scholarly journals The Portrayal of the First Female Saudi Lawyer: A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of Online Newspaper Articles

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 255
Author(s):  
Hessah S. Abaalalaa ◽  
Reem A. Alosaimi
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Basic Theory ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Analysis Framework ◽  
Online Newspaper ◽  
Newspaper Articles

This study utilized a developed MCDA (Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis) framework proposed by Machin and Mayr (2012). It intends to uncover how interceded verbal and visual choices cooperate to show a shift in the construction of the female Saudi lawyer’s identity in two articles, Saudi and Iranian. The framework is indebted to Van Dijk's (1998) work in which CDA was viewed as a multidisciplinary field where ideology was the basic theory. The MCDA showed that both articles, i.e., Iranian and Saudi, maintained different ideologies in their representations of the first female Saudi lawyer's achievement and used different linguistic and visual choices to portray this achievement. 

Constructing undesirables: A critical discourse analysis of othering of Fulani nomads in the Ghanaian news media

2021 ◽  
pp. 175048132098209
Author(s):  
Mark Nartey ◽  
Hans J Ladegaard
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
News Media ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Analysis Framework ◽  
News Reporting ◽  
Media Attention ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Content Organization

The activities of Fulani nomads in Ghana have gained considerable media attention and engendered continuing public debate. In this paper, we analyze the prejudiced portrayals of the nomads in the Ghanaian news media, and how these contribute to an exclusionist and a discriminatory discourse that puts the nomads at the margins of Ghanaian society. The study employs a critical discourse analysis framework and draws on a dataset of 160 articles, including news stories, editorials and op-ed pieces. The analysis reveals that the nomads are discursively constructed as undesirables through an othering process that centers on three discourses: a discourse of dangerousness/criminalization, a discourse of alienization, and a discourse of stigmatization. This anti-nomad/Fulani rhetoric is evident in the choice of sensational headlines, alarmist news content, organization of arguments, and use of quotations. The paper concludes with a call for more balanced and critical news reporting on the nomads, especially since issues surrounding them border on national cohesion and security.

scholarly journals Exploring interpersonal meanings on the discourse of the Indonesian national anthem from the CDA perspectives

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 360-380
Author(s):  
Ribut Surjowati
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Analysis Framework ◽  
Emotional Intimacy ◽  
National Anthem ◽  
Production Processes ◽  
Micro Analysis

This research is aimed at describing how the composer of Indonesia Raya (IR) construed and negotiated interpersonal meanings which represent his ideology to the Indonesians. The data in this qualitative study was the text of IR which is ideologically contested. The study analyzed the lexicogrammar properties dealing with words and structures and production processes. The data were collected by the researcher as the research instrument by using a documentation technique. The procedures of data analysis were conducted following the stages of Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis framework (1989), including micro analysis concerning lexical features in the text, meso analysis concerning the process production and interpretation of the text, and macro analysis concerning ideological effects and hegemonic processes in which discourse participates. The attitude system of appraisal was analyzed based on that proposed by Martin and White (2005), and Martin and Rose (2003). The results showed that from the affect viewpoint, the IR composer is seen as an educated young man who witnessed people suffer and did not only express his feeling of joy with the coming independence of Indonesia and the gratefulness, but also the insecurity and anxiety with the possibility of other forms of colonialism. Meanwhile, from the appreciation viewpoint, Indonesia is described as a noble, heredity, sacred, and magical land. Not only is it an expression of his admiration and love, but also it is a warning to maintain his emotional intimacy with the nation. The judgment subcategory illustrated that the Indonesians were mostly emotionally weak. The composer encouraged the Indonesian people to unite for a greater Indonesia.   

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 Aproximación discursiva a la construcción de la feminidad en el Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Colombia: 1977-2018 = Discursive approach to the construction of femininity in the Concurso Nacional de Belleza in Colombia: 1977-2018

2019 ◽  
pp. 681
Author(s):  
Hugo Ernesto Perdomo Colina
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Analysis Framework ◽  
Beauty Contest ◽  
Colombian Women ◽  
Discursive Approach

<p><strong>Resumen</strong></p><p>Este estudio pretende develar las construcciones de la feminidad en la sociedad colombiana y sus relaciones con los discursos de las participantes en el Concurso Nacional de Belleza. El corpus seleccionado corresponde a las ediciones de la revista <em>Cromos</em> de 1977 a 2018. El marco de análisis se trazó teniendo en cuenta los principios y la perspectiva que propone el Análisis Crítico del Discurso (ACD). Las categorías de análisis se fueron construyendo a partir de una lectura inductiva de los discursos relacionados con los conceptos asociados a la variable feminidad. Los resultados muestran que la construcción del modelo de feminidad de la mujer colombiana responde en gran medida a las elaboraciones discursivas que <em>Cromos</em> ha divulgado sobre los estereotipos de las reinas de belleza.</p><p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>This study aims to reveal the constructions of femininity in Colombian society and its relations with the discourses of the participants in the National Beauty Contest. The selected corpus corresponds to the editions of the <em>Cromos</em> magazine from 1977 to 2018. The analysis framework was drawn up taking into account the principles and perspective proposed by the Critical Discourse Analysis (ACD). The categories of analysis were constructed from an inductive reading of the discourses related to the concepts associated with the variable femininity. The results show that the construction of the femininity model of Colombian women responds to a great extent to the discursive elaborations that<em> </em>Cromos has divulged about the stereotypes of beauty queens.</p>

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.

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