Construction Of Discourse Research Articles

Austerity and financialization: the construction of the reformist discourse in the Brazilian social security field

Resumo O artigo busca traçar um panorama na construção dos discursos reformistas no campo previdenciário brasileiro pós-Constituição Federal de 1988. Para tanto, estabelece uma análise das exposições de motivos anexadas às Propostas de Emendas Constitucionais (PECs) e que justificam os projetos submetidas ao Parlamento brasileiro. O estudo tem como pressupostos teórico-metodológicos a análise de discurso crítica (ADC), buscando responder em que medida as concepções de austeridade e financeirização permeiam o processo de construção dos discursos que justificam a proposição das reformas previdenciárias. É também objetivo deste trabalho desvelar as ideologias presentes nos discursos. Os resultados apontam que os ideais capitalistas pautados pela lógica da financeirização e da austeridade aparecem na construção dos discursos das reformas, o que demonstra sua influência sobre a construção discursiva de seus autores, inferindo uma filiação das reformas a essas concepções hegemônicas. Conclui-se que a ADC é um importante meio para compreender os processos que envolvem as políticas públicas, desde sua formulação até sua avaliação.

Narrative Realism in Ukrainian TV News Layout: Editorial Strategies and Viewer Engagement (2004-2020)

The main aim of this study was to investigate the strategic employment of narrative methods and presentational techniques in Ukrainian television news from 2004 to 2020. This study sought to evaluate their impact on the construction of narratives and public discourse. A mixed-methods approach was employed to analyze 531 news releases from three Ukrainian television channels: “1+1”, “Ukraina”, and “Inter”. The application of statistical methods for data processing was employed for the quantitative analysis, while the qualitative analysis comprised a rhetorical investigation of narratives and framing techniques. This approach enabled a comprehensive examination of how news narratives are structured, presented, and perceived, offering insights into the underlying mechanisms of news layouts and editorial strategies. The study’s findings demonstrated a significant reliance on conflict framing, economic consequence framing, and character-driven narratives to increase viewer engagement and comprehension. Hierarchical structuring and modular design were identified as key presentation methods that reflect adaptability to real-time broadcasting requirements and audience preferences. This investigation concludes that narrative strategies and presentation techniques play a crucial role in shaping public perception, thereby affecting the construction of media narratives and societal views. The study’s findings are significant for media practitioners and policymakers, as they emphasize the importance of narrative realism and ethical considerations in news production. The research results also offer a foundation for future studies on the effects of digital transformation on news narrative structures.

Quantitative modeling and empirical analysis of the communication effects of cross-cultural economic discourse

Abstract In cross-cultural economic communication, language, culture, and business activities are closely linked. In order to construct China’s foreign economic discourse system, this study selects five types of economic discourses of China’s cross-cultural communication, climbs relevant research data, and tries to use the improved AHP-CRITIC combined assignment method to convert the abstract foreign communication effects into measurable indexes, and establishes a set of comprehensive and systematic quantitative assessment model of the impact, so as to make the communication effects of the assessment objects comparable. We summarize the degree of influence of each indicator on the communication effect of the five types of cross-cultural economic discourse based on their assigned weights. We also quantify the communication effects of the five types of economic discourse based on the differences in the TOPSIS method. The dissemination effects of the five types of cross-cultural economic discourses are ranked as follows: “Belt and Road Initiative” (0.64215), “China’s Financial Reform” (0.55381), “China’s Economic Reform” (0.41473), “China’s global economic role” (0.39387), and “China-US economic relations” (0.28852). From the perspective of audience cognition, attitude, and behavior, this study suggests that the effect of foreign communication on cross-cultural economic discourse can be enhanced through three aspects: strengthening communication media, innovating content production, and strengthening the content production and construction of economic discourse.

From “Republic” to “Democracy”: The Construction of Chinese Democratic Discourse in the 20th Century—Based on the Analysis of “Research on the History of Ideas”

From the development of the history of thought, the development of China’s concept of democracy has mainly gone through three stages, namely, the selective absorption stage, the learning stage and the reconstruction stage. In this process, democracy has completed the transformation from the traditional sense to the modern sense, forming the Chinese concept of democracy in the modern sense different from the Western modern sense.

Model Design and Discourse Construction of Intercultural Communication of Chinese Cultural Community in Globalized Business Environment

Model Design and Discourse Construction of Intercultural Communication of Chinese Cultural Community in Globalized Business Environment

The Framing Perspective on the Discourse Construction of Chinese and Western Mainstream Media on the Xinjiang Cotton Dispute

The dispute between China and western countries over Xinjiang cotton attracted attention from international media. There were many news reports about this issue arising in March 2021. News is a typical ideological discourse (Liu, 2016). This study attempts to unveil the relationship between language use and ideology by employing critical discourse studies (CDS) through keyword analysis, aiming at revealing the linguistic patterns in framing the dispute by different news report from three different media, namely China Daily, BBC and VOA. This study found that these media represented the issue in an objective tone, using both lexical tools and (in)direct quotations to constitute a perspectivization strategy. BBC and VOA used palpable allegations of the so-called “human rights violation” and ignorance of China’s contribution to the world economy. While China Daily used a more positive tone and projected it as politicalizing business issues, defining the so-called “human rights violation” as an ideological one held by the anti-China forces, and revealed the devastating impacts on every sides.

Механизмы конструирования национальной истории и исторической памяти в «Истории Армении» Мовсеса Хоренаци

The creation of national histories is considered to be a characteristic feature of modernity, associated with the processes of creating national states. These narratives intend to trace the origins of the nation to mythologized antiquity and legitimize the existence of the nation-state. Meanwhile, “History of Armenia” by Movses Khorenatsi shows that similar narrative practices could have arisen even in the early Middle Ages. It is assumed that in addition to the historical context, the principles of historical narration and semantization apply, which give meaning to the events described. Historical memory represents the past by some semiotic tools: narratives, symbols, myths, etc. Thus, the first systematic history of Armenia is intended to reveal the genesis of the Armenian people and to create a narrative that makes it possible to trace the history of Armenian kings and princes and compare them with the data of the Old Testament, up to the Tower of Babel. Due to the lack of written sources, the historiographer relies on myths and legends. Metatexts (arguments about the reliability of sources, the goals of writing history, the historiographer's priorities in the selection of events) allow us to identify the principles of discourse construction. The historical context of the work (the times of the decline of the Armenian kingdom) predetermines the metanarrative pattern (“paradise lost”) and the tragic pathos of the narrative. The “History” ends with “Lamentation,” and the end of the narrative marks the end of the History.

Konstruksi Wacana Kesehatan dalam Iklan IQOS Indonesia di Channel YouTube IQOS Indonesia

IQOS is claimed by the company as a better solution than continuing to smoke. As a new innovation in Indonesia, Philip Morris needs to communicate this product to be known by the public. One of the methods employed by the company is advertising the product through YouTube. IQOS extensively constructs health issues in their brand advertisements. Therefore, the aim of this research is to describe the construction of health discourse in advertisements IQOS Indonesia on the IQOS Indonesia YouTube channel. This research uses a qualitative approach with a Critical Discourse Analysis method by Norman Fairclough. The research findings indicate that the brand community and brand believers play a significant role in constructing health discourse. The constructed health discourse includes IQOS as a solution for cleanliness, IQOS as an expression of self-love and care for others, IQOS is safer for women to use, and IQOS as a solution to a problem. The contribution of this study found that advertisements on YouTube channel IQOS Indonesia reinforce the health discourse that has been claimed by the company so far

Misyār Evliliğinin Uygulaması ve Meşruiyeti: İslam Hukukunda Eleştirel Bir Analiz

The family, as an institution dating back to the dawn of humanity, holds a paramount position in the lives of individuals from birth to death, providing them with initial education, guidance, and emotional support. In Islamic jurisprudence, the family is esteemed as a sacred sanctuary akin to a protective fortress. Islamic law places significant emphasis on the family, establishing meticulous and dependable provisions that safeguard the interests of all parties involved, preserving their rights, and ensuring the continuity of generations to foster the establishment and endurance of this vital institution. At the heart of the family unit lies the institution of marriage, which is the foundation upon which society's foundation is built. Families founded upon sturdy ethical principles and values are better equipped to fulfill their expected roles and contribute positively to the broader community. In contrast, families with frail foundations and unstable dynamics can become a burden not only to the family itself but also to the community, ultimately affecting the well-being of individuals within them. In light of these considerations, it becomes imperative to investigate and scrutinize the practice of "misyār marriage," a phenomenon that has gained prominence, particularly in Gulf nations. It has shown inclinations to spread to other Islamic states. This form of marriage has sparked discussions and debates regarding its compatibility with Islamic jurisprudence and its harmony with the desires of individuals under specific conditions. This study aims to unveil the similarities and divergences between misyār marriages and traditional marriages practiced in society, emphasizing examining their legitimacy within the framework of the conditional theory of Islamic family law. Despite historical gaps in understanding this practice, our study aims to evaluate misyār unions compared to established matrimonial norms, shedding light on their dynamics, implications, and societal significance. The research delves deep into contemporary Islamic contexts. It thoroughly examines references from the Qur'an, the Sunnah (traditions and practices) of the Prophet Muhammad, and the opinions of classical and modern Islamic scholars. Throughout this extensive inquiry, the study maintains a critical yet impartial stance in addressing the multifaceted challenges posed by misyār marriage. Furthermore, it seeks to provide an outlook based on conditional theory for assessing the genuineness and validity of misyar marriages in challenging situations, thereby enhancing our comprehension of the distinct dynamics and consequences associated with such unions. This research strives to advance the understanding of the merits and demerits of misyar marriages within Muslim societies. Additionally, it aims to foster constructive discourse and deliberate reflection on the intricacies of Islamic family structures and relationships. Ultimately, this research serves as a bridge, connecting Sharia principles, the perspectives of Islamic scholars, and the evolving landscape of contemporary society, thus enabling a more profound grasp of the adverse effects of misyar marriages rather than their short-term benefits.

CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND FOR THE FORMATION OF PHENOMENOLOGY IN THE GERMAN PHILOSOPHY OF THE 19th CENTURY

An early stage in the development of phenomenology, as a matter of fact, is considered, which completes a long, foldable and richly planned process, within the framework of which a new philosophical methodology was formed. Among the concepts of phenomenology, the concept of intentionality is especially distinguished, as it is not only the basic characteristic of all mental acts of a person, but also a rethinking prompting ontology of wisdom. The basic provisions of the phenomenological theory of information are not in themselves an intentional principle, which changes the traditional for that hour the understanding of information as a mental interpretation of speeches. F. Brentano's position forces us to talk about certain ontological levels that are associated with a greater or lesser obviousness of real or mental objects. The general thesis proposed here is that phenomenology is not the creation of a single, even brilliant, thinker, but is a doctrine that completes a rather long, complex and multifaceted process within which a new philosophical position was formed. In this sense, it can be argued that the emergence of the phenomenological method was prepared by the entire development of European philosophy, in each stage of which one can find points of formation of the phenomenological method or points of thematic intersection with phenomenology. In this respect, phenomenology is not just a philosophical «invention», another» «system», but a doctrine that emerged at the intersection of rational and empirical theories of New European philosophy, starting in the nineteenth century. At an early stage of phenomenology's development, an important conceptual basis for building a scientific psychology that wants to consider mental phenomena in any meaningful way is revealed. This basis is contained in the concept of intentionality, which is fundamental to the construction and development of phenomenological discourse. However, it would be a mistake to treat intentional objects as products of the imagination or simple empirical data that psychology usually deals with. In a certain sense, an intentional object is not a psychological phenomenon, but one of the constituent elements of the original ontology, a material, a brick, which consistently makes up any ontological structure. Thus, already at the stage of the formation of the phenomenological doctrine, the contours and priorities of a new philosophy were determined, which positioned itself as a philosophy of consciousness and should be read as a prerequisite for the construction of a fundamental ontology.

Identity Construction in Website News Discourse: A Corpus-assisted Comparative Study of Top 10 American and Chinese Banking Corporations

The post-COVID-19 period has witnessed the fierce trade war between America and China as the two supreme world powers in the global economic meltdown. Under these circumstances, it is essential that banking corporations due to their significant role in economic transformation and resuscitation should construct a strategic identity in the global market. In light of this, this research aims to find out what key attributes of corporate identity are projected for American banking corporations (hereinafter referred to ABCs) and for Chinese banking corporations (hereinafter referred to CBCs) in website news discourse and to highlight their similarities and differences so as to offer insight into future development. To achieve this, this research adopted monologic perspectives and two corpora were built; following MIP, a detailed systematic cognitive metaphor analysis was carried out by application of Wmatrix to examine how the three metaphors in the pyramid hierarchy (concrete metaphors, conceptual metaphors, abstract conceptual keys) collaborate with each other for semantic representation. The findings show that Both ABCs and CBCs attach strategic significance to metaphorical representation of corporate identity, whose different frequency and distribution of concrete metaphors in the semantic field THE BODY AND THE INDIVIDUAL in accordance with USAS demonstrates different attributes of corporate identity; that there is one shared abstract schema: BANKING CORPORATIONS ARE ORGANISMS; that while ABCs are constructed kings who enjoy highest social reputation and projected as doctors who can diagnose their own symptoms, CBCs are constructed as hunks who have saved many people’s lives in emergency and projected as patients who have gone into therapy due to serious illness. The paper also offers empirical and theoretical implications for future research.

Studying the Discourse Construction of China's Ecological Image Based on Discourse-Historical Approach

Studying the Discourse Construction of China's Ecological Image Based on Discourse-Historical Approach

Teacher candidates’ intercultural communication in telecollaboration: locating acts of positioning in translingual negotiations

PurposeThis study aims to examine how teacher candidates (TCs) in Türkiye and the USA navigate their intercultural communication skills in a telecollaboration project.Design/methodology/approachForty-eight TCs participated (26 in Türkiye and 22 in the USA) in the study. TCs discussed critical issues in multicultural education on an online learning platform for six weeks. Their discussions were analyzed using content and discourse analysis.FindingsThe findings indicated that TCs approached the telecollaborative space as a translingual contact zone and positioned themselves and their interlocutors in the discourse by using the personal pronouns; I, we, you and they. When they positioned themselves using we (people in Türkiye/USA), they spoke on behalf of everyone included in the scope of we. Their interlocutors responded to these positionings either by accepting this positioning and responding with a parallel positioning or by engaging in translingual negotiation strategies to revise the scope of we and sharing some differences/nuances in beliefs and practices in their community.Research limitations/implicationsWhen TCs talk about their culture and community in a singular manner using we, they frame them as the same across every member in that community. When they ask questions to each other using you, the framing of the questions prime the respondents to sometimes relay their own specific experiences as the norm or consider experiences from different points of view through translingual negotiation strategies. A singular approach to culture(s) may affect the marginalized communities the most because they are lost in this representation, and their experiences and voices are not integrated in the narratives or integrated with stereotypical representation.Practical implicationsTeachers and teacher educators should first pay attention to their language choices, especially use of pronouns, which may communicate inclusion or exclusion in intercultural conversations. Next, they should prepare their students to adopt and practice language choices that communicate respect for cultural diversity and are inclusive of marginalized populations.Social implicationsSpeakers’ pronoun use includes identity construction in discourse by drawing borders around and between communities and cultures with generalization and particularity, and by patrolling those borders to decide who is included and excluded. As a response, interlocutors use pronouns either to acknowledge those borders and respond with corresponding ones from their own context or negotiate alternative representations or further investigate for particularity or complexity. In short, pronouns could lead the direction of intercultural conversations toward criticality and complexity or otherwise, and might be reasons where there are breakdowns in communication or to fix those breakdowns.Originality/valueThis study shows that translingual negotiation strategies have explanatory power to examine how speakers from different language backgrounds negotiate second and third order positionings in the telecollaborative space.

The Constructed and the Real in Mediatization: Interpretation of the Second World War by the West and Russia

The construction of discourse as a method of influence in the modern media space is becoming increasingly widespread. The influencing potential of discourse is revealed through modelling the evaluative interpretation of a discursive attractor event in the mass media space. This study identifies and demonstrates the features of constructing new value systems of an attractor event in media discourse to shift ideological values and rewrite historical facts from a given ideological position. The object of the study is the referent of the events of the Great Patriotic War (World War II), the anti-Russian interpretation of which is presented in the resolution of the European Parliament “On the importance of preserving historical memory for the future of Europe” and the statement of M. Morawiecki to the response statement of V. V. Putin at the informal CIS summit. Axiological analysis, interpretive analysis in line with inference, cognitive modelling, critical discourse analysis and the deconstruction method have been used as the research methods. The study demonstrates how this resolution and Morawiecki's statement construct a false interpretation of the historical facts of the Second World War to shift the addressee's values, activating linguistic-cognitive mechanisms: spin-doctoring, focusing, defocusing, framing, reframing, positioning, imagineering. As a result of the study, conclusions are drawn about the potential of discursive tools for ideological influence on the addressee.
 It has been revealed that the renomination and revaluation of catastrophic events in the past, which are the addresser’s imagination, are presented as reality. An alternative scenario of the past is constructed, which is presented as the real state of affairs, which can confuse the recipient with a reduced level of criticality when perceiving the suggested information. Consequently, it is assumed that the addresser’s manipulative influence is aimed at changing the addressee’s values. The development of discursive technologies to change the socio-political positions of the uncritically thinking addressee and the formation of anti-Russian axiological orientations of the younger generation contribute to the displacement of higher values, and the arbitrary interpretation of historical facts in the West is becoming regular. The presented cognitive models of new constructed political positions contain axiological attractors, linguo-cognitive mechanisms and discursive strategies identified in the process of analysis.

Стереотип как институт исторической памяти: случай российского поколения Z

The purpose of the article is to clarify the methodology of studying stereotypes inherent in the dialect of memory of the Russian generation Z, as well as to determine strategies for their (de-)construction in the oppositional liberal discourse. The main methodological guideline for the author is the neoinstitutional approach to stereotypes, which is concretized based on secondary data from sociological and linguistic studies. As a result, the author comes to the conclusion that, firstly, stereotypes play a key role in constructing the image of historical epochs among the youngest generation of Russians; secondly, the Stalinist and Yeltsin epochs are the most important for the dialect of memory of generation Z; thirdly, an acute ideological struggle is being waged within Russian society for the interpretation of these epochs; finally, the construction or deconstruction of stereotypes as elements of the dialect of memory of generation Z plays a crucial role in this struggle. Analyzing in more detail the relevant strategies of the Russian liberal opposition, the author emphasizes its desire, on the one hand, to weaken the "pro-Stalinist" (pro - Soviet) stereotypes in the minds of young people and, on the contrary, to strengthen the "pro-Yeltsin" ones, constructing an image of the "glorious (but not "dashing") nineties". The article notes that an important role in this work with the stereotypes is played by the aesthetic experience of young people as a space for legitimizing power at the level of theoretical statements in a rudimentary form

Les stratégies de la construction du discours sur la Seconde Guerre mondiale dans deux manuels d’histoire européens. Une perspective comparative

This paper identifies strategies for the construction of discourse on the Second World War in two history textbooks published in the framework of two European projects. The main objective is to observe how different stratagems such as the semiotic device, lexical expressions, syntactic constructions, participate in the construction of a coherent narrative that shapes the collective memory on the discursive object of the Second World War. The dialogical character of the history textbook and its pedagogical aim, the essential and constitutive elements of the discursive strategy towards the readership conveying soft historical skills, are also questioned in the present paper.

Domov jako turistický cíl v době studené války. Nostalgický turismus vysídlených Němců z Československa po roce 1945 a jeho konstrukce v sudetoněmeckém mediálním diskurzu

The study deals with the phenomenon of nostalgic tourism of German-speaking inhabitants who were forcibly displaced from Czechoslovakia after 1945 and travelled to their old homeland during the Cold War period. The first legal individual and later also organised trips to Czechoslovakia date back to the second half of the 1950s; these were a reaction both to the slightly liberalising Czechoslovak tourism policy and granting of entry visas to western-European foreigners, and to the improving economic situation of German expatriates in the Federal Republic of Germany. Attention will be paid to specific features of these travels, whose final destination was the former home behind the Iron Curtain, their historical transformations, and the media construction in the Sudeten-German discourse of that time, which reveals nostalgic tourism

"This Is a Disease" and "Disease Has No Sin": Discourse Constructions of Individuals With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder With Regard to Being Diagnosed.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms have different cultural images in society. Deconstructive psychology studies can contribute to understanding the dominant discourse surrounding these patients, given the prevalence of OCD. The objective of this study was to investigate the discourse of participants regarding "having/receiving a diagnosis of OCD" and the function of this discourse. The research approach was qualitative and language-based, specifically employing Lacanian Discourse Analysis (LDA) perspective. The possible questions and prompts were determined along with the research team, and seven semi-structured interviews were conducted with six participants diagnosed with OCD. The interviews explored how participants referred to their diagnosis, the language they used, and the function of this discourse. The findings revealed that participants diagnosed with OCD insistently used the term "disease" to explain their peculiar and distressing situations, referring to "medical discourse" with expressions such as "This is a disease" and "This disorder." Additionally, they often utilized "religious discourse" with the statements like "Disease has no sin" and "The sick and insane are exempt from their responsibilities." The findings of the current research indicated that when individuals with OCD "receive a name" through a recognized diagnosis, they experience a sense of recognition and validation for their OCD-related problems. Consequently, individuals diagnosed with OCD tend to find "legitimacy" for their irrational or unwanted thoughts and behaviors by taking comfort from their diagnosis. This study provides valuable insights into an understanding of patients with OCD. The findings are discussed in the context of their implications for both theoretical and applied research.

‘Rocking the establishment’: Subculture, authenticity and the populist radical right in Sweden

This article uses the recent rise of populist radical right discourses in society as a cultural and political phenomenon to explore the role of popular music in constructing these discourses, with a focus on the Sweden Democrats (SD) and musician Peter Jezewski. By examining Jezewski’s direct collaborations with the SD and his song ‘My Land’, the article uncovers how popular music culture participates in the construction of populist discourses of ‘the people’ in nativist terms. The article contends that certain subcultural styles in popular music resonate strongly with populist discourses of a ‘silenced majority’ in need of a strong populist leader and as such contribute to the construction of the ‘people’ versus ‘elite’ antagonism beyond the political realm. The case study of Jezewski’s song and music video emphasises how nostalgic rock culture enables populist articulations by aligning with populist radical right anti-establishment, preservationist−nativist discourses and the performative construction of ‘the people’. Drawing on cultural studies resources, the article hence investigates the practices that bring ‘a people’ into existence through cultural tropes and mechanisms to better comprehend the links between articulations of populism, popular culture and subcultural performances of counter-hegemonic resistance.

Pemaknaan Bencana Alam di Indonesia pada Kanal Youtube @NajwaShihab: Analisis Wacana Kritis Teun A. van Dijk

This study endeavors to delve into the discourse surrounding natural disasters in Indonesia, as portrayed on the YouTube channel @NajwaShihab, employing the critical discourse analysis framework introduced by Teun A. van Dijk. Van Dijk’s methodology is applied to elucidate the construction of discourse and its ramifications within a broader socio-cultural milieu, facilitating an in-depth exploration of the meanings and social implications inherent within the discourse. Natural disasters represent imminent threats or consequences stemming from natural phenomena, which may be exacerbated by human activity, posing risks to both human life and the environment. Three select videos from the @NajwaShihab YouTube channel serve as the focal point of examination in this study. Utilizing a qualitative descriptive approach, the findings of the analysis unveil a comprehensive portrayal of natural disasters in Indonesia through the lens of Islamic perspectives, employing universally accessible language to engage the audience.