scholarly journals Linguistic legitimation strategies employed by members of an Indonesian political party

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 1248-1266
Author(s):  
Rizki Ananda ◽  
Nova Sari
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Political Party ◽  
Analytical Tool ◽  
Moral Evaluation ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Legal Documents ◽  
Sharia Law ◽  
The Law ◽  
Do So

This study aimed at exploring legitimation strategies used by two members of the Indonesian Solidarity Party (or Partai Solidaritas Indonesia, abbreviated as PSI) in justifying their party leader’s controversial statement on the abandonment of Sharia Law. To do so, it employed critical discourse analysis (CDA) with Leeuwen’s legitimation strategies (2007, 2008) as its analytical tool. The data were obtained from two separate interviews with PSI members aired on two different Indonesian TV channels. The interviews were transcribed and translated. From this process, a 1.170-word corpus, from which the data were derived, was generated. The findings showed that moral evaluation is the most dominant legitimation strategy, followed by rationalization and authorization. In moral evaluation, abstraction occurs most often, followed by evaluation and analogy. In rationalization, theoretical rationalization is used more often than instrumental rationalization. Finally, in authorization, PSI utilized impersonal authority to reject the Sharia Law by referring to academic studies and legal documents which assess the law as being negative. Meanwhile, expert authority was used to build legitimation by reference to experts who support the negative effects of the law. This study implies the power of language to legitimize a controversial activity by using different linguistics strategies.

Troubling Figures

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Logan Natalie O'Laughlin
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Science Studies ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
People Of Color ◽  
Careful Examination ◽  
Environmental Toxicants ◽  
Environmental Racism ◽  
Feminist Science Studies ◽  
Feminist Science ◽  
Do So

This essay examines the figure of the pesticide-exposed intersex frog, a canary in the coal mine for public endocrinological health. Through feminist science studies and critical discourse analysis, I explore the fields that bring this figure into being (endocrinology, toxicology, and pest science) and the colonial and racial logics that shape these fields. In so doing, I attend to the multiple nonhuman actors shaping this figure, including the pesky weeds and insects who prompt pesticides’ very existence, “male” frogs who function as test subjects, and systemic environmental racism that disproportionately exposes people of color to environmental toxicants. I encourage careful examination of galvanizing environmental figures like this toxic intersex frog and I offer a method to do so.

scholarly journals Kontruksi Wacana Bhinneka Tunggal Ika dalam Dokumen Revisi Kurikulum 2013

Diakronika ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Hermanu Joebagio
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Analytical Tool ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Curriculum Revision ◽  
School Subject ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
National Interests ◽  
Unity In Diversity ◽  
Text Context

This study analyzes the construction of the discourse of Bhinneka Tunggal Ika in the 2013 Curriculum Revision document. The 2013 Curriculum Revision Document, specifically the High School Subject Syllabus Document for Indonesian History Subjects (2016) becomes the research body. Critical Discourse Analysis using the socio-cognitive approach is used as an analytical tool which consists of three intersecting layers of analysis, namely text, context, and intertextuality analysis of 2013 curriculum documents. negotiation space between local interests and national interests and strengthening diversity in unity. These two dimensions are the empirical basis of the foundation of curriculum development. The text of Unity in Diversity contextually reflects the hope of creating equality between diversity and unity.

scholarly journals JUSTICE FOR CHILDREN IN ARGENTINA: A BACKLASH TO CONSERVATIVE DISCOURSES

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 171-184
Author(s):  
YAMILA VANESA RODRIGUEZ
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Juvenile Justice System ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Legal Documents ◽  
Official Discourse ◽  
Latin American Region ◽  
National Congress ◽  
The Government

The author uses Critical Discourse Analysis to compare two legal documents of critical relevance for the rights of children in conflict with the law in Argentina: the current law no. 22,278, called Régimen Penal de la Minoridad, and the project named Sistema de Responsabilidad Penal Juvenil which was under consideration by the National Congress during 2019. This project was proposed by the government so as to stablish a new juvenile justice system in Argentina, following a widely spread tendency in the Latin American region. The purpose of the article is to show that, even though the language of human rights is used in official discourse and in the legal text submitted to Parliament, many of its features represent a clear backlash to a more conservative regime.

scholarly journals CPEC in Pakistani Print Media: Transitivity Analysis of English Newspapers’ Articles

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-170
Author(s):  
Afsheen Ekhteyar ◽  
Dr.Tariq Umrani
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Analytical Tool ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Interdisciplinary Study

The purpose of the study is to scrutinize critically the ideological constructions and discursive features used in Pakistani print media representing economical phenomenon of CPEC. This research has elucidated the ideology through critical discourse analysis (CDA) of the leading English newspapers of a good repute: However, the similar news from the different newspapers as depicted in the various forms that are all ideologically disputed in this perspective including Daily Dawn and The News HE NEWS. These articles on CPEC, the most prevailing economic subject in Pakistan as published during the year 2016-17, have been purposefully selected for this study. Transitivity analysis as an analytical tool has been applied for the analysis of such the articles. By applying Halliday's transitivity system, hence; the study attempts to show how the use of linguistic signals can demonstrate the characteristics and techniques used in Pakistani print media for representing CPEC. Further, this study is comparative in nature, and compares the language used in both the English newspapers for representing CPEC. The findings indicate that CPEC has been presented as an economical subject of national worth in both the newspapers that implies a meaning of PRO-CPEC ideology. The current study is the significant in its originality as it is interdisciplinary study, and its findings are not in line with the exist in literature on media conflict.

scholarly journals Forced And Early Marriages: Moral Failures Vs Religious Nuances

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 305
Author(s):  
Bernard O. Itebiye
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Analytical Methods ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Child Marriage ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
The World ◽  
Physical Consequences ◽  
Cover Up

The rights of the child all over the world are considered to be very important. But forces and early marriages have become some of the ways the rights of children are being abused. This paper aimed at shedding more light on why children are victims of forced and early marriages and the effects and consequences of such marriages on the child and the society. The analyses employed Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) framework. Data gathered both from the primary and secondary sources were analyzed through the hermeneutical, descriptive and analytical methods. The findings of this paper are that early and forced marriages have harmful developmental, psychological and physical consequences on the child; have negative effects on the society and the Nation at large; that scriptural assertions, in defense, are mere manipulative ideas to cover up moral failures; and that whatever reason is given for child marriage, the disastrous effects on the victims outweigh them and undoubtedly make child marriage a social evil. The paper concludes that early and forced marriages do exist in Nigeria and needs to be curbed and thereafter suggests strategies that will make for a better implementation of such laws to effectively curb forced and early marriages in Nigeria.

scholarly journals Analisis Wacana Kritis Berita Politik Fajar Cirebon Edisi November 2018–Januari 2019 (Critical Discourse Analysis of Political News of Fajar Cirebon Edition November 2018—January 2019)

JALABAHASA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 130
Author(s):  
Agus Khumaedy Al Chazim ◽  
Indrya Mulyaningsih ◽  
Tati Sri Uswati
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Political Party ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Factual Information ◽  
Politics And Government ◽  
Presidential Candidates ◽  
Political News ◽  
The Public

Masyarakat menginginkan informasi yang akurat, aktual, serta faktual terutama tentang politik dan pemerintahan di Indonesia. Namun, masih ada surat kabar yang hanya memberitakan salah satu partai politik atau berpihak kepada salah satu partai politik maupun kader partai. Terkait dengan hal tersebut, perlu adanya penelitian tentang netralitas dan keberpihakan Fajar Cirebon melalui berita politik di bulan menjelang pemilihan presiden RI. Penelitian ini menganalisis berita bukan hanya dari segi makna, tetapi juga dari segi maksud, tujuan, dan konteks melalui pendekatan inklusi, eksklusi, serta representasi untuk mengetahui netralitas dan keberpihakan Fajar Cirebon terhadap calon presiden. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif. Data penelitian ini bersumber dari Fajar Cirebon edisi November 2018–Januari 2019 terbitan Senin sampai Jumat setiap minggunya. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Fajar Cirebon merupakan surat kabar yang netral dan tidak berpihak karena menyajikan berita tentang semua pasangan calon presiden. The public wants accurate, actual, and factual information, especially about politics and government in Indonesia. However, there are still news papers which only preachone political party or side with one political party or partycadre. Related to this, there is a need for research on the neutrality and partiality of Fajar Cirebon through political news in the month leading up to the Indonesian President's election. This study analyzes the news not only in terms of its meaning, but also in terms of the purpose, purpose, and context of using the approach of inclusion, exclusion, and representation to determine the neutrality and partiality of Fajar Cirebon towards presidential candidates. This study uses a qualitative research approach. The data in this study are sourced from the November 2018–January 2019 edition of Cirebon, published Monday through Friday eachweek. The results of the study show that Fajar Cirebon is a neutral and impartial newspaper because presents news not only about one of the pairs of presidential candidates.

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 “She Thinks of Him as a Machine”: On the Entanglements of Neoliberal Ideology and Misogynist Cybercrime

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 205630511987295
Author(s):  
Shawn P. Van Valkenburgh
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Free Market ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Marxian Theory ◽  
Neoliberal Ideology ◽  
Free Market Capitalism ◽  
Market Capitalism ◽  
Apparent Evidence ◽  
Do So

The “manosphere” is a constellation of masculinist social media communities loosely unified by an anti-feminist worldview. Although extant journalism and social media scholarship successfully delineate the manosphere as a significant social problem by associating it with misogynist cybercrime and cyberhate, the resulting narrative simplistically pathologizes manosphere discourse while leaving its misogyny undertheorized. In this article, I complicate this emerging narrative by demonstrating how a certain central manosphere discourse qualitatively overlaps with a broader neoliberal ideology. I do so by further developing a critical discourse analysis of quasi-representative manosphere documents drawn from “The Red Pill,” a sub-forum of Reddit.com. Although this forum is explicitly devoted to discussing heterosexual seduction strategies, I find that it also produces a discursive means for fiscally conservative men to reconcile their pro-capitalist economic beliefs with apparent evidence of capitalism’s destructive tendencies and contradictions. This forum’s anti-feminist discourse implicitly parallels Marxian theory while explicitly supporting free market capitalism and denigrating women, thereby providing men with a linguistic and conceptual framework to scapegoat women for economic problems while leaving neoliberal ideas and assumptions unchallenged.

scholarly journals A PERFORMANCE NARRATIVA DO JOGADOR RONALDO COMO FENÔMENO SEXUAL EM UM JORNAL CARIOCA: MULTIMODALIDADE, POSICIONAMENTO E ICONICIDADE

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (27) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz Paulo Da Moita Lopes
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Focus Group Interview ◽  
Analytical Tool ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Narrative Performance ◽  
A Performance

RESUMO: Pormeio do instrumental analítico de uma análise crítica e multimodal do discurso e de teorizações da narrativa e do gênero como performance, a primeira parte do artigo analisa a performance narrativa demasculinidade hegemônica do jogador Ronaldo em um texto jornalístico. A segunda focaliza posicionamentos interacionais de dois homens, gerados em uma entrevista de grupo focal sobre o mesmo texto. Os resultados apontamcomo esses leitores iconicizam em seus posicionamentos aqueles que aparecem no diário. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: análise crítica do discurso, multimodalidade, gênero, narrativa, performance. ABSTRACT: Through the analytical tool of a critical andmultimodal analysis of discourse and of the theorizing of narrative and gender as performance, the first part of this paper analyses the narrative performance of hegemonic masculinity of the footballer Ronaldo in a journalistic text. The second part focuses on the interactional positioning of two men, generated in a focus-group interview about the same text. The results show how the positioning of these readers iconicizes those that appear in the newspaper. KEY-WORDS: critical discourse analysis, multimodality, gender, narrative, performance.

scholarly journals THE REPRESENTATION OF BRUNEI’S SHARIA LAW IN NEW STRAIT TIMES AND BANGKOK POST

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-148
Author(s):  
Luluk Kholidatul Oktavia ◽  
Sahiruddin Sahiruddin ◽  
Ismatul Khasanah
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Noun Phrase ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Sharia Law ◽  
Positive Representation ◽  
The Media ◽  
Text Context ◽  
Negative Representation

The purpose of this study is to discover positive-self and negative-other representations of Brunei’s Sharia Law on LGBT through the lexical choices used by the New Strait Times and Bangkok Post also reveals the ideology from both of the media. This study uses a qualitative approach with critical discourse analysis as the research design. Following Van Dijk’s analytical framework, the words were selected and classified into word class, type of meaning (lexical or contextual), and category (positive or negative).  Ideology from both media is obtained from the cognition analysis of the journalist's expression based on the co-text, context, and social context (social condition). The result showed that both media used lexical choices that indicate positive representation of LGBT by stating LGBT as victims, while negative representation on Brunei’s Government, Muslim, and Sharia law as a persecutor. There were four methods in indicating the positive representation of LGBT; noun/noun phrase representation, detailed information on a noun, verb indicating accusation, and verb indicating discrimination; also there were three methods used to indicate negative representation of Brunei’s Government, Muslim, and Sharia law; noun/ noun phrase representation, verb indicating negative actions, and verb indicating provocations.

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