Maurophobia through racist humor in Spanish social media: a multimodal critical discourse analysis of the neologism ‘Youthland’

The particular universalism of a Nordic civic nation: common values, state religion and Islam in Danish political culture PER MOURITSEN 6 Enemies within the gates: the debate about the citizenship of Muslims in Germany

Creating the Other in Online Interaction: Othering Online Discourse Theory

RESISTING THROUGH CITIZEN JOURNALISM: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS ON THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT ON TWITTER

Використання соціальних медіа в політичному дискурсі стає все більш популярним із кожним роком. Соціальні медіа – канал, здатний досягти кожного члена суспільства безпосередньо й швидко, і такий, що дає змогу взаємодіяти з аудиторією. Стаття спрямована на вивчення особливостей політичного дискурсу в соціальних медіа та розроблен­ня схеми його аналізу. Для цього проведено дослідження природи політичного дискурсу в соціальних медіа. Пояснено, що такий дискурс розвивається в умовах високої конкуренції за увагу громадськості, отже, він зобов’язаний бути інтерактивним (і часто випереджувальним), яке заслуговує на довіру, і бути спрямованим на цільову аудиторію. Виходячи із цієї позиції, надається пояснення наукового методу, придатного для дослідження, тобто критичного аналізу дискурсу. У зв’язку з характером дослідницької сфери цей метод вида­ється обґрунтованим для ідентифікації, інтерпретації та пояснення відносин сили й конкуренції дискурсів. Крім того, стосовно українського суспільства й громадянського протистояння, що відбувається в ньому, критичний аналіз дискурсу надає потрібні відповіді з погляду уникнення негативних наслідків.Ключові слова: критичний аналіз дискурсу, соціальні медіа, м’яка сила, громадянське протистояння.

The urgency of public discourse on the worsening environmental crisis caused by air, land, and sea pollution has shifted the common paradigm regarding fundamental issues related to sustainability. At the same time, the presence of technology that facilitates digital interaction is changing the way people approach, comprehend, and engage in environmental awareness campaigns. Social media's dual role as a platform to educate and create mindset facilitates the emergence of eco-influencers, which reinforce environmental ethics through graphic and linguistic narratives. Employing the 300 comments collected from multiple environmental digital users on Instagram, this study wishes to reveal how digital creators and online users synergize to construct environmental meaning by integrating both Critical Discourse Analysis by Fairclough and Multidimensional Discourse by Kress & ven Leeuwen. The collected data is then classified based on the level of awareness of environmental literacy, which consists of neutral, truthful, and result-driven language. Consequently, visual elements that refer to the concept of everyday ecology support sustainability as a moral and aesthetic lifestyle and environmental advocacy as a responsibility carried by individuals. The results show that although the discourse about the environment in the digital world supports collective awareness, the limitation in this study lies in the critical literacy of structural environmental awareness.

Cyberbullying is closely related to technology and social media. Dissemination of information via the Internet and social media is much faster than the oral way. Cyberbullying is often done through social media and headlines news portals, which make the reader interested in reading, usually used excessive sentences that can make someone cornered. This research study is entitled �Discourse Cyberbullying of Florence Sihombing (Critical Discourse Analysis Teun A. van Dijk about Florence Sihombing in Cyberspace)�. The purpose of this study was to determine the discourse on cyberbullying in the case of Florence Sihombing based on critical discourse analysis Teun A. Van Dijk. The methodology used in this research is the analysis of discourse, in which the author collects screenshots of cyberbullyer tweets on Twitter and headlines on online news portals that are associated with the case of Florence Sihombing, then associated with critical discourse analysis van Dijk. The results of this study showed the cyberbullying that happened to Florence Sihombing through the online news headlines and cyberbullyer�s tweets on Twitter can be explained through nine elements contained in the critical discourse analysis of van Dijk.Keywords : cyberbullying, social media, news headline, Twitter�s tweets, critical discourse Teun A. Van Dijk

Nowadays, radicalism is famous for national and international people around the worl. The development of such issues is adressed from radicalism movement and the way it spreads through social media which is labelled radical by BNPT. This research issues radicalism through the language use for its radicalism aspects that addres the use of radicalism language in social media. Pursuant to factual logical data, views from readers, this research aims at; 1) describing the criteria the language use labelled radical by BNPT in Islamic pages; 2) investigating the ideology of radicalism views in Islamic pages; 3) describing how BNPT views Islamic pages; 4) finding the rellevance result toward the discourse analysis learning in universities. This reseacrh uses critical discourses analysis and descriptive qualitative which is issued from Teun van Dijk critical discourse analysis theory (AWK) and the supporting theory of Halliday, the Raymond William and Louis Althuser theories. The data is obtained through observation and downloaded documentation. The data is analyzed formally and informally, categorized, classified, identified, labelled, and described. The research results that the radical language symbol and criteria, linguistic features, and ideology from the investigated pages are indicated radical whether from the view of BNPT. Analyzing macro and micro aspect, the research reveals that within the investigated texts, it is found that there are three topics of jihad, demonstration, and takfirin. Also there are micro sintactic and semantic aspects, styllistic, and retorical aspects that domain the results. The rellevance of the reserach findings reveals that this research can be used as guidance in analyzing written texts based on critical discourse analysis (AWK) particularly macro and micro analysis.Keywords: Radical, Ideology, Critical Discourse Analysis

Critical Policy Discourse Analysis bridges the literature on critical discourse analysis (CDA) and critical policy analysis to provide a practical guide on how to combine these major approaches to critical social science. The volume gives a clear introduction to concepts and analytical procedures for critical policy discourse analysis. Utilising ten international case studies, the authors explain and critically reflect upon the methods and theories that they have used to successfully integrate CDA with critical policy studies across a diverse range of policy issues. Case studies are used to explore issues in economics, health, education, crisis management, the environment, language and energy policy. Analysing these through discursive methodological approaches in the traditions of CDA, social semiotics and discourse theory, this book connects this discursive methodology systematically to the field of critical policy studies. This is an essential read for researchers wishing to practically combine methods of CDA with critical policy studies. It provides key insights for politics scholars looking to gain a more in-depth understanding of the impact and analysis of discourse.

Spirituality is a contentious human phenomenon that encompasses personal, sociocultural, and transcendent interconnection. In Indonesian society, spiritual experiences are often associated with religion. They are also part of the cultural standards, the way of thinking, feeling, and behaving shared by most of a culture's members. This research aims to examine the spiritual and cultural values of Belitung's Muslim society through the Sang Pemimpi film. The research method in this study was critical discourse analysis, a qualitative approach based on a critical paradigm. This study combines Theo van Leeuwen's critical and multimodality discourse analysis techniques. Spiritual values and cultural standards are used as theoretical elements. The character in the film's text with the background of the Muslim society and the Belitung people's culture is the focus of this study. According to the film analysis, spirituality is formed by socio-cultural interactions in people's daily lives. The Muslim community in Belitung adapts well to religious and cultural differences in their social relationships with other ethnic groups, including the Chinese ethnic groups. According to the findings of this study, religiosity and communal domains are the aspects that appear the most in the film.

This study observed the way in which Indonesian women experienced face works on social media, particularly Instagram. The main locus of Face Work theory is at the interpersonal level of communication. However, the substantial development and the interactive nature of social media have established the platform for implementing face works’ elements in the context of social media. Thus, the primary objective of research was to explain the way in which Indonesian women expressing face works in the contexts of personal conflicts on social media. The theoretical framework of this research drew on Goffman’s thought of face works. Sara Mills’ critical discourse analysis was used to reveal the way face works are implemented by women on social media. The result indicated that women are indeed implementing face works on social media. Therefore, in terms of theoretical implication, this study underpinned the notion that face works are important forms of expressions on social media particularly for women who are experiencing personal conflicts. The research also suggests the importance in understanding various women’s expressions that are commonly neglected due to the notion that the expressions are beyond the dominant male languages.

This article presents a critical multimodal discourse analysis of how people make meaning through the semiotic practice of shooting digital self-portraits (selfies), adding captions and then sharing these texts on the social network site Instagram. Combining theories from social semiotics, critical discourse analysis and multimodal discourse analysis, the analysis focuses on the embedded ideological meaning in such digital communication. The analysis explores a data corpus of 100 selfies shared on Instagram. Despite the fact that digital texts shared on social media are generally regarded as personal communication, selfie makers seem to reproduce features of a commercial and global discourse. The typical way of representing oneself on Instagram appears to be surprisingly similar to visual representations in advertisements and image banks. The linguistic resources in use also appear globalized through a mix of languages combined with slang and abbreviations.

The prevention of the Covid-19 pandemic which took place in early 2020 – 2022 made regional leaders disseminate information about preventing Covid-19 through their respective social media by relying on access to information technology and social media owned by regional leaders. This research aims to analyze critical discourse based on Teun van Dijk's method which is divided into microstructure, superstructure and microstructure aspects. The method used in this research is a qualitative descriptive method with the type of research in the form of library research or library research which focuses on documentary analysis which refers to on the Instagram posts of regional heads Wahidin Halim (Governor of Banten Province) @wh_wahidinhalim, Anies Baswedan (Governor of DKI Jakarta) @aniesbaswedan, Ridwan Kamil (Governor of West Java) @ridwankamil, Ganjar Pranowo (Governor of Central Java) @ganjar_pranowo, and Khofifah Indar Parawansa ( Governor of East Java) @khofifah.ip. The results of research in critical discourse analysis according to Teun A. Van Djik's model are divided into three aspects, namely macro structure, superstructure and micro structure. This aspect can be found in social media posts with the same pattern, so it can be concluded that the aspect of critical discourse analysis in Instagram posts during the Covid-19 pandemic was that regional heads (governors) gave recommendations and appeals to the public to comply with health protocols and reduce activities outside the home.

This paper contributes to the development of a critical realist approach to discourse analysis by combining aspects of ‘critical discourse analysis’ (CDA) and ‘the morphogenetic/morphostatic approach’ (M/M). Unlike poststructuralist discourse theory, CDA insists on the maintenance of two distinctions: (i) between discourse and other aspects of social reality; (ii) between structure and agency. However, CDA lacks clarity on these distinctions. M/M, on the other hand, offers a coherent modelling of these distinctions that can underpin the application of CDA. The paper begins by introducing CDA, M/M and the existing literature on critical realist discourse analysis. It then establishes the M/M model of social change within CDA’s existing social theory by focusing on ‘analytical dualism’ and ‘social practice’. Finally, the paper locates the concept of discourse within M/M’s model of social change by theorizing discourse as one of four objective structures of meaning.

This research aims to investigate the relationship between critical reading abilities and critical discourse analysis (CDA) competencies among future 21st century educators, emphasizing the critical necessity for these educators to possess such skills in today's demanding educational landscape. A sample of 70 prospective teachers was analyzed to determine the interconnection between their abilities in critical reading abilities and CDA, with an exploration into how one skill may influence the other. Additionally, the study examines the role of cognitive style—specifically, field-independent and field-dependent thinking—as a moderating factor in this relationship. Findings indicate a significant positive impact of CDA capabilities on critical reading abilities, suggesting that proficiency in analyzing discourse critically enhances one's ability to read with a critical eye. Furthermore, the study reveals no significant difference in CDA and critical reading abilities between participants categorized as field-independent thinkers versus those identified as field-dependent thinkers. These outcomes highlight the need for further research to explore additional factors that may affect the development of critical reading and discourse analysis skills. The study concludes with a call for educational strategies that integrate both critical reading and CDA competencies, considering the varied cognitive styles of learners.

This study aims to analyse power, dominance, racial discrimination, and power exercise that is narratively established through a subtle network of metaphors in a fiction work, The Kite Runner. The Kite Runner exposes the socioeconomic conditions in the borderlands of Pakistan and Afghanistan, revealing the differences between power manipulation and the domestic performance of powerful social groups. The work also explores how religious and status dichotomies circumvent the progress of minority groups and align their physical features with their receding power and financial features. An adopted model of critical discourse analysis (CDA) indicates power, economic, and racial dichotomies in the book while revealing the shades of metaphors through conceptual metaphor theory (CMT) in a post-colonial text. Dogmatic ideographs are perpetuated in every public sphere through language and established gradually through unprovoking tools of metaphors. 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