scholarly journals A Discursive Analysis of the Gaza Conflict of 2008-09: Provocation and Proportionality in War Reporting

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nour Shreim
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Discursive Strategies ◽  
Discursive Analysis ◽  
Construction Of Meaning ◽  
The Media ◽  
Discursive Strategy ◽  
Israeli Army ◽  
War Reporting

 The paper employs an interpretative discourse analysis, to investigate the cultural ideas evoked linguistically throughout the coverage of the Gaza War of 2008-09 (Operation Cast Lead). It aims to provide a historical context to better understanding Operation Protective Edge. To allow for a comparative dimension, the paper develops two ‘frames’ of analysis that systematically look at two recurring themes and scrutinise their discursive strategies and functions in the construction of meaning and ideology. These include Provocation, which examines questions of responsibility and culpability; and Proportionality, which embraces matters of legitimacy and authority in relation to the humanitarian aspect of the war. The findings indicate that the actions of a protagonist may be deemed legitimate with regard to provocation, but illegitimate with regard to their proportionality. The peculiar circumstances of the war pushed the media in the direction of greater separation from the predominant ideologies ensued by the Israeli Army. It suggests that BBC World Service lack a coherent discursive strategy at the level of the lexical in their reporting of Gaza.  

Digital media’s discursive strategies against anabolic-androgenic steroids: A corpus-assisted discourse analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 339-355
Author(s):  
Nattawaj Kijratanakoson
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Anabolic Androgenic Steroids ◽  
Discursive Strategies ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
The Media ◽  
Lexical Items ◽  
Androgenic Steroids

The purposes of this study are twofold. First, it investigates how the digital media discursively react against the use of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS). Second, it examines how Thailand is portrayed as a venue for steroid holiday among recreational bodybuilders from the Western countries. Adhering to the principle of theoretical triangulation, the study employs two frameworks including Reisigl and Wodak’s discursive strategies and Van Dijk’s ideological structures. The methodology undertaken is a corpus-assisted discourse analysis. The corpus contains 100 articles published on various websites between the period of 2014 and 2019 with the total number of 107,116 words. Main findings indicate that, regarding the first purpose, the media portray AAS as the ‘outgroup’ by employing various negative lexical items while attempting to dilute any claimed benefits. Concerning the second purpose, Thailand is represented as a venue in which AAS are easily available coupled with corrupt dealers and lax regulations.

scholarly journals COERÊNCIA ENTRE O DISCURSO INSTITUCIONAL E O DISCURSO MIDIÁTICO SOBRE A SUSTENTABILIDADEDOI: 10.5773/rgsa.v4i3.329

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Lúcia de A. L. Coelho ◽  
Christiane K. Godoi
Keyword(s):  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Institutional Practices ◽  
Environmental Practices ◽  
Discursive Strategies ◽  
Discursive Analysis ◽  
Beliefs And Values ◽  
The Media ◽  
Environmental Causes ◽  
Media Discourses ◽  
Sustainability Report

O discurso da sustentabilidade imiscuiu-se no jargão dos negócios e tornou-se uma palavra de ordem no âmbito organizacional. Percebe-se que a mídia também ampliou a atenção, cujos protestos e causas ambientais realizados por meio da mídia passam a ser notícias de destaque. Norteado por fundamentos da análise sociológica do discurso, o objetivo desse estudo foi analisar a coerência entre as estratégias discursivas sobre sustentabilidade, extraídas dos Relatórios de Sustentabilidade (RS) de empresas de capital aberto com ações listadas na Bolsa de Valores de São Paulo, e as práticas ambientais dessas empresas relatadas no discurso midiático. No interior dos RS, além da análise discursiva de elementos norteadores da estratégia organizacional (discursos sobre missão, visão, princípios, crenças e valores), o estudo analisou outros trechos que forneceram o contexto para a interpretação discursiva. Em contraposição ao discurso institucional, foram analisadas as práticas dessas empresas relatadas pelo discurso midiático - jornais e revistas de grande circulação no país. Evidenciaram-se diversas incoerências entre os princípios norteadores das empresas e o discurso midiático. Observou-se que os padrões e funções discursivos transmitidos pelos RS, buscando uma imagem de empresa sustentável, operam de forma ideológica, procurando legitimidade por meio da repetição. Os RS apresentam-se como discursos prescritivos propondo regras de conduta e emitindo conselhos. Trata-se de discursos brilhantes na forma, acompanhados de símbolos e pobres de idéias, no sentido pejorativo da retórica. O estudo instiga reflexões acerca do accountability institucional e midiático e entre as contradições presentes no discurso e na prática institucional no que tange à sustentabilidade. Palavras-chave:Estratégias discursivas; padrões e funções discursivos; accountability; relatório de sustentabilidade. ABSTRACT Sustainability discourse has blended in business jargon becoming a watchword in organizational field. The media has also increased attention, whose protests and environmental causes have become prominent. This study examines the coherence between discursive strategies on sustainability, extracted from Sustainability Reports (SRs) of companies listed on the Brazilian Stock Exchange – BM&FBOVESPA, and environmental practices of these companies reported in media discourse. Discursive analysis of the guiding elements of organizational strategy (mission, vision, principles, beliefs and values discourses) within the SRs and media discourses – wide circulation newspapers and magazines in Brazil were contrasted and analyzed. The results showed several inconsistencies between institutional and media discourses. Discursive patterns and functions provided by the SRs operate ideologically and seek legitimacy through repetition. SRs presented prescriptive discourses and proposed rules of conduct and advices. The institutional discourses are brilliant in form and poor in ideas. This article contributes in order to reflect on institutional and media accountability and contradictions present both in discourse and institutional practices in regard to company sustainability. Keywords: discursive strategies; institutional and media discourses; accountability; Sustainability Report (SR).

The phallic girl goes to Italy: Amanda Knox, post-feminism and phallicism between the national and international spheres

2020 ◽  
pp. 135050682094534
Author(s):  
Ella Fegitz
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Female Sexuality ◽  
Discursive Strategies ◽  
Italian Culture ◽  
The Media

The article takes as its subject the trials of Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito and Rudy Guede for the murder of the English student Meredith Kercher in Perugia on 2 November 2007. Through a Foucauldian discourse analysis, the article explores the discursive strategies that are employed – through the interplay of the media and the legal system – to reinsert the disruptive figure of ‘the woman who kills’ within normative and sanctioned forms of femininity and female sexuality. Furthermore, the analysis shows how the Knox case is central for understanding Italian culture, which is characterised by an anxiety towards, and rejection of, a novel facet of young femininity in post-feminist culture: the phallic subjectivity and sexuality incarnated by Knox.

scholarly journals “¡Esos cocos parecen unos limones!”: estrategias discursivas de regateo usadas en el Mercado de Santa Rita (Cartagena)

2013 ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Udiluz Monsalve Muñoz
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Lower Cost ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
Discursive Strategies ◽  
Ethnographic Observation ◽  
Discursive Strategy

Como hablantes de una lengua, diariamente participamos en diversas situaciones comunicativas con el fin de lograr determinados propósitos. Así, están los que buscan enamorar a alguien, losque quieren obtener un permiso de sus padres para salir; o los que en una tienda o plaza de mercado regatean el precio de un determinado producto para adquirirlo a un costo más bajo. Esta última situación, el regateo, es una de las más típicas en la ciudad de Cartagena. Lo anterior se pudo evidenciar mediante una observación etnográfica realizada en el Mercado de Santa Rita. Como parte de una investigación de tipo cualitativa, enmarcada en los planteamientos de la sociolingüística y el análisis del discurso, dicha técnica nos permitió encontrar que los compradores y vendedores del Mercado de Santa Rita, discuten el precio de los productos en unduelo verbal cuyas herramientas son las estrategias discursivas.Palabras clave: regateo, duelo verbal, estrategia discursiva, contrato discursivo.AbstractAs language speakers, we participate in diverse communicative situations in order to achieve certain purposes. For instance, to win someone's heart, to obtain parents' permission to go out, orto bargain a product in a store or marketplace in order to purchase it at a lower cost. The latter situation, bargaining, is one of the most usual in Cartagena. This situation was evident throughout an ethnographic observation made at Santa Rita Marketplace.As part of a qualitative research study, dealing with sociolinguistics and discourse analysis, this technique allowed us to discover that customers and sellers of Santa Rita market discussed theprice of products in a verbal duel, their tools being discursive strategies. Key words: bargaining, verbal duel, discursive strategy, discursive engagement.

scholarly journals FATHERS AND SONS: DISCURSIVE STRATEGIES OF NETWORK COMMUNITIES IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIA

2020 ◽  
pp. 117-125
Author(s):  
Наталия Николаевна Козлова ◽  
Сергей Валентинович Рассадин
Keyword(s):  
Family Values ◽  
Network Resources ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Discursive Strategies ◽  
Discursive Analysis ◽  
Network Communities ◽  
Modern Family ◽  
Discursive Strategy ◽  
Fathers And Sons ◽  
Demographic Policy

Актуальность исследования определяется противоречивостью современного прочтения ряда когерентных феноменов - семьи, родительства, материнства, отцовства, детства. Объектом исследования являются дискурсы российских сетевых сообществ отцов, которые выстраиваются вокруг проблем современной семейной и демографической политики. Новизна исследования состоит в дискурсивном анализе нарратива отцовских сообществ, рассмотрении представлений участников сообществ об отцовстве как социальном феномене. Анализируя интерактивный сайт Фонда поддержки семьи и семейных ценностей «Отцовство» и его сетевые ресурсы авторы приходят к выводу, что дискурсивно отцовство рассматривается в двух планах - как условие для развития ребенка и как часть личностной сферы мужчины. По результатам исследования выявляется новая дискурсивная стратегия отцовства - модель «отца-менеджера», в рамках которой актуализируются компетенции социально активного ответственного отцовства. The relevance of the study is determined by the inconsistency of the modern interpretation of a number of coherent phenomena - family, parenting, motherhood, paternity, childhood. The object of the research is the discourses of the Russian network communities of fathers, which are built around the problems of modern family and demographic policy. The novelty of the research lies in the discursive analysis of the narrative of paternal communities, consideration of the ideas of community members about paternity as a social phenomenon. Analyzing the interactive website of the Fund for Support of Family and Family Values «Fatherhood» and its network resources, the authors come to the conclusion that discursively, paternity is viewed in two ways - as a condition for the development of a child and as a part of a man's personal sphere. According to the results of the study, a new discursive strategy of fatherhood is revealed - the «father-manager» model, within the framework of which the competences of socially active responsible fatherhood are actualized.

scholarly journals CENOGRAFIA E ETHOS DISCURSIVO: AS NUANCES SEMÂNTICAS, PRAGMÁTICAS E CULTURAIS DELINEADAS NO ANÚNCIO PUBLICITÁRIO “ACREDITE NA BELEZA: A LINDA EX”, O BOTICÁRIO

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 03
Author(s):  
Maitê Francine Bohn ◽  
Ernani Cesar de Freitas
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Cultural Influence ◽  
Meaning Construction ◽  
Cultural Construction ◽  
Verbal Interaction ◽  
Discursive Strategies ◽  
Interaction Studies ◽  
The Media ◽  
Identity Formations

Uma interpretação aprofundada de produções discursivas requer um desdobramento teórico que considere não apenas aspectos relacionados aos conteúdos temáticos, mas também as condições de produção do enunciado, o vínculo entre os interlocutores e a influência e a apropriação da cultura que emergem em situações comunicativas. O presente estudo justifica-se, portanto, pela possibilidade de demonstrar a presença de estratégias discursivas que agem sobre o processo de construção de sentido realizado pelo enunciador e coenunciador na emissão e recepção do discurso, especialmente no âmbito midiático, cujas intervenções influem culturalmente na vida em sociedade. Assim, o estudo dos conceitos cenografia e ethos discursivo torna-se relevante, pois ambos estão circunscritos na cena enunciativa, atuando sobre o processo de construção de sentido realizado pelos interlocutores. Mas de que modo o ethos e a cenografia articulam-se nessa construção? A partir desse questionamento, busca-se analisar a cenografia e o ethos discursivo presentes na construção semântica que se manifesta no comercial “Acredite na Beleza: A Linda Ex”, promovido pela empresa O Boticário, articulando-os às formações discursivas, culturais e identitárias que nele emergem. A pesquisa deu-se de forma exploratória e bibliográfica, sendo este trabalho fundamentado nos estudos sobre linguagem e interação verbal (BAKHTIN, 1999), na construção identitária e cultural (HALL, 2001) e na Análise do Discurso (MAINGUENEAU, 2002). Os resultados da análise realizada revelam a utilização de estratégias discursivas pelo enunciador para condicionar e conduzir a produção de sentido a ser construída pelo seu coenunciador, tendo em vista sua finalidade comunicativa.Palavras-chave: Discurso. Anúncio publicitário. Cenografia. Ethos. Cultura.ABSTRACTA deep interpretation of discursive productions requires a theoretical unfolding that considers not only aspects related to topics, but also the conditions of production of the utterance, the link between the interlocutors and the cultural influence and appropriation which emerge in communicative situations. Therefore, this study is justified by the possibility of demonstrating the presence of discursive strategies that act on the process of meaning construction, realized by the enunciator and coenunciator in the emission and reception of the discourse, especially in the media sphere, whose interventions culturally influence in social life. Thus, the scenography and discursive ethos study becomes relevant, since both concepts are circumscribed in the enunciative scene. They act on the process of meaning construction realized by the interlocutors. But how do they relate in this construction? From this question, this study analyzes the scenography and the discursive ethos present in the semantic construction manifested in the commercial “Acredite na Beleza: A Linda Ex”, by O Boticário brand, articulating both concepts to the discursive, cultural and identity formations which emerge in it. The research was carried out in an exploratory and bibliographical way. This work was based on language and verbal interaction studies (BAKHTIN, 1999), on the identity and cultural construction (HALL, 2001) and on Discourse Analysis (MAINGUENEAU, 2002). The results of the analysis show the use of discursive strategies by the enunciator to condition and to lead the production of meaning to be built by its coenunciator, in view of its communicative purpose.Keywords: Speech. Advertisement. Scenography. Ethos. Culture.

The Media Conspiracy Behind the Death of Diana, Princess Of Wales: A Study of Critical Discourse Analysis

Metahumaniora ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Indah Mustika Santhi
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Daily Mail ◽  
Daily Newspapers ◽  
Analysis Theory ◽  
The Media ◽  
Material Process ◽  
Social Level

ABSTRAKPenelitian ini berjudul “The Media Conspiracy Behind the Death of Diana, Princessof Wales: A Study of Critical Discourse Analysis”. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskanbagaimana kematian Putri Diana direpresentasikan oleh The Daily Mail dalam artikelartikelpemberitaannya melalui dimensi tekstual dan juga memaparkan cara pandang TheDaily Mail sebagai pelaku media konspirasi pada praktik kerjanya terkait berita kematianPutri Diana dalam dimensi sosiokultural. Objek penelitian ini adalah The Daily Mail, salahsatu tabloid harian terbesar di Inggris. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalahmetode kualitatif, analisis deskriptif. Penulis menggunakan teori analisis wacana kritisFairclough (1995), disertai dengan beberapa teori pendukung lainnya, seperti teori klausasebagai representasi Halliday (2004), teori konspirasi Feaster (2008), Birchall (2006),Barkun (2003), Hodapp dan von Kannun (2008). Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkanbahwa representasi kematian Putri Diana dalam dimensi tekstual didapat melalui prosesmaterial, proses mental, proses relasional, proses verbal, dan proses eksistensial yangterdapat dalam artikel-artikel The Daily Mail. Sementara itu, cara pandang The Daily Mailsebagai pelaku media konspirasi atas berita kematian Putri Diana didapat melalui prosestataran sosial, tataran institusional, tataran sosial pada dimensi praktik sosiokultural.Kata Kunci: Transitivitas, Analisis Wacana Kritis, Media konspirasi.ABSTRACTThis thesis is entitled “The Media Conspiracy Behind the Death of Diana, Princessof Wales: A Study of Critical Discourse Analysis”. This thesis is aimed to describe therepresentation of Princess Diana’s death and The Daily Mail’s perspective as a mediaconspiracy actor through textual and sociocultural dimension. The object of this thesis isThe Daily Mail, one of the widest national daily newspapers in England. The method that isused in this thesis is a qualitative method, a descriptive analytic method. The writer uses thecritical discourse analysis theory of Fairclough (1995) and some other supported theories,such as clause as representation theory by Halliday (2004), the conspiracy theory by Feaster(2008), Birchall (2006), Barkun (2003), Hodapp and von Kannun (2008). The result of thisresearch shows that the representation in textual dimension that appear on Princess Diana’sdeath is derived from material process, mental process, relational process, verbal process, andexistential process. While The Daily Mail’s perspective on Princess Diana’s death is derivedfrom situational level, institutional level and social level of sociocultural practice dimension.Keywords: Transitivity, Critical Discourse Analysis, Media Conspiracy.

Liberating Afghan Women

2004 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 70-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Gallagher
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Organizations ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Afghan Women ◽  
The Media ◽  
Policy Priority

Public opinion in the United States and elsewhere celebrated the liberation of Afghan women following the defeat of the Taliban government. The United States promised to stay in Afghanistan and foster security, economic development, and human rights for all, especially women. After years of funding various anti- Soviet Mujahidin warlords, the United States had agreed to help reconstruct the country once before in 1992, when the Soviet-backed government fell, but had lost interest when the warlords began to fight among themselves. This time, however, it was going to be different. To date, however, conditions have not improved for most Afghan women and reconstruction has barely begun. How did this happen? This article explores media presentations of Afghan women and then compares them with recent reports from human rights organizations and other eyewitness accounts. It argues that the media depictions were built on earlier conceptions of Muslim societies and allowed us to adopt a romantic view that disguised or covered up the more complex historical context of Afghan history and American involvement in it. We allowed ourselves to believe that Afghans were exotic characters who were modernizing or progressing toward a western way of life, despite the temporary setback imposed by the Taliban government. In Afghanistan, however, there was a new trope: the feminist Afghan woman activist. Images of prominent Afghan women sans burqa were much favored by the mass media and American policymakers. The result, however, was not a new focus on funding feminist political organizations or making women’s rights a foreign policy priority; rather, it was an unwillingness to fulfill obligations incurred during decades of American-funded mujahidin warfare, to face the existence of deteriorating conditions for women, resumed opium cultivation, and a resurgent Taliban, or to commit to a multilateral approach that would bring in the funds and expertise needed to sustain a long-term process of reconstruction.

Campaigns and Elections in a Changing Media Landscape

2019 ◽  
pp. 403-426
Author(s):  
Michael X. Delli Carpini ◽  
Bruce A. Williams
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Media ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
The United States ◽  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Political Campaigns ◽  
Democratic Politics ◽  
Campaigns And Elections ◽  
The Media

The media landscape of countries across the globe is changing in profound ways that are of relevance to the study and practice of political campaigns and elections. This chapter uses the concept of media regimes to put these changes in historical context and describe the major drivers that lead to a regime’s formation, institutionalization, and dissolution. It then turns to a more detailed examination of the causes and qualities of what is arguably a new media regime that has formed in the United States; the extent to which this phenomenon has or is occurring (albeit in different ways) elsewhere; and how the conduct of campaigns and elections are changing as a result. The chapter concludes with thoughts on the implications of the changing media landscape for the study and practice of campaigns and elections specifically, and democratic politics more generally.

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