scholarly journals Ageism analyzed and redefined: a critical discourse analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mari LeBlanc
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Age Discrimination ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Middle Aged

In this Major Research Paper, I conducted a critical discourse analysis of articles about ageism and age discrimination published in The Globe and Mail in 2015. The research aimed to locate and examine discourses about ageism and older adults. I located three discourses in these articles. First the articles centered a middle aged, white, and successful subject; secondly, older adults in these articles were both privileged and a burden, and finally, older adults were urged to take initiative to prevent aging. It is my hope that my work points to both the underlying discourses that social workers need to consider to do equitable work with older adults and new ways for them to understand ageism in order to center the needs, experiences, and beliefs of older adults with multiply marginalized identities.

scholarly journals Ageism analyzed and redefined: a critical discourse analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mari LeBlanc
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Age Discrimination ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Middle Aged

In this Major Research Paper, I conducted a critical discourse analysis of articles about ageism and age discrimination published in The Globe and Mail in 2015. The research aimed to locate and examine discourses about ageism and older adults. I located three discourses in these articles. First the articles centered a middle aged, white, and successful subject; secondly, older adults in these articles were both privileged and a burden, and finally, older adults were urged to take initiative to prevent aging. It is my hope that my work points to both the underlying discourses that social workers need to consider to do equitable work with older adults and new ways for them to understand ageism in order to center the needs, experiences, and beliefs of older adults with multiply marginalized identities.

scholarly journals Whiteout and the reproduction of (fat) white normativity :a critical discourse analysis of the presence of whiteness in fat studies literature

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha Zerafa
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
White Supremacy ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Fat Studies ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Relational Approach ◽  
Origin Stories

This Major Research Paper consists of a critical discourse analysis of the operation of whiteness in the field of fat studies, focusing on how it becomes invisible and consequently manifests in emergent theorizing, especially at its establishment as an academic discipline. Two fat studies readers were selected, one published then and one written more recently, with six chapters selected from each. Using a dialectical-relational approach, these texts were analyzed both individually and intertextually to look at the origin stories of the field, the use of language to obscure whiteness, and the need for critical race/intersectional approaches. Findings show that fat studies has, and predominantly continues to, find itself in a self-imposed state of ‘whiteout’, through which Black, Indigenous, and Racialized people, voices, and experiences are sanitized, marginalized, or erased altogether. To challenge this, fat studies must take up whiteness and white supremacy toward its goal of fat liberation for all.

scholarly journals Discourse analysis of lesbian relationships in Canadian mainstream media

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Truscott
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Coming Out ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Lesbian Relationships ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Intersecting Identities ◽  
Newspaper Articles

In this Major Research Paper, representation of lesbian relationships was examined in Canadian newspaper articles using a critical discourse analysis. Lesbian representation in mass media has mostly conformed to heteronormative norms. This research aimed to illuminate themes present in newspaper articles from 2018 and 2019 about lesbians. Three discourses were present in these articles. They included a focus on sexual assault and sexual behaviour, the word lesbian paired with words that were sexualized or inappropriate, and the stories of coming out and facing isolation. Identifying and examining these discourses will show social workers what assumptions and prejudices lesbians may face in their lives and in representations they see. Understanding these discourses will aid in the knowledge needed to work with lesbians with intersecting identities.

scholarly journals Discourse analysis of lesbian relationships in Canadian mainstream media

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Truscott
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Coming Out ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Lesbian Relationships ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Intersecting Identities ◽  
Newspaper Articles

In this Major Research Paper, representation of lesbian relationships was examined in Canadian newspaper articles using a critical discourse analysis. Lesbian representation in mass media has mostly conformed to heteronormative norms. This research aimed to illuminate themes present in newspaper articles from 2018 and 2019 about lesbians. Three discourses were present in these articles. They included a focus on sexual assault and sexual behaviour, the word lesbian paired with words that were sexualized or inappropriate, and the stories of coming out and facing isolation. Identifying and examining these discourses will show social workers what assumptions and prejudices lesbians may face in their lives and in representations they see. Understanding these discourses will aid in the knowledge needed to work with lesbians with intersecting identities.

scholarly journals Whiteout and the reproduction of (fat) white normativity :a critical discourse analysis of the presence of whiteness in fat studies literature

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha Zerafa
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
White Supremacy ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Fat Studies ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Relational Approach ◽  
Origin Stories

This Major Research Paper consists of a critical discourse analysis of the operation of whiteness in the field of fat studies, focusing on how it becomes invisible and consequently manifests in emergent theorizing, especially at its establishment as an academic discipline. Two fat studies readers were selected, one published then and one written more recently, with six chapters selected from each. Using a dialectical-relational approach, these texts were analyzed both individually and intertextually to look at the origin stories of the field, the use of language to obscure whiteness, and the need for critical race/intersectional approaches. Findings show that fat studies has, and predominantly continues to, find itself in a self-imposed state of ‘whiteout’, through which Black, Indigenous, and Racialized people, voices, and experiences are sanitized, marginalized, or erased altogether. To challenge this, fat studies must take up whiteness and white supremacy toward its goal of fat liberation for all.

scholarly journals Deconstructing Queer/Trans Aging: A Critical Discourse Analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annie Burns
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Queer Theory ◽  
Cultural Competency ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Critical Whiteness Studies ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Critical Whiteness

This Major Research Paper (MRP) examines the recent discourse around LGBTQ older adults and aging that has started to be incorporated into Toronto’s senior care ostensibly to promote inclusion and diversity. Applying postmodernism, queer theory and critical whiteness studies as the theoretical framework, this MRP conducts a critical discourse analysis of (1) a sample of articles on older adults and aging from a Toronto-based LGBTQ-focused newspaper and (2) a sample of a LGBTQ2S cultural competency manual from Toronto’s city-run long-term care homes. The analysis of the findings demonstrates a white-centered, homogenizing and depoliticized discourse. The hope is to push conversations of queer/trans aging beyond homonormative models of senior care.

scholarly journals A Critical Discourse Analysis on the Framing of the Feminization of Forced Displacement

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha DeBoer
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Discursive Practice ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Forced Displacement ◽  
Gender Binary ◽  
Global Feminism ◽  
Women And Girls

The Major Research Paper seeks to examine the discursive practices that frame the issue of the feminization of forced displacement and construct representations of forcibly displaced women. It will examine the discourse that constructs representations of forcibly displaced women, which has implications for their protection and treatment in society. Forcibly displaced women are victimized through the representational discourse in terms of how they are spoken about and their visual depictions (Johnson, 2011). Based on feminist theory, the conceptual framework of the gender binary, gender and cultural essentialism, representations of victims, the discourse of victimization, and global feminism will be applied to a critical discourse analysis of the UHCR Handbook for the Protection of Women and Girls. This paper argues that the linguistic constructs and discursive practice contribute to misrepresentations of forcibly displaced women.

scholarly journals Different Reporting Styles of Similar News: Comparative Study of Two Urdu Newspapers Headlines

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kausar Rahmati Khan, Dr. Masroor Khanam
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Know How ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
News Headlines

This research explains the reporting style of two newspapers of similar news items. It is related to the headlines styles of reporting in print media. Print media plays very strong role in present era, it’s very important to know how media reveal same news in different point of views. This research paper investigates the news headlines through critical discourse analysis, of 2 daily Urdu newspapers correspondingly from First April to 7th April 2020. In this research paper COVID19 (Corona virus) news headlines were examine in two Urdu Newspapers Daily Jang newspaper and daily Express Newspaper. Newspapers of one week were examined for this research. The Daily Jang based in Karachi. Since 1939 is the oldest newspaper of Pakistan and continuously in publication. The Daily Jang newspaper is published by the Jang Group of Newspapers. The Daily Express is one of Pakistan's most broadly circulated Urdu Newspapers. Through Critical Discourse Analysis it was analyzed that the headlines in both the newspapers have different style of text, meaning and ideology because Jang and Express Newspapers have much difference in polices and in ideology.

A Girl In The River: A Critical Discourse Analysis Of Honor Killing

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-104
Author(s):  
Munaza Hasan Nasir
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
3D Model ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Model Description ◽  
Discursive Strategies ◽  
Honor Killing

The aim of this research paper is to critically analyse the documentary A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness and explore the phenomenon of honor killing as presented through discourse in the documentary. In order to carry out critical discourse analysis Fairclough’s 3D model (description, explanation and interpretation) provided the framework of the research. The discursive strategies employed by the participants involved in honor killing both as agents and victims were explored. It was observed that the antagonists considered themselves to be the victims who were compelled to act in the name of honor by the protagonist (Saba). They also rationalized their actions through their language and discourse.  

scholarly journals A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Marriage Certificate (Nikah Nama) in Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol VI (III) ◽  
pp. 44-55
Author(s):  
Jabreel Asghar
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Good Faith ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
The Social

This research paper looks at the language use to exploit and propagate certain stereotypes imposing on the parties involved in the institution of marriage. A critical discourse analysis with a field, tenor, mode approach uncovers how bride and bridegroom are deprived of their consents on various issues and are socially forced to accept the assumptions created by prevalent social norms. The study exposes how the use of certain discourses and lexical choices restrict the participants to overlook or discard other options which could be otherwise legally and religiously granted to them. The study emphasizes that the current marriage certificate (Nikah Nama) needs to be thoroughly revised in order to eliminate language exploitation and allow both parties to be well aware and exercise their rights before giving their consent in good faith, predetermined by the social taboos.

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