Hasil untuk "Discourse analysis"

P. Kidd, M. Parshall

W. Mann

B. Hatim, J. Munday

Daniel Büring

A. Luke

John Vines, Gary W. Pritchard, Peter C. Wright et al.

Meseret Zeleke, Lingzi Hong, Daniella Smith

Analyzing topics and emotions in social media activism offers valuable insights into the competing voices that shape digital discourse. However, existing research has largely neglected the influence of geographic and linguistic diversity on public dialogue during crises. To address this gap, it is essential to recognize the varied perspectives of local communities and language groups. Doing so helps uncover specific local needs, ensures more inclusive representation, and supports the development of solutions that are responsive to the local context. We leverage machine learning models to analyze 1,036,111 public tweets from the #NoMore movement, including tweets containing #NoMore, #EthiopiaPrevails, and #SayNoMore. Our analysis examined the differences in content, emotional responses, and user influence by comparing tweets from Ethiopia and the United States (US), as well as those written in English and Amharic. The findings reveal distinct societal perspectives, emotional expressions, and opinion dynamics. Ethiopian users emphasized local issues with higher fear and joy responses, while users from the US leaned toward peace-related themes with spikes in anger. Amharic tweets focused on domestic concerns with greater emotional intensity than English tweets. These insights help surface region and language-specific perspectives often marginalized in mainstream coverage, paving the way for more inclusive and effective approaches to societal challenges.

Sharique Hassan Manazir

Abstract Most public policy frameworks, such as the policy cycle, multiple streams, punctuated equilibrium, policy feedback, and advocacy coalition frameworks, originate from the global north, and their understanding of political elite dynamics remains limited and context-specific. In the global south, particularly in countries like India with distinct constitutional systems and governance structures, this narrow and limited perspective weakens the policy framework’s explanatory power, limiting their ability to address accountability, systemic inequities, and elite manipulation. This study revisits political elites and their will as a socio-political phenomenon, introducing the concept of the ‘policy panopticon’ to describe their pervasive influence on policymaking. The research adopts discourse analysis as its methodological framework to uncover ontological gaps in the public policy frameworks mentioned above. It specifically investigates how these frameworks address the role and influence of political elites and their political will in shaping policy processes. This analysis is based on key indicators derived from a comprehensive literature review of contemporary facets of political class theory, which are then applied within the discourse analysis methodology to examine policy frameworks. The findings highlight that existing policy frameworks fail to account for political willingness, particularly concerning techno-governance artefacts and political class influence. This gap in the literature underscores the need for further theoretical refinement and practical understanding of how political elites shape policy processes within diverse democratic contexts.

Uun Yusufa, Zulfan Nabrisah, M. Al Qautsar Pratama

This paper examines the construction of an oral interpretation of the Quran on YouTube channels regarding religious moderation and the power-knowledge relationship that influences it. It is motivated by the reality of religious moderation discourse, as informed by studying the Qur’an and its interpretation. It is shared through social media platforms, such as YouTube, and is used to disseminate various perspectives. By employing a qualitative descriptive method and Michel Foucault’s critical discourse analysis of the oral interpretations of four prominent figures in Indonesian society, this article concludes that the discourse on religious moderation in oral interpretations on YouTube operates within a knowledge power network involving Muslim individuals, countries, media, and communities. The interpretations conveyed by the four figures tend to normalize the understanding of religious moderation as part of the broader teachings of Islam, aligning with the agendas of the government, organizations, and the media. The narrative of religious moderation is constructed through the selection of verses, especially QS al-Baqarah: 143, a textual-contextual combination of interpreting and delivery that emphasizes tolerance and anti-extremism. It is interpreted in the Indonesian context, specifically as religious moderation, characterized by individuals who are tolerant, fair, respectful of one another, and not overly inclined or excessively devoted to their religion. However, the dichotomy between "moderate" and “its opponent” in this interpretation reveals the existence of ideological limits imposed by dominant actors, such that the discourse of moderation is not always neutral but functions as a tool of social and political regulation.

Franciscus X.E. Kristanto, Setya H. Purnomo, Harman Z. Laia

This study explores the intersection between the concept ‘kudu sumunar pindha baskara’ in the Sapta Darma Sesanti and the phrase ‘lampsatō to phōs humōn’ in Matthew 5:16. The central issue addressed is how these two concepts of light relate in ethical, spiritual and theological terms, and how their relationship may serve as a foundation for gospel contextualisation. The research employs a qualitative-critical approach through biblical text analysis (narrative hermeneutics) and a theological-cultural examination of Sapta Darma teachings via literature study and contextual interpretation. The findings reveal a similarity in the ethical dimension – namely, a call to live as light for others through open and constructive good works. However, a significant ontological difference emerges: Sapta Darma presents light as the emanation of human spirituality, whereas in Matthew 5:16, light originates from the relationship with Christ as the true light. In conclusion, the Sapta Darma Sesanti can serve as an effective starting point for gospel contextualisation, provided that the concept of light remains grounded in the Christological and soteriological framework central to Jesus’ message.  Contribution: This study contributes to the discourse on contextual theology by positioning local Sesanti as a medium for critical theological reflection. Furthermore, it enriches the methodology of gospel contextualisation in dialogue with the indigenous spirituality of the archipelago in a scholarly and responsible manner.

Zhouyan Wu, Zhaoxun Song

This study conducts a Critical Discourse Analysis of the masculinities of male characters in <i>Doraemon</i>, a famous Japanese manga series. It explores the masculinities in <i>Doraemon</i> from three perspectives by utilising the following Critical Discourse Analysis framework: text, process and society. Five male characters in <i>Doraemon</i> were selected as the main research objects. Firstly, the text analysis of the male characters in terms of their appearances, characteristics, behaviours and values reveals major masculine traits such as the maintenance of patriarchy, the pursuit and yearning for fame and fortune, competition and aggression. Analysing these masculinities can help remind audiences and consumers to be cautious about works that seemingly do not convey gender stereotypes to viewers. The process analysis identifies corresponding masculinities of the creator of <i>Doraemon</i> through his life experiences. Innovative spirit led him to create characters and manga that could both reflect and confront social reality and promote new gender concepts and ideas that were different from the mainstream at the time. The social analysis of <i>Doraemon</i> attributes the masculinities in the manga to Japanese culture, which has been deeply influenced by the culture of the salaryman, Confucianism, androcentrism and Bushido. For audiences in Japan, anime is a way of spreading and consolidating traditional Japanese cultural ideas, at the same time provoking reflection on whether these inherent gender roles are reasonable and should be perpetuated in the contemporary era. For audiences outside of Japan, this manga and cartoon is equivalent to a typical case of the export and recreation of Japanese culture to the world. This study conveys gender equality values, especially in children’s TV programmes.

M. A. Chigasheva

This study investigates the cognitive representations and affective-evaluative reactions of Russians towards Austria and its people. A free word association experiment was employed as the primary methodological tool. The novelty of this research lies in the absence of a comprehensive analysis of this particular heterostereotype within the scholarly discourse. The respondent pool consisted of 103 students from three Russian universities. The experiment yielded 146 stimulus words and 340 individual reactions, which were systematized into seven thematic categories and three groups based on emotional valence (positive, neutral, negative). The findings indicate a predominantly positive perception of Austria and its inhabitants among the Russian respondents. However, a critical stance towards certain historical facts was noted. The analysis determined the frequency of stereotype mentions and the ratio of conventional to non-conventional associations. A significant prevalence of non-conventional associations (67%) was revealed; these were characterized by their individuality and sporadic occurrence, suggesting a non-homogeneous nature of the heterostereotype within the Russian youth cohort. A comparison of preliminary respondent profiling data with the association experiment results identified four overlapping thematic areas: “Culture,” “History,” “Language,” and “Contemporary Political and Socio-Economic Situation.” The elicited associations supplemented the image of Austria and Austrians with three additional categories: “Cuisine,” “Geography,” and “People.”

D. Tannen

Sabine Pfeiffer

Since industrial trade fair Hannover Messe 2011, the term “Industrie 4.0” has ignited a vision of a new Industrial Revolution and has been inspiring a lively, ongoing debate among the German public about the future of work, and hence society, ever since. The discourse around this vision of the future eventually spread to other countries, with public awareness reaching a temporary peak in 2016 when the World Economic Forum’s meeting in Davos was held with the motto “Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution.” How is it possible for a vision originally established by three German engineers to unfold and bear fruit at a global level in such a short period of time? This article begins with a summary of the key ideas that are discussed under the label Industrie 4.0. The main purpose, based on an in-depth discourse analysis, is to debunk the myth about the origin of this powerful vision and to trace the narrative back to the global economic crisis in 2009 and thus to the real actors, central discourse patterns, and hidden intentions of this vision of a new Industrial Revolution. In conclusion, the discourse analysis reveals that this is not a case of visioneering but one of a future told, tamed, and traded.

Regina Rossetti, Renata Abibe Ferrarezi

Este artigo propõe uma discussão sobre desinformação, envolvendo engrenagem e métodos que colaboram para a propagação de fake news no ambiente online e de outros fenômenos que surgem na esteira do modelo de negócios das Big Techs. Considera-se que, com o avanço da Inteligência Artificial, tais formatos passam a exercer um domínio cada vez maior sobre as experiências, as narrativas e o conhecimento humano, controle que pode ser considerado uma ameaça à liberdade de expressão e ao direito à informação. Diante desse desafio, do ponto de vista regulatório, avalia-se a revisão de normas que atribuam mais limites às plataformas digitais e do educacional, destaca-se a necessidade de ampliação do letramento digital, midiático e informacional. A metodologia envolve revisão bibliográfica e documental.

Gerardo Costabile Nicoletta

At first sight, social media comments seem to be the place where anti-vaxxer discourse and mocking regularly occurred during the global pandemic. Based on an exploratory analysis of comments that were published on the social media account of the Italian Department of Civil Protection from February 2020 to December 2021, this paper argues that social media comments can also help to detect the subjectivity augured by discourses of COVID19 crisis management: the responsible subject. Drawing on governmentality studies and a social semiotic understanding of social media comments as ‘banal politics’, this paper discusses the reconfiguration of the political during and beyond the global pandemic. It looks at the reconstitution of a new political subject that emerged throughout the COVID19 crisis: the responsible, a subject who does not limit herself to following the governmental rules but also reproduces and enforces them on a molecular communication scale.

Weronika Hanna Kulczewska-Rastaszańska

The following text examines the role of emotion and the way it is created in contemporary British historical films about the Great War. Themes, emotions and characters are pivotal in fictional storytelling, and cinematic depiction of historical events is no exception to this. The First World War has made a significant impact on British memory, and this military conflict has been frequently presented in literature, art, theatre, and film. In this paper the author outlines the fundamental challenges associated with the analysis of emotions in film, and then go on to examine specific examples. The following films and TV series were taken into consideration: Private Peaceful (2012, dir. Pat O’Connor), Birdsong (2012, dir. Philip Martin), The Passing Bells (2014, dir. Brendan Maher), Testament of Youth (2014, dir. James Kent), Journey’s End (2017, dir. Saul Dibb) and 1917 (2019, dir. Sam Mendes). The author analyses how, in those movies, the theme of love was interwoven in the cinematic discourse about the war, how the process of identification-projection affects the viewer’s perception of the characters, and what technical nuances (shots, angles, sounds) are frequently being used by filmmakers to achieve particular emotional effect or mood.

Villy Tsakona

The present study explores the infiltration of racism in humorous texts which at first sight appear to have antiracist intentions, in particular in satirical news coming from popular Greek websites and targeting majority people for their racist practices towards migrants. The analysis reveals that distinguishing between antiracist and racist interpretations is not an easy or straightforward matter: humour seems to blur the boundary between racism and antiracism. In this context, the concept of liquid racism (Weaver, 2016) is exploited to account for the ambiguities of humorous discourse when it involves racist and antiracist meanings. Furthermore, given that this paper is part of a special issue on “Humour and the public sphere”, the latter understood in Habermas’s (1989/1962) sense, I will venture some observations concerning the (in)compatibility between Habermas’s conceptualisation of the public sphere and humour/satire. Perhaps a broader and more inclusive definition of the public sphere than the one initially proposed by Habermas is called for, which will allow for the ambiguities of satirical humour.

S. Sarangi, C. Roberts

Otto Santa Ana