scholarly journals ‘Gentlemen of the Press’ and Media Gender Neutrality: A ReEvaluation

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Egielewa Peter Eshioke ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Original Meaning ◽  
The Press ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Biased Language ◽  
Gender Neutrality

Media gender neutrality is one of the key tenets or pillars of journalism. Such tenets include but not limited to the gender-sensitive and non-biased language of reporting. Based on the symbolic interactionism theory and drawing on the Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) method, it is argued that the traditional greeting for journalists “gentlemen of the press”, which is still in use internationally, is too gender-biased, promotes hegemonic masculinity that disproportionately disadvantages and hurts women. This article concludes that, based on current trends in gender neutrality and gender sensitivity in language, the original meaning inputted into the generic word “men” in “gentlemen” where the term “men” is applied inclusively to and refers to both “men and women” is no longer justified and tenable and recommends that the usage be stopped and be replaced with a new proposed, more gender-neutral greeting, namely: “Distinguished members of the press”.

The boss and daddy’s little girl: on the construction of gender in Swedish business media

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-76
Author(s):  
Magnus Hansson ◽  
Hanna Gottfridsson ◽  
Sandra Raanaes
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Media Texts ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Business Media

Purpose This paper aims to analyse the construction of gender in business media through identification of media discourses in terms of vocabulary and vocabulary structures. Design/methodology/approach The authors conduct critical discourse analysis and linguistic text analysis of media articles in two Swedish business magazines, focussing on vocabulary and vocabulary structures used to describe men and women as managers. Findings Media texts fall into traditional, gender-stereotyped patterns. The use of metaphors, choice of words and sentence structures construct and maintain stereotyped models of gender. The linguistic practices and use of specific and gender-biased vocabulary shape discursive practices, contributing to the construction and reconstruction of institutionalised gender-stereotyped patterns of behaviour and established social norms. Research limitations/implications The focus on vocabulary and vocabulary structures extends the technique and application of critical discourse analysis, enabling fine-grained analyses, in this case of media texts. This research also indicates a need for future studies that adopt a critical discourse analysis to take into account analytical procedures that shed light on micro-mechanisms that support the materialisations of gender inequalities. Social implications Texts that portray both men and women show gender bias that is deeply rooted in the vocabulary and vocabulary structures and thus help to reinforce established discursive practices and gender inequalities. Therefore, there is a need for a fundamental change in the media reports on managers. Originality/value The research contributes to the analysis of media texts and representations of men and women as managers by providing a detailed analysis of discursive practices that takes into account vocabulary and vocabulary structures. The findings show the deeply rooted structure of gender-stereotyped patterns in media texts.

scholarly journals The Representation of Millenial Hijrah Image in Online Media: Gender and Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 213-243
Author(s):  
Gina Giftia Azmiana Delilah ◽  
Diena Rauda Ramdania ◽  
Busro Busro
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Feminist Methodology ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Patriarchal Ideology ◽  
And Gender

This study aims to see how millennial hijrah is represented in images and how men and women are represented in hijrah images. Feminist methodology is used with multimodal and gender as a tool of analysis. This is based on the assumption that a text in the study of critical discourse analysis is not to be value-free and has a specific ideological purpose. Data collection techniques by searching on google images with the keyword 'gambar hijrah'. The results showed that the majority of hijrah in the google image was represented by women. There are indications of the dominance of patriarchal ideology in millennial hijrah and gender inequality in women. In addition to patriarchal ideology, the struggle for the hegemony of signs and gender hegemony in the millennial hijrah cannot be separated from the textual reading of the al-Qur'an and al-Hadith.

scholarly journals The Representation of Gender Neutrality in Indonesian Physics Textbooks: A Critical Discourse Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-214
Author(s):  
Surya Gumilar ◽  
Irma Fitria Amalia
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Science Classroom ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Family ◽  
Visual Artifacts ◽  
Gender Neutrality ◽  
Science Activities

Gender issues in Indonesia are pivotal issues in science/physics textbooks and any aspects of life. As learning resources commonly utilized in the science classroom, physics textbooks should present gender neutrality to urge women's contribution to science. They are frequently considered less performance than those men in science. However, in the Indonesian context, few studies of gender representation in the physics textbook are conducted. Therefore, this present study investigates gender stereotypes in Indonesian physics textbooks based on social actor criteria. A Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) is a qualitative research method employed to analyze gender neutrality discourse. The use of visual artifacts that refer to the representation of both men and women in the textbooks were utilized to emerge the roles of men and women in three frameworks: laboratory activities, physics application in daily life, and roles of men and women in the family. This present study's findings revealed that representation both men and women were almost to have the same representations based on three of these frameworks. Finally, this present study's implication is to underpin the woman representation to contribute to science activities.

scholarly journals Representasi Feminisme pada Lirik Lagu Dangdut Koplo Jawa: Analisis Wacana Kritis Van Dijk (Feminism on Javanese Koplo Dangdut Songs: A Critical Discourse Analysis of van Dijk)

JALABAHASA ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Herlianto A.
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Second Sex ◽  
Frame Work ◽  
Role Of Women

Penelitian ini menginvestigasi representasi feminisme pada lagu dangdut koplo Jawa. Tidak banyak yang mengkaji lagu dangdut koplo Jawa dari perspektif feminisme. Padahal, secara historis, Jawa memiliki agen-agen pergerakan untuk feminisme yang secara faktual seharusnya mempengaruhi kesusastraan dan kesenian Jawa. Ada lima lagu dalam bentuk transkrip sebagai data yang diperoleh dengan mentranskripsi lagu dangdut koplo Jawa dari YouTube. Data lalu dianalisis dengan menggunakan analisis wacana kritis van Dijk. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa lagu-lagu dangdut koplo Jawa merepresentasikan kesetaraan perempuan terhadap laki-laki. Peran perempuan diungkapkan tidak lagi sebagai second sex, yang sepenuhnya sebagai ibu rumah tangga, tetapi mereka memiliki kesempatan untuk memilih masa depan secara independen. Sementara itu, feminisme dinyatakan secara langsung dan tidak langsung di dalam lagu dengan menggunakan bahasa kiasan dalam bentuk metafora.This research investigated the representation of feminism in Javanese koplo dangdut song. These songs have got little attention in terms of feminism representation. Meanwhile, historically, Javanese society has factual agents of movement for feminism who should be influencing to the Javanese arts and literature.There arefive transcriptions of the songs as the data which collected by transcripting the songs from YouTube. The collected data were then analysed by applying van Dijk frame work of critical discourse analysis. The results show that most of the songs present gender equality between men and women. The role of women is not only presented as the second sex or as mainly a house wife, but they have opportunities to choose their own future life independently. This condition is suggested by using indirect language or using metaphoric expressions.

scholarly journals ‘Sectarianism’ and Scottish football: Critical reflections on dominant discourse and press commentary

2010 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 418-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Ethnic Identities ◽  
Dominant Discourse ◽  
The Press ◽  
Core Identity ◽  
Critical Reflections

This article provides a critical discourse analysis of Scottish newspaper reports relating to football and ‘sectarianism’ in Scotland. It claims that there is a powerful and longstanding ideological ‘framing’ of sectarianism in sections of the Scottish press that is latently power-laden. This discourse attempts to construct and reaffirm a unified non-sectarian core identity that ‘real’ and ‘authentic’ Scots (should) share in opposition to a set of sectarian ‘others’. The various connotations attached to sectarian and sectarianism, together with their use in particular ways that reflect an ideological hegemony, are illustrated. Much of the press treatment of sectarianism is shown to lack sensitivity to the historical, hierarchical and relational aspects of religious, political and ethnic identities in Scotland.

scholarly journals ANALYSING A RIGHT-WING TEXT THROUGH HALLIDAYS TRANSTIVITY SYSTEM AND CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 1018-1027
Author(s):  
Dr. ELHAM Ghobain
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Text Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Maximum Effect ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Far Right ◽  
The Press ◽  
Apparent Violation

In this paper, I attempt to present an example of following Hallidays grammatical system in analysing a text that can bear racial references. Doing so, the text analysis can be viewed from a critical discourse analysis perspective. The text chosen, titled Europe Must Close Its Borders or be Swamped by Third World, published in 2009, exhibits a typical example of the political rhetoric used by far-right political parties represented by one of its leaders in Britain, Nick Griffin. My assumption is that every word, every verb, and every phrase used is carefully chosen to convey the intended agendas of the party to its prospect voters in a clever way, which achieves its maximum effect with little or no apparent violation to the press guidelines. I also believe that such a stirring text, as far as the paper is concerned, would benefit from the use of various types of verbs and phrases that should suffice the requirement of the analysis. The paper may be of good use to students interested in studying this system of analysis as it deeply goes into the details of the used text.

scholarly journals Hegemoni Metroseksual dalam Iklan Grooming di Majalah FHM Indonesia

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobertus Ribut Santoso
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Cosmetic Products ◽  
Analysis Methods ◽  
And Gender

Abstract: This research is derived from a formulation of how FHM Indonesia magazine conducts metrosexual hegemony through grooming advertisements. This research is descriptive by using critical discourse analysis methods with the objects are grooming advertisements on FHM Indonesia magazine edition September 2008 – September 2009. The results show some forms of hegemony: men should be aware of the appearance by using cosmetic products that make them more feminine by doing face treatments, narcissistic by adopting the idols, macho who understand the appearance, and romantic by proposing the aspects of love, friendship, and gender equalization. These hegemonies push the mindset of societies to follow the lifestyle of metrosexual.Abstrak: Penelitian ini berangkat dari suatu permasalahan bagaimana FHM Indonesia menjalankan hegemoni metroseksual melalui iklan grooming. Jenis penelitian ini adalah deskriptif dengan metode analisis wacana kritis, dengan objek penelitian adalah iklan grooming di majalan FHM Indonesia edisi Sepetember 2008-September 2009. Hasil penelitian menunjukan beberap bentuk hegemoni: laki-laki harus sadar akan penampilannya dengan menggunakan kosmetik yang membuat mereka lebih feminin dengan melakukan perawatan, narsis dengan meniru idolanya, macho yang sadar akan penampilan, dan romantis dengan mengedepankan aspek kasih sayang, persahabatan, dan kesetaraan gender. Hegemoni tersebut mendorong pola pikir masyarakat untuk mengikuti gaya hidup metroseksual.

scholarly journals Exploring the Nature of Representation of Islam and Muslims in the Australian Press

SAGE Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824401989369
Author(s):  
Muhammad Junaid Ghauri ◽  
Salma Umber
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
General Public ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
National Agenda ◽  
News Stories ◽  
The Press

National press is considered as integral institution in articulation, propagation, and dissemination of the national agenda. The press helps general public in interpreting news stories. This article is set to explore the nature of representation of Islam and Muslims in the editorials of the Australian newspapers during January 01, 2016, to March 31, 2017. This study has employed van Dijk’s ideological square and lexicalization approaches within the critical discourse analysis paradigm to examine editorials from two leading Australian newspapers. The findings showed that both the newspapers The Age and The Australian produced entirely opposite discourses in their editorials regarding Islam and Muslims. The findings have demonstrated that The Age portrayed Islam and Muslims positively and favorably while The Australian constructed Islam and Muslims in a critical and negative way. In the editorial contents of The Age, predominant themes regarding Islam and Muslims were “victimization,” “understanding,” “multiculturalism,” “solidarity,” “cohesion,” and “harmony.” On the contrary, predominant discourse in the editorial contents of The Australian were “securitization,” “Othering,” “violence,” “categorization,” and “stereotyping.”

Critical discourse analysis on gender relations: women's images in Sasak song

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Khirjan Nahdi ◽  
Usuludin Usuludin ◽  
Herman Wijaya ◽  
Muh. Taufiq
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Gender Relations ◽  
Social Reality ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Women's Images ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Social ◽  
Images Of Women

Sasak song as one form of artistic discourse is used as an instrument of male domination of women in gender relations through various forms of imaging that do not benefit women. The image is understood through the process and mechanism of work of critical discourse analysis. This study aims to reveal the image of women in the Sasak song by discovering the tendency of social construction in gender relations between men and women based on the principles of Critical Discourse Analysis. Through the position of the Sasak song text, the importance of the text, and the consequences of the text in the social reality of gender relations between men and women, found six images of women in the Sasak song text, namely women as male subordination; women as inferior, resigned women, cheap women, dependent women, and women without choice. As a text, discursive reasoning, and social reality, the results of the study show the tendency to dominate women who give birth to forms of discrimination. The six images of women in Sasak song texts are contained in works of art for the purpose of disguising the tendencies behind artistic elements, so that they are accepted as truth and reasonableness in history inherited between generations.

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