scholarly journals A Critical Discourse Analysis of Students' Anonymous Online Postings

2010 ◽  
pp. 239-248
Author(s):  
Dick Ng’ambi
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Message Service ◽  
Commerce Students

It is difficult to understand students’ social practices from artifacts of anonymous online postings. The analysis of text genres and discursive types of online postings has potential for enhancing teaching and learning experiences of students. This article focuses on analysis of students’ anonymous online postings using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). The article argues that social practices reproduce during online interaction and artifacts embody such reproduction. A study involving more than 300 commerce students at a higher education institution (HEI) using a special purpose anonymous online consultation tool, the Dynamic Frequently Asked Questions (DFAQ), and social practices embodied in the artifacts is analyzed using CDA. The analysis used the three dimensions of CDA—description (text genres), interpretation (discursive type), and explanation (social practice)—and insights into students’ social practices were inferred. The article concludes that CDA of anonymous postings provided insight into social practices of students and, in particular, highlighted the tension between perceptions of inflexibility of traditional teaching practices and student demands for flexible learning. Finally, CDA, as described in this article, could be useful in analyzing e-mail communications, short message service (SMS) interactions, Web blogs, and podcasts.

scholarly journals Meme Sebagai Representasi Kritik dan kebebasan Berpendapat di Ruang Siber

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-07
Author(s):  
Prapti Wigati Purwaningrum
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Discursive Practice ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Implied Meaning

Abstrak  - The purposes of this study is to describe what and how memes in social media Instagram as the representation of critics from netizen. The approach of this study is Critical Discourse Analysis by Fairclough with three dimensions; text, discursive practice, and social practice. The writer chooses meme in @fakartun Instagram account as the data source because meme full of funny picture and simple text, easy to understand, and lead the reader to think twice to find the implied meaning in it. This research is focused on meme in @fakartun Instagram account, especially pictures, text, and caption. The conclusion of this study is the writer found social media as a space for netizen to get  and upload many information widely and effectively. Nowadays memes are no longer just pictures and funny words that are entertaining but become a media to express opinions, criticize a policy or an event that is happening. Finally, the findings of this analysis will describe how the patterns of opinion, commenting, and critical thinking of citizens in cyberspace Keywords: Critical Discourse Analysis, Fairclough, memes, Instagram, @fakartun

scholarly journals Are STEM Syllabi Gendered? A Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Parson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research University ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
And Gender

This study explored the gendered nature of STEM higher education institution through a feminist critical discourse analysis of STEM course syllabi from a Midwest research university. I explored STEM syllabi to understand how linguistic features such as stance and interdiscursivity are used in the syllabus and how language and discourses used in the syllabus replicate the masculine nature of STEM education. Findings suggest that the discourses identified in the syllabi reinforce traditional STEM academic roles, and that power and gender in the STEM syllabi are revealed through exploration of the themes of knowledge, learning, and the teaching and learning environment created by the language used in the syllabus. These findings inform and extend understanding of the STEM syllabus and the STEM higher education institution and lead to recommendations about how to make the STEM syllabus more inclusive for women.

scholarly journals CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF THE NEWS OF COVID-19 CORPSE SNATCHING PATIENT IN THE I-NEWS

2022 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-186
Author(s):  
Rika Astari ◽  
Abdul Mukhlis ◽  
Muhammad Irfan Faturrahman
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
News Media ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Online News ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Discursive Practice ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
The Media

The diction used in the news of corpse snatching of COVID-19  varies and has caused the public to panic. This study aims to show the structure of the media language used in The News of Corpse Snatching of COVID-19 patients in Pasuruan and the factors that caused the hundreds of people attempting to take the deceased's body forcefully. The primary data are the news of corpse snathing of COVID-19 patients in Pasuruan, uploaded on YouTube and the online news media i-News, and comments from netizens in the comments column. In addition, informant interviews were conducted to show the factors causing Corpse Snatching. Critical discourse analysis (CDA) is used for content analysis by describing three dimensions: text, discursive practice, and social practice. It was concluded that the media language used in the news text of the corpse Snatching in Pasuruan tends to use vocabulary that shows negative rather than positive actions. Moreover, the media emphasizes negative actions more than describing solution actions to become government policy steps. Based on informants and studies of the third dimension, hundreds of people who conducted the Corpse Snatching were caused because people hardly accept COVID-19 protocols since they hold Kejawen Islamic funeral traditions.

scholarly journals Minangkabau peace literature in West Sumatra: A critical discourse analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Wening Udasmoro
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Discursive Practice ◽  
Oral Literature ◽  
Literary Research ◽  
West Sumatra ◽  
Definition Of

This research paper, focusing on the oral literature regarding peace in Minangkabau, West Sumatra, does not simply examine the meaning of oral literature, but also attempts to connect such literature with the social practices of its consumers. This has been carried out in an attempt to understand how, if peace literature is still a part of Minangkabau society, conflict and other acts of violence in the society can still occur. Three important questions must be answered: 1) How are works of oral literature regarding peace produced, consumed, and reproduced among the Minangkabau in Padang, West Sumatra? 2) Who is most involved in reproducing peace literature? 3) How is oral literature regarding peace related to social practices of peace? Critical discourse analysis can be a useful method for literary research. This can be attributed to the fact that works of literature are not simply fictional, but also social, meaning that they play an important role in bridging fact and fiction. The intent of this paper is to examine the connection between oral literature regarding peace and its discursive context through a strict investigation of the three layers of critical discourse analysis: linguistic practice, discursive practice, and social practice. The findings of this paper are that every generation creates their own definition of peace literature. Surau, family, schools, and media are the institutions that play important roles in producing peace literature. Young generations from different age categories consume and reproduce such literature based on their understanding of the discourses, despite the fact that they do not always follow the discourses in their social practices.

scholarly journals A critical discourse analysis of the Pakistani newspaper headlines on the federal budget for FY 2021-2022

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 176-186
Author(s):  
Muhammad Arshad ◽  
Nazish Khan
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Federal Budget ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
Newspaper Editors ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
News Headlines

This research study is based on the Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) of news headlines of different Urdu and English newspapers on the federal Pakistani budget for the fiscal year 2021-2022. This research is descriptive qualitative in its nature. Fairclough (1995a) model of three dimensions (text, discourse and social practice) was used to analyse text. 21 different headlines from renowned Pakistani national Urdu and English newspapers on June 12, 2021, were collected through purposive sampling techniques of data collection. The study highlights the concealed ideology of newspaper editors who aims to arouse masses by using stirring vocabulary. The significance of this study lies in the vocabulary of news items of newspapers headlines which serve as an important medium of presenting ideologies. Thematic and the linguistic analysis of newspaper headlines highlight those newspapers are concealed with important orientations for readers. The study draws the conclusion that news headlines represent editors’ ideologies on their political inclinations and alignment in spite of their claim to be impartial. The newspaper editors exploit headlines to form a way of thinking on issues of national concern to achieve their political interests.

scholarly journals Analisis Wacana Metafora Kontrastif Bahasa Melayu dan Arab dari Perspektif Praktis Sosial

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 45-65
Author(s):  
Sulaiman Ismail ◽  
Salmah Ahmad ◽  
Mohd Nor Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Contrastive Study ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Arabic Rhetoric

Wacana metafora bahasa Arab yang telah melalui tempoh masa yang panjang telah menyebabkan terhasilnya pelbagai kajian dan penerbitan buku dilakukan oleh para sarjana Arab dan bukan Arab. Namun kebanyakan kajian tersebut hanya memfokuskan kepada aspek retorika bahasa Arab dalam membantu masyarakat Arab dan bukan Arab mengkaji ilmu-ilmu Islam dan amat kurang kajian yang dijalankan dalam wacana metafora bahasa Melayu dan perbandingannya dengan wacana metafora bahasa Arab. Kajian ini membincangkan analisa wacana metapora kontrastif dalam bahasa Arab dan bahasa Melayu dari aspek pengkelasan dan praktis sosial yang tersirat di sebalik penggunaannya dalam kedua-dua bahasa ini. Perspektif praktis sosial adalah salah satu komponen kerangka teoritis Analisis Wacana Kritis yang digunakan dalam kajian ini. Dapatan kajian menjelaskan kepentingan mengetahui dan memahami pengkelasan wacana metafora bahasa Arab dan bahasa Melayu. Seterusnya dapatan kajian ini juga menegaskan bahawa perlunya usaha menyingkap dan membuat perbandingan pengkelasan wacana metapora dalam bahasa Melayu dan bahasa Arab. Ini akan memudahkan pelajar Melayu memahami secara lebih mendalam penggunaan aspek bahasa ini dalam amalan dan praktis sosial intra bahasa khususnya dari perspektif bentuk praktis sosial yang tersirat di sebalik wacana metafora kedua-dua bahasa ini.The study of metaphorical discourse in Arabic rhetoric has gone through a long period of time that witnessed enormous books and meticulous studies carried out by a large number of Arab and non-Arab scholars. Nevertheless, these rigorous studies that had enriched the study of Arabic rhetoric only served the study of Islam for Arab and non-Arab muslims. Less has been done on the study of Malay metaphorical discourse and the comparison between both. This paper mainly attempts to discuss a contrastive study of metaphorical discourse in Arabic and Malay rhetoric from the classification and social practices aspects that are implicitly found in the metaphorical discourses in both languages. The perspective of social practice, which is one of the components of Critical Discourse Analysis is aplied in this study. The finding of this study dictates the importance of knowing and understanding the classification of metaphorical discourses in Arabic as well as in Malay rhetoric. It further affirms that efforts are needed to unveil the contrastive metaphorical discourse between Arabic and Malay language, especially in terms of intra-social practices that are obviously embedded in metaphorical discourses in both languages. This in turn, will enhance the pursuit of knowledge among Malay students to undertand metaphorical discourse effectively.

scholarly journals Discurso e etnografia na pesquisa sobre letramento na comunidade.

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Guilherme Rios
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
The Other ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Ethnographic Approach ◽  
Other Hand

In this paper on literacy in the community, I argue for the gains of research in discourse, particularly Critical Discourse Analysis, in combination with an ethnographic approach. If for one hand Discourse Analysis proposes to be a tool to make clear the ideological investments in textual materiality (Fairclough, 1992), on the other hand such investment is partially raised in social practices and their networks, of which it is a part. From the relation of discourse with other aspects of social practice, such as participant’s systems of values, beliefs and knowledge in the events, upsurges the need to incorporate an ethnographic approach, as much as a mode of knowledge production as a set of techniques implemented to generate data on those aspects of social practice.

scholarly journals A Critical Discourse Analysis of Representations of Travellers in Public Policies in Ireland

Societies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Claire Jane Snowdon ◽  
Leena Eklund Eklund Karlsson
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Discursive Practice ◽  
Negative Stereotypes

In Ireland, negative stereotypes of the Traveller population have long been a part of society. The beliefs that surround this minority group may not be based in fact, yet negative views persist such that Travellers find themselves excluded from mainstream society. The language used in discourse plays a critical role in the way Travellers are represented. This study analyses the discourse in the public policy regarding Travellers in the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy (NTRIS) 2017–2021. This study performs a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of the policy with the overall aims of showing signs of the power imbalance through the use of language and revealing the discourses used by elite actors to retain power and sustain existing social relations. The key findings show that Travellers are represented as a homogenous group that exists outside of society. They have no control over how their social identity is constructed. The results show that the constructions of negative stereotypes are intertextually linked to previous policies, and the current policy portrays them in the role of passive patients, not powerful actors. The discursive practice creates polarity between the “settled” population and the “Travellers”, who are implicitly blamed by the state for their disadvantages. Through the policy, the government disseminates expert knowledge, which legitimises the inequality and supports this objective “truth”. This dominant discourse, which manifests in wider social practice, can facilitate racism and social exclusion. This study highlights the need for Irish society to change the narrative to support an equitable representation of Travellers.

scholarly journals PRAKTEK KEKUASAAN DAN DOMINASI GURU DI DALAM KELAS DITINJAU DARI STRUKTUR WACANA PEDAGOGIK PEMBELAJARAN BAHASA INGGRIS

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Hamzah Hamzah ◽  
Kurnia Ningsih
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Conversation Analysis ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Classroom Discourse ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Classroom Interaction ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
English Teacher

This study is aimed at exploring the way the English teachers at senior high schools exercise power and domination during the teaching and learning process. Conversation analysis and critical discourse analysis were used to analyze the data. The data were generated from thirty transcripts of classroom interaction comprising of two academic hour session for each transcript. The findings of this study revealed that the English teacher still exercised strong power and domination in the classroom. Most exchanges were initiated by the teacher (93%), and the students involvements were limited to providing responses in accordance with the information initiated by their teacher. The teachers’ domination was also seen in the length of the turns. The teachers normally had extended turn comprising one clause or more, while students’ contributions were normally short consisting of one word, one phrase, and one clause was the longest in each turn. Beside the two indicators, the teachers’ power and domination were seen in controlling the topic, giving instruction, asking close questions and providing correction. Key words: conversation, classroom discourse, power and domination

scholarly journals Your home, my refuge: being a refugee in Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 222-233
Author(s):  
HÉLIO ARTHUR REIS IRIGARAY ◽  
RENATA ANDERSON ◽  
FLÁVIO VELLASQUEZ ◽  
FERNANDO FILARDI
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Local Society ◽  
Hegemonic Discourse ◽  
Demographic Profiles ◽  
Brazilian Society ◽  
Textual Practices

Abstract The objective of this study was to reveal how refugees who live in Brazil perceive the macro-dynamics of the local society and how their response to them varies in accordance with their different psycho demographic profiles. We interviewed 24 refugees from different countries, genders, ages, and races. The interviews were taped, transcribed, and subjected to critical discourse analysis, resulting in three a priori categories: social, discursive, and textual practices. We found out that social practices did differ in terms of their countries of origin, gender, and race. The analysis of their discourses revealed three different places and roles: hero, victim, or faker. Finally, the textual analysis indicated the choice of words that subverted the hegemonic discourse of refugees, revealing resistance to the place refugees are relegated to in Brazilian society.

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