scholarly journals Critical Discourse Analysis in Media Studies: A Review Research on Its Application in Indonesian Context

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-36
Author(s):  
Anwar Anwar ◽  
Asri Laraswati ◽  
Ridhani Ridhani
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Media Studies ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Communication Studies ◽  
Analysis Application ◽  
The Media ◽  
Discourse Studies

This research examines the field of discourse analysis which has popularity in the media field and communication studies. The research is focused on the application of critical discourse analysis (CDA) in Indonesia. This study is especially interested in examining CDA’s variety of approaches. The goal of this review research is to discover and to know the role of CDA in the hidden ideologies in the media of discourse studies. The data in this study is on ten selected article journals to clarify the methods, ways, and to find in which CDA has been used in understanding social and educational phenomena. This study determined three themes in critical discourse analysis application, i.e. economic, political, and social contexts.

scholarly journals Rejection of the Medical Personnel Funeral of Covid 19 Victim in Sewakul sub-Village, Semarang District: A Critical Discourse Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 202 ◽  
pp. 07037
Author(s):  
M Muzakka ◽  
Suyanto ◽  
Mujid Farihul Amin
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Medical Personnel ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Sociocultural Factors ◽  
Knowledge And Beliefs ◽  
The People ◽  
And Behavior

This study aims to: (1) describe and explain the knowledge and beliefs of the target study communities of Covid 19 and the corpse of victims of Covid 19 and (2) explains the sociocultural factors that influence the attitudes and behavior of the community regarding Covid 19 and the rejection of the funeral of Covid 19 victims. This study uses the Fairclough model of critical discourse analysis approach with a focus on social practices of the Sewakul community, Semarang District, represented in various mass media and social media. The formal object of this study is the discourse on social media detiknews.com, republika.co.id, and solopost.com and its formal object is the rejection of the funeral of a corpse of Covid 19 victims by the Sewakul community. Data collection uses the method of listening and note taking and in-depth interviews. Data analysis through three stages, namely data reduction, data display, conclusion / verification. The results of the study show that the people of Sewakul generally have undue (low) knowledge of the Covid 19 pandemic and its victims and loss of humanity. The sociocultural factors among the Sewakul people prioritize paternalistic, shyness, and blind social solidarity.

scholarly journals The "Winter of Native Discontent": A critical discourse analysis of Canadian opinion journalism on the Idle No More Movement

COMPASS ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-46
Author(s):  
Tiffany Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Social Fabric ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
Popular View ◽  
Opinion Journalism

Aboriginal activism has become increasingly subject to media publicity, reflecting a popular view of Aboriginals not only as a social problem but as creating problems that threaten the social fabric. This paper is based on the findings of a critical discourse analysis of a collection of opinion pieces published in The Globe and Mail and the National Post. The contemporary construction of the “Indian problem” was investigated in the context of the Idle No More movement, viewing these texts as part of larger processes of elaboration, articulation, and application of Western ideas on Aboriginal social policy. One of the fundamental conflicts that can be identified in settler discourse is in regard to history and change and a particular concern with how much of the past should be carried into the future. The discontinuous view of history emphasizes the distance of history, making the past seem foreign to the modern, civilized eye. Injustices are presented as characteristics of history, and the violence of colonial times can be disconnected from the present.

scholarly journals ARGUMENTATIVE STATEMENTS IN THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES OF THE U.S: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-174
Author(s):  
Rohmani Nur Indah ◽  
Andini Khoirunnisa
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Claim Data ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Discourse Structure ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Presidential Debates ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Mind Control ◽  
Toulmin’S Model

This study investigates the argumentative statements of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump during the debates. By employing two theories, Van Dijk's Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Toulmin's model of argument, it aims to expose how various ideologies are expressed in the structure of arguments. It uses Toulmin (2003) model of argument to analyze the structures of argumentation during the debates constituting six elements (i.e. claim, data, warrant, backing, qualifier, and rebuttal). While Van Dijk’s framework covering three levels of discourse structure (the meaning, the argumentation and the rhetoric) is used to analyze the reproduction of racism, manipulation, and Islamophobia. The result indicates the discourse of the candidates contributes the reproduction of manipulation by focusing on the positive self-presentation of “us” (civilized) and negative other-presentationof “them” (terrorists) as a mind control of the audience.

Community Engagement as a Strategy to Facilitate the Immigrant-Local Cohesion

2021 ◽  
pp. 261-274
Author(s):  
Tshimangadzo Selina Mudau
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Social Constructs ◽  
Engagement Strategies ◽  
Mitigating Factors ◽  
Local Cohesion

The hostility directed towards immigrants has been studied and reported through various forms of media and literature. Similarly, mitigating factors have been explored to establish and restore peace and immigrant-local cohesion. The chapter explored different community engagement strategies implemented to enhance immigrant-local cohesion. The chapter is anchored on Ubuntu philosophy. The philosophy has been integrated with the evolution of immigration and different policies and guidelines to promote and protect immigrants' lives globally. Data have been analyzed through critical discourse analysis. Critical discourse analyses assisted in deconstructing hegemonic social practices such as social practices, language, texts, and constructs as social-cohesion facilitators. Conclusions are that social constructs can create and perpetuate acceptance, integration, and formation of networks to enhance positive relationships between migrants and locals.

scholarly journals Female Librarians Stereotype in the 2000s Indonesian Film

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Nina Mayesti ◽  
Aprinus Salam ◽  
Ratna Noviani
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Media Studies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Knowledge Dissemination ◽  
Units Of Analysis ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Hair Style ◽  
Library Profession

This paper discusses about the research that had examined the female librarian stereotype in Indonesian films, particularly release during the 2000s. Using the paradigm of cultural and media studies, this research examined six Indonesian films portraying female librarian. The units of analysis in this study are those film scenes that were either set in a library or that portrayed female librarians. The method used to analyze the data source is the Critical Discourse Analysis. The results of this study showed that the female librarians were stereotyped in Indonesian films, such as age, dress and hair style. Librarians were depicted as an old woman with the old-fashioned dress and outdated hairstyle. The film’s portrayal of the female librarians were representative of the stereotype in general, i.e. passive, stuffy, and orderly. But on the other hand they were depicted as a friendly, smart, helpful person, and sometimes breaking the rules. Library profession was portrayed traditionally as “library-keeper”, not as someone who plays a role in information and knowledge dissemination.

scholarly journals Deconstructing the Discursive Construction of Environmental Colonialism in Native America: A Study of Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony and Almanac of the Dead

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 365
Author(s):  
Quratulain Mughal ◽  
Wajid Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Discourse Structure ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
Native America ◽  
The Dead ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Fundamental Motivations

This paper deconstructs the Europeans’ environmental colonialism in Native America and, in that, elucidates that the rhetorical tactics and fundamental motivations, which are employed to ‘other’ people, are essentially the same as those used to ‘other’ environment and nature with all of its ecological subjects. A qualitative content analysis, the study investigates this notion in Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony and Almanac of the Dead in the light of the joint critique of biocolonization and critical discourse analysis. Linguistically, it applies Fairclough’s approach of critical discourse analysis focusing on three scenarios of discourse: an acceptance of difference, an accentuation of difference, and an attempt to resolve difference. Through this critique of power, hegemony and identity, the research highlights the Natives’ objectification and representation by the white colonizer and the subsequent resistance by the Natives. The analysis reveals how the process of environmental colonialism, specifically biopiracy and biocolonization, is naturalized by the colonizer through discourse structure. Additionally, it deconstructs this discourse structure to attempt to resolve the difference exploited by the colonizer to exercise their colonial practice over the natives and their environment. Hence, the study discursively adds to the existing solutions to combat the environmental colonialism.

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