scholarly journals A Critical Discourse Analysis of Powerlessness in Mohsin Hamid’s Novel “Moth Smoke”

sjesr ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 106-112
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ramzan ◽  
Dr. Abdul Karim Khan
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Upper Class ◽  
Word Choice ◽  
Three Dimension ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Communicative Process

This paper is an attempt to explore powerlessness in the discourses of Mohsin Hamid’s novel Moth Smoke (2000)' from the perspective of Fairclough's Three Dimension Model (TDM).  The main issue of the paper is to examine the communicative process as to how and why the powerless are made to feel inferior. It is a common practice in today's society that in social gatherings a man always wants to show higher which in most of the cases is exercised through language. As analyzing texts through CDA carries objectivity, so the text understudy yielded the theme of powerlessness projected through the word choice of the writer. Through the analysis of the selected discourse, two-class have been found i.e. the upper class and the lower class. They are represented as powerful and powerless respectively. The elites enjoy a luxurious life but the poor often turn to be criminals. Because of this scenario, Fairclough's approach to CDA is quite an appropriate perspective to explore such social issues enacted in the society.

scholarly journals Symbolic Violence in Children’s Stories: Content Analysis in Bobo Magazine

Society ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 677-694
Author(s):  
Rahma Isnania ◽  
Nanang Martono ◽  
Tri Rini Widyastuti
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Upper Class ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Children's Stories ◽  
Class Habitus

The upper-class dominates various social spaces in society, including children’s stories. Children’s stories as a means of socializing values also participate in socializing upper-class habitus in the storyline. This study aims to describe the children’s habitus as narrated in short stories published in Bobo magazine. The method used in this study is the quantitative content analysis method and critical discourse analysis. This study’s object is about 174 short stories published in Bobo magazine from January 2019 to August 2020, of which 110 stories were taken randomly as samples. The results show that most of the children’s habitus narrated in the stories were upper-class children’s habitus, reaching out to 87 or 79.1% of all stories. Meanwhile, lower-class children’s habitus was found in 30.9% of all stories. The habitus of upper-class children featured in the story consisting of go on an excursion, luxury living, own electronic goods, own expensive good, wearing nightgowns, reading, and writing. On the other side, the habitus of lower-class children habitus featured in the story consisting of playing traditional games, living in poverty, and doing lower-class work. In conclusion, the upper-class children’s habitus appears more dominantly within short stories in Bobo magazine. This study’s results are expected as recommend to parties related to children’s stories publication to present more balanced stories.

scholarly journals Written Text on Pakistani Vehicles: A Critical Discourse Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-57
Author(s):  
Sidra Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Motor Vehicles ◽  
Three Dimensional Model ◽  
Written Text ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social

Linguistically, the word ‘language’ has shifted into ‘discourse’ which is a social phenomenon not only to express the thoughts but also to reflect the mindset and contexts of a specific community. The purpose of this study is to examine the slogans written on Pakistani automobiles and to understand the logic behind the social and cultural affiliations of these slogans. Pakistani culture of the art of making pictures and written phrases, poetic verses and imperative sentences on vehicles is famous all over the world. The study has analysed the writings found on vehicles, and although these writings might look trivial on the automobiles, they address various social issues. The Three-Dimensional Model of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) by Fairclough (2001) is used as a theoretical framework that explains the study at three levels: lexical, syntactic patterns, interpretations, and social practices. The discourses written on the vehicles are characterised into different categories, which are life’s mission statements, loud messages, mind baffling messages, everyday life annoyances, provoking statements, and religious looms. Twenty images and pictures have been captured from vehicles as a random sample of this study. The results reveal the mindset behind these discourses. They are used to highlight social issues which Pakistan faces, being a developing country. In short, the study discloses the strong link between the vehicles and the people using them to convey messages to the society which can bring harmony among the public. The current study is limited to only Pakistani motor vehicles.

Ideological positioning in news translation

Target ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Pan
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Appraisal Theory ◽  
Three Dimension ◽  
Chinese Reader ◽  
News Reports ◽  
Rights Issue

This article investigates the Chinese translations of several English news reports on China’s human rights issue carried in Reference News, a Chinese authoritative state-run newspaper devoted to translating foreign reports for the Chinese reader, and aims to establish how evaluative resources are resorted to by the translators to facilitate ideologically different positioning in presenting events and identifying participants in the translated news. The translations are compared with their English source texts using Appraisal Theory (Martin and White 2005) as the micro analytical framework and Fairclough’s (1995a, 1995b) three-dimension model of Critical Discourse Analysis as the explanatory framework.

scholarly journals A CLOSER LOOK ON CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS AND EDUCATIONAL STUDIES

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kadritanjung
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
The Media ◽  
Research Equipment ◽  
Educational Studies

.ABSTRACT. The humanities and social science had greatly influence in developing the critical linguistic (CL).They used it as a research equipment and tried to develop to be Critical Discourse Anaysis .Many expers introduced type of CDA to Academia. The historical descriptive methodology is the way of the Scholars to observe their research. This paper presents a perspective in reviewing CDA and its devolopment.The question arises after that. Can we take this into Academia ?Indeed the appearance of CDA is considered to have a positive impact for researchers because of more interesting methodology and perpective 1)Analyze relationship between superstructures and social issues. 2)Analyze the media communication used. 3) The application of CDA in academia.Key words: critical linguistic(CL),(CDA),Educational studies.

Two Events, Two Brazils: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Diego Monteiro Gutierrez ◽  
Marco Antonio Bettine de Almeida ◽  
Gustavo Luis Gutierrez ◽  
Zack P. Pedersen ◽  
Antonio S. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
World Cup ◽  
Fifa World Cup ◽  
International Media ◽  
Popular Appeal ◽  
The Media

The current investigation uses critical discourse analysis to compare how international media entities portrayed Brazil in the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics. The aim of the study was to understand how the specific characteristics of each event impact the media discourse and influence the portrayal of the host country. In this sense, the research concluded that the popular appeal of the event and the historical relation of the country with the sport have a profound impact on the type of coverage. Also, historical aspects and the diversity of athletes in the Summer Olympics contributed to a coverage more focused on the social issues of the host country. In the Brazilian case, this resulted in a more positive view of the country from the FIFA World Cup than the Summer Olympics.

scholarly journals Van Dijk’s critical discourse analysis in the Narasi Mata Najwa program and the community response to the face-to-face learning in Indonesian

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-177
Author(s):  
Ryan Hidayat ◽  
Khusnul Khotimah ◽  
Sumarlam Sumarlam
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Community Response ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Word Choice ◽  
Sentence Structure ◽  
Opinion Formation ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Face ◽  
Face To Face Learning

The purpose of this study is to analyze the critical discourse of Teun A. Van Dijk's model in the Narasi Mata Najwa program. The Narasi Mata Najwa program is a strategic forum for social groups, community groups to appear and discuss the discourses presented. The Narasi Mata Najwa program often invites figures from various circles of society, both from government figures and political figures. The Narasi Mata Najwa event is a discourse formation practice. Discourse refers to social activities that take place from various backgrounds in which the language unit appears. Critical discourse analysis using Van Dijk's model includes three aspects, namely macro structure, super structure, and microstructure. This research uses descriptive qualitative research method. The results of this research from Van Dijk's model examines the discourse that is used as a suggestion for opinion formation through word choice, sentence structure, and appropriate language style.Keywords: critical discourse analysis, Narasi Mata Najwa, community response

scholarly journals Glorification of Masculinity in the Advertisements of Kool Shaving Cream/Foam: A Critical Discourse Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-99
Author(s):  
Md. Mahbubul Alam
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Three Dimension ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Physical Setting ◽  
The Masses ◽  
Literary Devices

Advertisement pervades our daily life with strong hold and affects our beliefs and psychological orientation extensively. It is a very effective podium for popularizing products as well as spreading ideologies. Advertisement is one of the dominant platforms of carrying discourses to the masses. The present study is an investigation done from a critical point of view of the advertisements of Kool shaving foam/cream by analyzing the speeches, linguistic and literary devices, character portrayal and physical setting of the advertisements. For the findings, analysis and discussion Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) based on Fairclough’s Three Dimension Approach is applied. The analysis reveals that while circulating and advertising of Kool shaving foam/cream the advertisers have concurrently disseminated patriarchal ideologies and masculine discourses that have long been being lived out in our society as discursive practices. It is also found that at the end of each sample advertisement it is the veneration of masculinity, not the circulation of the product, which is significantly highlighted.

scholarly journals A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of Samsung’s Ingenius, Website, Consumers’ Comments, and Samsung-Apple Brand Positioning

K ta Kita ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 411-426
Author(s):  
Marcella Evelyn
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Three Dimension ◽  
Brand Positioning ◽  
Online Newspapers ◽  
Multimodal Discourse Analysis ◽  
Multimodal Discourse

This study analyzed Ingenius video advertisement. Ingenius is a video advertisement produced by Samsung. However, Samsung only shows its competitor’s product (Apple IPhone X) from the beginning until the end of the video. The video is divided into seven segments and was analyzed by using both Multimodal Discourse Analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis three-dimension framework by Fairclough. This study is expected to find how the Apple IPhone X is represented by Samsung in their Ingenius video advertisement, to find the Ingenius messages according to Samsung’s website, to see the reaction of its consumers, and to find how the brand positioning of Samsung and Apple in the society. Multimodal Discourse Analysis is used to analyze the inner dimension of the framework by using Ingenius video advertisement as the text or discourse. The second dimension is analyzed by using the official Samsung explanation from its website about the video to see the meaning of each segment from the producer to consumers and using the YouTube comments to see how the consumers of the video (viewers) react after watching the video. The outer dimension sees the brand positioning from online newspapers, websites, and blogs to see how the society perceives Apple and Samsung as smartphone brands. Keywords: Multimodal Discourse Analysis (MDA), Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), Advertisements, Discourse.

scholarly journals Representasi Maskulinitas Hegemonik dalam Iklan

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Deddy Suprapto
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Analytical Method ◽  
Hegemonic Masculinity ◽  
Physical Appearance ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Cultural Dimension ◽  
Three Dimension

This research aims at observing how advertisement define hegemonic masculinity and identifying the models of hegemonic masculinity in Indonesia. This research takes and focuses on Gudang Garam’s 2006–2010-released advertisements for the data. This research applies the analytical method of Fairclough's three-dimension of critical discourse analysis. First, the analysis is conducted by describing the advertisements. Then, the interpretation of the contexts of both the primary and secondary data. Finally, the explanation of the socio-cultural dimension. The results of this research shows that there are transformations on the representation of hegemonic masculinity from macho  to metrosexual, which is influenced by capitalism and consumerism. The transformation is only on the physical appearance, not in its essence.

Towards a decade of synergising corpus linguistics and critical discourse analysis: a meta-analysis

Corpora ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-235
Author(s):  
Mark Nartey ◽  
Isaac N. Mwinlaaru
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Corpus Linguistics ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Citation Index ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Arts And Humanities

The incorporation of corpus linguistics (CL) methods within critical discourse analysis (CDA) has increasingly gathered momentum over the last decade. This paper surveys studies using this triangulated framework, drawing on a database of 121 studies collected from three citation indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts and Humanities Citation Index, and Scopus. It presents a meta-analysis of these studies focussing on four variables, namely their chronological development, the domains of engagement, the issues that have been topicalised, and the area/regional coverage of the studies. In particular, the paper accounts for the factors that have contributed to the popularity of corpus-based CDA in the last decade as an approach to discourse analysis, provides insights into the evolution of this eclectic approach, and anticipates the future of the framework by offering suggestions. The paper concludes that corpus-based CDA presents both discourse analysts and corpus linguists with a robust methodology to tackle research questions bordering on discursive reflections of social issues and to identify new sites of public discourse for systematic analysis.

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