scholarly journals Discursive Strategies for the Social Construction in the Post-Conflict Era (2015-2017)

2019 ◽  
pp. 107-123
Author(s):  
Doris Torres ◽  
Angélica María Rincón Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
Analysis Program ◽  
Theoretical Formulation ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Discursive Strategies ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
The Social ◽  
Two Stages

        The objective is to analyze the linguistic and rhetorical resources used in the discursive construction about the social actors of the post-conflict, through the study of nine editorials of the newspaper El Espectador, between the years 2015-2017. The research is woven from the perspective of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), in order to make a theoretical formulation about journalistic discursive manifestations and a critical reflection on the social realities of journalistic language. The methodology was developed in two stages: an exploratory-descriptive and an analytical one. In the first, a compilation of the editorials under study is made to be submitted to the qualitative analysis program NVivo 11, reporting significant elements such as the frequency of words, co-texts, and the cloud mark and the conglomerates. The second involved the realization of a linguistic analysis to interpret the strategies of legitimation, naturalization and concealment used to discursively construct the social actors of the post-conflict.

Pronominalization of Social Actors on Universities’ Websites: Effectiveness and Constitutiveness from a Critical Discourse Analysis Perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 184
Author(s):  
Selvarajah Tharmalingam ◽  
Ali M. Al-Wedyan
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Social ◽  
Class 1 ◽  
Vice Chancellors

<p class="1"><span lang="EN-GB">Discursive construction of staff identities at universities’ websites is deliberately created to categorically identify the staff according to their positions. The constructions of these identities are normally implicit in nature. The study attempts to identify the power relations with regard to the ‘WE’ and ‘I’ dichotomy in discourse from a Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) perspective. In addition, corpus techniques also aided this study to find the collocates of these two pronouns. Transitivity analysis was conducted to categorise processes associated with each pronoun. So, the processes associated with each pronoun are a way of identifying the role played at the institution level. The focus was on specific personal pronouns ‘We’ and ‘I’ for their use, mainly, as inclusive and exclusive strategies. The data was collected from international universities’ websites. The text was selected from the ‘welcome note/letter’ by Rectors, Vice Rectors, Chancellors, Vice Chancellors, and Presidents. The universities selected for this study are from various geographical areas, namely; Universiti Science Malaysia (USM) in Malaysia, Yarmouk University (YU) in Jordan, and University of Birmingham (UB) in the United Kingdom. The analysis indicates that the use of the pronouns has a social and administrative hierarchical significance. The social actors are represented according to the specified role to play in their respective institutions.</span></p>

scholarly journals ‘Victims vs Terrorists?’ The Discursive Construction of Palestinians in Two Online Israeli Newspapers during the 2014 Gaza War

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rami Qawariq
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
The Political ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
Huge Number ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Discursive Strategies ◽  
Political Orientations ◽  
Discourse Historical Approach

 This article is a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of the representation of Palestinians in two online Israeli newspapers published in English during the 2014 Gaza War. The study attempts to conduct a language-based analysis of the political and ideological workings that underpin the representation of social actors. It employs tools from the Discourse Historical Approach (Reisigl & Wodak 2001) to explain the discursive characterization of fighters/ Hamas and civilians. Since the huge number of Palestinian civilian fatalities was a major aspect of controversy in the last war, this article tries to reveal the linguistic choices and discursive strategies used in representing each group of social actors. More importantly, the article detects the linguistic and discursive differences between two newspapers and explains how they may reflect different political orientations. 

scholarly journals The Journalistic Representations of Saudi Women in the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA): A Corpus Critical Discourse Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 320
Author(s):  
Waheed M. A. Altohami ◽  
Amir H. Y. Salama
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
American English ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Context Model ◽  
Specific Context ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Discursive Strategies ◽  
Saudi Women

This paper is a corpus critical discourse analysis of the journalistic representations of Saudi women as they appear in the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) (Davies, 2008). It follows a sociocognitive approach (van Dijk, 2008) to explore the thematic foci discussing issues related to Saudi women and to discuss the discursive strategies implemented to propagate such issues. The study has reached four findings. First, the thematic foci related to Saudi women are textually and referentially coherent as they were meant to provide a grand narrative underlying a specific context model. Second, Saudi women are negatively represented as no social roles are ascribed to them throughout the corpus. Third, different social actors are also represented alongside Saudi women to put them in a wider socio-cultural context to aggravate their problems. Finally, the most effective discursive strategies which mediated the running context model included victimization, categorization, stereotyping, normalization, and exaggeration.

scholarly journals La construcción discursiva de la identidad andaluza y la reproducción de la memoria colectiva en la serie La respuesta está en la historia / The Discursive Construction of Andalusian Identity and Collective Memory Play in the Series the Answer Lies in History

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamil Fleissner
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Collective Memory ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
Television Series ◽  
The Social

ABSTRACTThis study aims to analyze the discoursive representation of andalusian collective identity and memory in the television series “La respuesta está en la historia”. I will reflect the theoretical approach of the social construction of identities and I will use the methodology of the critical discourse analysis to identify, classify and explore the basic discoursive strategies that are reproduced by the television series.RESUMENEl propósito general de este estudio es analizar la construcción discursiva de las representaciones de la identidad social y de la memoria colectiva de los andaluces en la serie “La respuesta está en la Historia”. Reflejando las explicaciones teóricas de la construcción de la identidad y los conceptos de la memoria colectiva, y usando la perspectiva teórico-metodológica del análisis crítico del discurso identifico, clasifico y exploro las principales estrategias discursivas usadas en el programa.

scholarly journals Theories Media Discourse Studies in Critical Discourse Analysis

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dwi Lusiana
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Applied Field ◽  
Critical Period ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
The Social ◽  
Discourse Studies ◽  
Positive Images

ABSTRACT: The critical period in the analysis discourse emerged between the late 1990s and early 2000 in the linguistic applied field referring to various analytical and analytical frame works and approaches. The study reviewed five article journals to examine ways and methods in which CDA was used to find phenomena social while disclosing the original identity of the social actors. It was found that CDA has been used extensively, to open masks ideologies that discriminate against oppressed groups while presenting positive images for the group with supreme authority.

scholarly journals USING CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS IN MEDIA DISCOURSE STUDIES

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emi Sahmeni
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Social Phenomenon ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Know How ◽  
Authentic Identity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Discourse Studies

The purpose of this paper is to know how CDA unraveling the covert ideologies while researching the presence of power in media discourse studies. This study reviewed fifteen journal articles to examine the ways and methods in which CDA has been used to discover the social phenomenon while revealing the authentic identity of the social actors. It was found that CDA has been used extensively to unmask the ideologies which classify the oppressed group while presenting a positive image for the group with the highest authority.

scholarly journals USING CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS IN MEDIA DISCOURSE STUDIES

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emi Sahmeni
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Social Phenomenon ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Know How ◽  
Authentic Identity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Discourse Studies

The purpose of this paper is to know how CDA unraveling the covert ideologies while researching the presence of power in media discourse studies. This study reviewed fifteen journal articles to examine the ways and methods in which CDA has been used to discover the social phenomenon while revealing the authentic identity of the social actors. It was found that CDA has been used extensively to unmask the ideologies which classify the oppressed group while presenting a positive image for the group with the highest authority.

scholarly journals Positive Reaction Toward Trade and Economic Partnership Between Indonesia and Australia Governments in The Jakarta Post

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Rosaria Mita Amalia ◽  
Taufik Ampera ◽  
Yuyu Yohana Risagarniwa
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Positive Reaction ◽  
Dominant Strategy ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Economic Partnership

This study explores the representation of social actors, both in the Indonesian and Australian governments on the Trade and Economic Partnership through Critical Discourse Analysis approach. The issue focuses on both governments partnership published in the Jakarta Post during 2014-2018. Using Critical Discourse Analysis as an approach, this article analyses the media exclusion and inclusion strategies of social actors. By applying descriptive qualitative methods, result shows that the dominant strategy is the inclusion strategy. The use of inclusion strategy indicates specifications, individualization and categorization of positive reaction and support of The Jakarta Post towards the Indonesian government on trade and economic partnership between Indonesia and Australia. However, the use of exclusion strategy is aim to hide the social actors in the discourse and to divert reader's attention to the object rather than the subject discourse.

scholarly journals Dilemmas and advances in post-conflict in Colombia: a look from the subaltern perspective of peace (s) in the territories

Telos ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 387-394
Author(s):  
Eduardo Andrés Sandoval Forero ◽  
José Javier Capera Figueroa
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
The Social ◽  
Colombian Government ◽  
Fundamental Conclusion

The emergence of building a popular culture, based on the ethical-political imperative that links the demands, needs and struggles of those below, constitutes an aspect that configures the dynamics of re-existence of social groups in their different realities. On reflection of this is the peace process signed between the Farc-Ep guerrilla group / party and the Colombian government. Thus, the objective of the following article is to conduct a theoretical-conceptual discussion about the dilemmas and advances that coexist in the Colombian post-conflict, from a subaltern perspective of peace (ces) in the territories, taking into account the proposals theoreticians of peace scholars like Alonso (2013); Márquez Fernández, Á. (2018a) , who consider the need to question from a critical perspective the dynamics of peace (s), created in the territories. The methodology used was collaborative research and critical discourse analysis (Sandoval, 2016a), which starts from generating an intersubjective and horizontal dialogue between the researcher and the social groups. The fundamental conclusion of the investigation was the need to recognize the subject's praxis and his political ethos in terms of building laboratories, spaces and territories of peace from and with those below, that give weight to the logic of violence promoted and exerted from the hegemonic groups in the regions.

scholarly journals Gender Performativity and Conceptual Metaphors in the Presidential Campaign Discourse: A case study from Georgia

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (36) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Nino Guliashvili
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
Gender Performativity ◽  
Conceptual Metaphors ◽  
Presidential Candidates ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Speeches ◽  
Presidential Election Campaign

Gender Performativity defines politicians’ verbal repertoire in accordance with the social context and expectations. Social actors construct their identities in the discourse through the work of words. Conceptual metaphors are supposed to be the cognitive models of linguistic metaphoric expressions manifested in the political discourse which tend to play a significant role in the social construction of gender. The present study focuses on the use of metaphors in two presidential candidates’ (Salome Zurabishvili and Grigol Vashadze) English interviews made during 2018 presidential election campaign in Georgia. Conceptual Metaphors: Politics is Journey, Politics is Sport and Politics is War are investigated in Salome Zurabishvili’s and Grigol Vashadze’s political speeches. The metaphoric choices the politicians make are socially determined and later on ascribed to their gender which may not be as binary as it is traditionally perceived. In today’s competitive world of politics women tend to manifest their agency through the language which is rendered masculine. Therefore, critical discourse analysis (CDA) is applied to investigate the discursive construction of gender and agency through conceptual metaphors.

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