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Addis Ababa University
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Getachew, Alemu.
A Critical Analysis of Urban Environmental Health Discourses in Promoting Community Participation: Focus on Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Degree: 2013, Addis Ababa University
URL: http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/7962
► This study analyzed environmental health, particularly sanitation discourses with a critical discourse analysis approach to see how community participation is promoted. Since the adoption of…
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▼ This study analyzed environmental health, particularly sanitation discourses with a
critical discourse analysis approach to see how community participation is promoted.
Since the adoption of the Alma-Ata Declaration in 1978, community participation has
been promoted as a global
discourse of health promotion. This is based on the belief that
health is a matter of life and death and it has to be owned by the people. Drawing on
Norman Fairclough’s (2003) approach to
discourse analysis, global views on
environmental health and approaches to the promotion of community participation,
power relations in environmental sanitation discourses have been focused for
investigation in this study.
The study employed mixed methods design although the emphasis is on the qualitative
data. The required qualitative data were taken from 5 key policy and strategy documents,
13 environmental health communication resources, 4 scripts of environmental sanitation
education lesson observations, 13 scripts of individual in-depth interviews and 4 scripts
of focus group discussions. Survey data from 250 respondents were also used to
complement the qualitative data. All in all, the study involved 281 participants including
seven key informants, six individual in-depth interviewees, 18 FGDs discussants and 250
survey respondents. Participants were selected using multi forms of strategies. The data
analysis utilized mainly latent level content and
critical discourse analyses.
The findings revealed that though community participation has consistently been
promoted as a nodal policy
discourse of environmental health in general, and
environmental sanitation in particular, communities were not participating in the
planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies, programs and
interventions as intended. The
analysis also showed that in the environmental health
education materials, as well as during the actual communication practices, the promotion
of community participation has been left aside. The environmental sanitation packages
and the awareness raising lessons were found dominated by bio-medical information;
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whereas, community participation is a social practice which requires behavioral change.
Moreover, though the policy discourses acknowledged the role of communities’
indigenous knowledge to maintain sustainable environmental sanitation, the waste
management and disposal oriented environmental sanitation discourses demonstrated the
usual top-down flow of information. It also emerged from the
analysis that the unspoken
exclusion of communities from the process of designing, implementing, monitoring and
evaluating their respective environmental health activities as promised in the policy and
program documents resulted in silence and resistance. This is to say that communities
were not empowered to develop attitudes of responsibility and participation essential to
own the environmental sanitation interventions. They rather considered participation as
political affiliation and developed sense of…
Advisors/Committee Members: Dr. Hailom Banteyerga (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Critical discourse analysis
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Getachew, A. (2013). A Critical Analysis of Urban Environmental Health Discourses in Promoting Community Participation: Focus on Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
. (Thesis). Addis Ababa University. Retrieved from http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/7962
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Getachew, Alemu. “A Critical Analysis of Urban Environmental Health Discourses in Promoting Community Participation: Focus on Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
.” 2013. Thesis, Addis Ababa University. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/7962.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Getachew, Alemu. “A Critical Analysis of Urban Environmental Health Discourses in Promoting Community Participation: Focus on Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
.” 2013. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Getachew A. A Critical Analysis of Urban Environmental Health Discourses in Promoting Community Participation: Focus on Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
. [Internet] [Thesis]. Addis Ababa University; 2013. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/7962.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Getachew A. A Critical Analysis of Urban Environmental Health Discourses in Promoting Community Participation: Focus on Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
. [Thesis]. Addis Ababa University; 2013. Available from: http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/7962
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Durban University of Technology
2.
Oparinde, 'Kunle Musbaudeen.
A ciritical deconstruction of political discource and symbols : the case of (mis)representation and manipulation in Nigerian politics.
Degree: 2018, Durban University of Technology
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10321/3195
► Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of degree of Doctor of Philosophy: Language Practice, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2018.…
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▼ Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of degree of Doctor
of Philosophy: Language Practice, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2018.
Using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Multimodal Discourse
Analysis (MDA), this study deconstructs political discourse obtained from
the Nigerian political arena. Employing a qualitative research method,
where a case-study design is engaged, the study examines linguistic
(mis)representation and manipulation in Nigerian political settings, drawing
from instances of linguistic and symbolic materials, as observed from
different political endeavours. The study discusses the use of language in
Nigerian politics, in an attempt to understand how discourse and symbols
are used to manipulate the masses, as well as (mis)represent the
politicians.
I investigate how language is used by politicians to gain more audience,
and, as a result, shape opinions that result in votes. Several themes were
developed in the analysis. Important themes are represented in a Wordle
analysis. The Wordle analysis presents actual keywords that emanated
from the scrutinising of collected data. Linguistic items, such as corruption,
Boko Haram, insecurity, power, and support, as well as fight, and God
among others, are evident in the Wordle representation.
The study realized that manipulation in political discourse could be
achieved through different means, such as: through service delivery;
religion; situation of the nation; and crafty linguistic expressions; along with
ethnic influence; and visuals. Furthermore, the research identified the
notion of intertextuality as having a strong hold in political discourse through
resemiotisation, repurposing, recontextualisation and recycling of texts. I
confirmed that power resides within discourse and as such, discourse can
be used to achieve several goals. The work demonstrated how politicians
exploit political messages to achieve their political aims using both lexical
and visual means.
I strongly contend that discourse is powerful, and thus, has the ability to
exploit and influence people. Importantly, the study proposed a theoretical
model or framework for the analysis of misrepresentation and manipulation
in political discourse, as well as other forms of discourse.
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Advisors/Committee Members: Rapeane-Mathonsi, Ernestina Maleshoane, Mheta, Gift.
Subjects/Keywords: Critical discourse analysis; Modality (Linguistics); Discourse analysis
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Oparinde, '. M. (2018). A ciritical deconstruction of political discource and symbols : the case of (mis)representation and manipulation in Nigerian politics. (Thesis). Durban University of Technology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10321/3195
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Oparinde, 'Kunle Musbaudeen. “A ciritical deconstruction of political discource and symbols : the case of (mis)representation and manipulation in Nigerian politics.” 2018. Thesis, Durban University of Technology. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10321/3195.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Oparinde, 'Kunle Musbaudeen. “A ciritical deconstruction of political discource and symbols : the case of (mis)representation and manipulation in Nigerian politics.” 2018. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Oparinde 'M. A ciritical deconstruction of political discource and symbols : the case of (mis)representation and manipulation in Nigerian politics. [Internet] [Thesis]. Durban University of Technology; 2018. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10321/3195.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Oparinde 'M. A ciritical deconstruction of political discource and symbols : the case of (mis)representation and manipulation in Nigerian politics. [Thesis]. Durban University of Technology; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10321/3195
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Edinburgh
3.
Wu, Lin.
Presenting Compassionate Conservatism in PMQ Genre: David Cameron's Questioning Performance in the Staged Verbal Duel with Tony Blair.
Degree: 2007, University of Edinburgh
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/1938
► Modern British political arena is witnessing a radical reform in the Conservative party, ever since David Cameron’s leadership election in 2005. Compassionate Conservatism is promoted…
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▼ Modern British political arena is witnessing a radical reform in the Conservative party, ever since David Cameron’s leadership election in 2005. Compassionate Conservatism is promoted as the essential reforming ideology for attracting electorate support to regain the government. Through progressive approaches of limiting the government and empowering individuals and society, David Cameron has made great progress in rebuilding the party to be a center-right party representative of the wide British public.
This paper studies the construction of the new Conservative party ideology, Compassionate Conservatism, from political linguistic angle. Prime Minister’s Question Time (PMQ) is chosen as the crucial channel for detailed
analysis using
critical discourse analysis approaches. This paper firstly examines PMQ as a highly institutionalized genre where the verbal exchange between the PM and the Opposition leader is constrained. Secondly, the view of dynamic power relations is maintained in analyzing the macro and micro
discourse features of David Cameron’s questioning performance in combating Tony Blair in the adversarial PMQ
discourse. Thirdly, the
analysis further demonstrates that beyond the practice of debate and dispute, Cameron’s questioning
discourse also has the effect of projecting the reforming party ideology of Compassionate Conservatism.
It is concluded that both textual features and pragmatic functions of Cameron’s questioning
discourse has the essential role in combating Blair’s challenges and constructing the desired image for the Conservative party and leadership. This study necessitates future studies of political linguistics to investigate British party politics through the crucial genre of PMQ.
Advisors/Committee Members: Trappes-Lomax, Hugh.
Subjects/Keywords: linguistics; Critical Discourse Analysis; politics
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Wu, L. (2007). Presenting Compassionate Conservatism in PMQ Genre: David Cameron's Questioning Performance in the Staged Verbal Duel with Tony Blair. (Thesis). University of Edinburgh. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1842/1938
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Wu, Lin. “Presenting Compassionate Conservatism in PMQ Genre: David Cameron's Questioning Performance in the Staged Verbal Duel with Tony Blair.” 2007. Thesis, University of Edinburgh. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1842/1938.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Wu, Lin. “Presenting Compassionate Conservatism in PMQ Genre: David Cameron's Questioning Performance in the Staged Verbal Duel with Tony Blair.” 2007. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Wu L. Presenting Compassionate Conservatism in PMQ Genre: David Cameron's Questioning Performance in the Staged Verbal Duel with Tony Blair. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Edinburgh; 2007. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/1938.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Wu L. Presenting Compassionate Conservatism in PMQ Genre: David Cameron's Questioning Performance in the Staged Verbal Duel with Tony Blair. [Thesis]. University of Edinburgh; 2007. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/1938
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Boston College
4.
Skelton, Jane.
Micropolitical Negotiations within School Reform.
Degree: PhD, Curriculum and Instruction, 2010, Boston College
URL: http://dlib.bc.edu/islandora/object/bc-ir:101388
► This case study examines the micropolitical strategies that a coach and seven teachers utilized to negotiate ideological and epistemological beliefs during required common planning time…
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▼ This case study examines the micropolitical strategies
that a coach and seven teachers utilized to negotiate ideological
and epistemological beliefs during required common planning time
meetings for the period of one semester in an urban middle school.
Theories of micropolitics and
critical discourse analysis guided
the development of the research questions that emphasized the
political nature of the transactions and interactions between
individuals within a school and how these negotiations were
affected by the cultural and political climate of the district and
the ideologies of individuals within that school about how students
learn. The findings revealed how coaching as a reform strategy is
highly influenced by the context of the school. The observations of
mandated common planning time meetings, interviews with the coach
and teachers, and other artifacts suggest that the power
relationships between the members of the school community and
political tensions of time, autonomy, ideological conflict, and
trust influenced the
discourse and interaction of the coach and
teachers and influenced the implementation of the school's reform
initiative.
Advisors/Committee Members: Patrick McQuillan (Thesis advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: coaching; critical discourse analysis; micropolitics
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Skelton, J. (2010). Micropolitical Negotiations within School Reform. (Doctoral Dissertation). Boston College. Retrieved from http://dlib.bc.edu/islandora/object/bc-ir:101388
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Skelton, Jane. “Micropolitical Negotiations within School Reform.” 2010. Doctoral Dissertation, Boston College. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://dlib.bc.edu/islandora/object/bc-ir:101388.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Skelton, Jane. “Micropolitical Negotiations within School Reform.” 2010. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Skelton J. Micropolitical Negotiations within School Reform. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Boston College; 2010. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://dlib.bc.edu/islandora/object/bc-ir:101388.
Council of Science Editors:
Skelton J. Micropolitical Negotiations within School Reform. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Boston College; 2010. Available from: http://dlib.bc.edu/islandora/object/bc-ir:101388

Victoria University of Wellington
5.
Kidner, Keely.
Beyond Greenwash: Environmental Discourses of Appropriation and Resistance.
Degree: 2015, Victoria University of Wellington
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/8736
► A multimodal, critical approach to Discourse allows us to understand contemporary environmental debates in a nuanced way. Fossil fuel mining has become especially controversial due…
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▼ A multimodal,
critical approach to
Discourse allows us to understand contemporary environmental debates in a nuanced way. Fossil fuel mining has become especially controversial due to the environmental, health, and social impacts, as well as the substantial economic dependence on such development. Wider discussions surrounding mining projects tend to diverge into two major oppositions: that of the industry itself, and that of local activists protesting development on their lands. Research in these areas has leaned towards a focus on the use of environmental language by polluting industries, termed ‘greenwash’, missing to some degree the ways in which these and other Discourses are articulated multimodally through interaction. This thesis brings a
critical, multimodal
analysis to controversial mining debates which go ‘beyond greenwash’, in order to track how Discourses are appropriated, resisted, and re-entextualised.
In this thesis I adopt overlapping
critical, multimodal, and ethnographic theoretical lenses to view interaction surrounding two controversial mining case studies: the Athabasca tar sands in Alberta, Canada and a lignite coal mine expansion in Southland, Aotearoa/New Zealand. Drawing upon an understanding of human communication as inherently multimodal, I include video-recorded interviews with both activists and industry representatives, as well as relevant artefacts (such as pamphlets, photographs, signs, etc) in my dataset. Using mediated action as the unit of
analysis, I employ Multimodal Interaction
Analysis to examine interview interaction, coupled with methods from Social Semiotics to interrogate designed artefacts. These analytical frameworks, viewed through combined theoretical lenses, provide a unique perspective on the way Discourses are appropriated and creatively resisted in debates about resource development.
In both case studies, Discourses of the environment and the economy are appropriated by activists and industry actors, forming the basic ‘Environment v. Economy’
Discourse. This dichotomy is expanded through the appropriation of additional Discourses, such as regional identity in both Southland and Alberta. Activist groups subsequently resist and re-appropriate these regional Discourses by multimodally re-contextualising them. In Alberta, additional Discourses of Indigenous and LGBTQ+ identities are appropriated by industry actors in attempts to legitimise mining expansion. While some of these appropriations draw upon ideas of intersecting oppressions, mining industries fail to adequately address the ways in which resource extraction contributes to those oppressions. However, these actions are both recognised and resisted by local anti-tar sands activists, who use public events and designed artefacts to display their opposition and reappropriate Discourses.
Although both case studies are concerned with similar types of fossil fuel extraction, there are notable differences. Whereas Discourses of the environment, the economy, and regional identity are both appropriated and resisted in…
Advisors/Committee Members: Holmes, Janet, Marra, Meredith.
Subjects/Keywords: Critical Discourse Analysis; Environment; Multimodality
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Kidner, K. (2015). Beyond Greenwash: Environmental Discourses of Appropriation and Resistance. (Doctoral Dissertation). Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/8736
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Kidner, Keely. “Beyond Greenwash: Environmental Discourses of Appropriation and Resistance.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, Victoria University of Wellington. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10063/8736.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Kidner, Keely. “Beyond Greenwash: Environmental Discourses of Appropriation and Resistance.” 2015. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Kidner K. Beyond Greenwash: Environmental Discourses of Appropriation and Resistance. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2015. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/8736.
Council of Science Editors:
Kidner K. Beyond Greenwash: Environmental Discourses of Appropriation and Resistance. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/8736

University of Saskatchewan
6.
Pillipow, Erin.
A Cabinet That Looks Like Canada: A Critical Evaluation of Media Responses to Trudeau's Representative Cabinet.
Degree: 2020, University of Saskatchewan
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/12992
► The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the prevailing assumptions underlying how journalists have discussed Trudeau’s gender-balanced cabinet and their relationship to hegemonic power…
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▼ The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the prevailing assumptions underlying how journalists have discussed Trudeau’s gender-balanced cabinet and their relationship to hegemonic power relations in Canada. Utilizing
critical feminist and intersectional lenses, these inquiries will be examined through feminist
critical discourse analysis of newspaper coverage of Trudeau’s gender-balanced cabinet and related issues raised by a wide range of journalism covering the story, from mainstream to student, ethnic, and Indigenous newspapers. How journalists talk about diverse political representation can reinforce common-knowledge understandings of politics and representation. Overall, I found that hegemonic power structures were reinforced by news media in terms of how journalists constructed political appointments, ethnic minorities, women in politics, Indigenous representation, and scandal. Journalists from alternative newspapers were able to be more
critical toward the status quo and hegemonic structures compared with journalists from mainstream newspapers, which are more
subject to neoliberal pressures. When mainstream newspapers did amplify marginalized voices, more
critical perspectives were added to the discussion at higher circulation rates. News media representations impact the symbolic representation and, in turn, the sociological legitimacy of government institutions. Journalists have the discursive power to support, challenge, construct, and deconstruct political practices, government institutional norms, and public perceptions of individual politicians and their messages.
Advisors/Committee Members: Lovrod, Marie, Berdahl, Loleen, Snyder, Emily, Buhler, Sarah.
Subjects/Keywords: Representation; Feminist critical discourse analysis
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Pillipow, E. (2020). A Cabinet That Looks Like Canada: A Critical Evaluation of Media Responses to Trudeau's Representative Cabinet. (Thesis). University of Saskatchewan. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10388/12992
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Pillipow, Erin. “A Cabinet That Looks Like Canada: A Critical Evaluation of Media Responses to Trudeau's Representative Cabinet.” 2020. Thesis, University of Saskatchewan. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10388/12992.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Pillipow, Erin. “A Cabinet That Looks Like Canada: A Critical Evaluation of Media Responses to Trudeau's Representative Cabinet.” 2020. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Pillipow E. A Cabinet That Looks Like Canada: A Critical Evaluation of Media Responses to Trudeau's Representative Cabinet. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Saskatchewan; 2020. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/12992.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Pillipow E. A Cabinet That Looks Like Canada: A Critical Evaluation of Media Responses to Trudeau's Representative Cabinet. [Thesis]. University of Saskatchewan; 2020. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/12992
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Debrecen
7.
Benics, Ivett.
The Introduction to Political Discourse
.
Degree: DE – TEK – Bölcsészettudományi Kar, 2013, University of Debrecen
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2437/161260
► The aim of my paper is to investigate political discourse, especially presidential campaign discourse which is hotly debated issue in linguists circle. Linguists are highly…
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▼ The aim of my paper is to investigate political
discourse, especially presidential campaign
discourse which is hotly debated issue in linguists circle. Linguists are highly interested in analyzing political
discourse in any stage of political campaign. I consider that analyzing political
discourse has become popular
subject for years, and a great number of very well-elaborated studies and researches have been born.
Advisors/Committee Members: Furkó, Péter (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: critical discourse analysis;
political discourse;
functional approach
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Benics, I. (2013). The Introduction to Political Discourse
. (Thesis). University of Debrecen. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2437/161260
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Benics, Ivett. “The Introduction to Political Discourse
.” 2013. Thesis, University of Debrecen. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/2437/161260.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Benics, Ivett. “The Introduction to Political Discourse
.” 2013. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Benics I. The Introduction to Political Discourse
. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Debrecen; 2013. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2437/161260.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Benics I. The Introduction to Political Discourse
. [Thesis]. University of Debrecen; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2437/161260
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Arizona State University
8.
TAHA, TAHSEEN.
Manufacturing Ideology in Mediated Discourse: A Cognitive
Approach to the Critical Discourse Analysis of Politics and
Ideology.
Degree: English, 2019, Arizona State University
URL: http://repository.asu.edu/items/54820
► This study tests the hypothesis and assumption of much critical scholarship that the discourse of mass media news transmits prejudicial ideologies to news consumers, influencing…
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▼ This study tests the hypothesis and assumption of much
critical scholarship that the discourse of mass media news
transmits prejudicial ideologies to news consumers, influencing the
way they think about social justice issues and non-dominant groups
in American society, including immigrants, women, and
African-Americans. Taking off from the motivations and premises of
Critical Discourse Analysis concerning language, power, and
ideology, this study aims to extend that paradigm in several ways
by applying the analytic techniques of cognitive and critical
linguistics to uncover implicit representations in biased
discourse. This study also goes beyond previous work by examining
the reader comments on media texts to understand how the media’s
discourse was received and interpreted, with a focus on the covert
transmission of ideological messages. The results reveal how
ideologies of prejudice are communicated implicitly through media
discourse and how readers’ own ideologies influence that process,
as evidenced by their comments. As a study in Critical Discourse
Analysis, this study uncovers abuses of power impacting social
justice – in this case, the power of writing for the mass media to
mold American minds, and therefore influence Americans’ behavior,
including elections. Specific news articles from the American
networks CNN and Fox were chosen on each of two topics for their
relevance to current sociopolitical issues of prejudice and social
justice: the US Supreme Court June 2018 decision to uphold the
Trump administration “travel ban” and the January 2019 Gillette
advertisement, considered controversial for its seemingly feminist
criticism of male behavior.
Subjects/Keywords: Linguistics; Applied Linguistics; Cognitive Critical Discourse Analysis; Critical Discourse Analysis; Discourse Analysis
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APA (6th Edition):
TAHA, T. (2019). Manufacturing Ideology in Mediated Discourse: A Cognitive
Approach to the Critical Discourse Analysis of Politics and
Ideology. (Doctoral Dissertation). Arizona State University. Retrieved from http://repository.asu.edu/items/54820
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
TAHA, TAHSEEN. “Manufacturing Ideology in Mediated Discourse: A Cognitive
Approach to the Critical Discourse Analysis of Politics and
Ideology.” 2019. Doctoral Dissertation, Arizona State University. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://repository.asu.edu/items/54820.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
TAHA, TAHSEEN. “Manufacturing Ideology in Mediated Discourse: A Cognitive
Approach to the Critical Discourse Analysis of Politics and
Ideology.” 2019. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
TAHA T. Manufacturing Ideology in Mediated Discourse: A Cognitive
Approach to the Critical Discourse Analysis of Politics and
Ideology. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Arizona State University; 2019. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://repository.asu.edu/items/54820.
Council of Science Editors:
TAHA T. Manufacturing Ideology in Mediated Discourse: A Cognitive
Approach to the Critical Discourse Analysis of Politics and
Ideology. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Arizona State University; 2019. Available from: http://repository.asu.edu/items/54820
9.
Kohler, Alan Thomas.
What Lies Beneath: The Revelatory Power of Metonymy in Discourse, Language Planning, and Higher Education
.
Degree: 2018, University of Arizona
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/626665
► Metonymic and metaphoric language are thoroughly present in everyday language, so much so that they hold in themselves strong explanatory capacity to uncover and even…
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▼ Metonymic and metaphoric language are thoroughly present in everyday language, so much so that they hold in themselves strong explanatory capacity to uncover and even influence underlying individual or social/cultural ideological systems and beliefs about the world around us (Catalano & Waugh, 2013; 2014; Lakoff & Johnson, 1980). The mapping systems involved in both metonymy and metaphor provide access to conceptual and social heuristics that help us make inferential and referential shortcuts (Littlemore, 2015), and thus these figurative constructs are directly implicated as “natural inference schemas” that we engage in the construction of meaning through written
discourse (Panther & Thornburg, 2003). Further, these heuristics are environmental, social, and cognitively appointed forces that shape how we understand things and how we work out abstract concepts and how we reason and shape the world around us. Because of this, metonymy and metaphor are crucial foci for any inquiry into how our individual or systemic perceptions, attitudes, beliefs, and thought processes (Catalano & Waugh, 2014, p. 407) are revealed through the written discourses in our world. But, while conceptual metaphor has enjoyed a great deal of attention over the last several decades, research into what metonymy can reveal as a potent participant in social and cognitive meaning-making has been comparatively scarce—a notion that is especially disconcerting given strong recent evidence to suggest that metonymy conceptually “leads the way” to metaphor (Mittelberg & Waugh, 2009). Inspired by this, this dissertation project seeks reparation for metonymy’s relative neglect as an effective tool for
critical discourse analysts. Through an exploration of metonymy’s
critical relationship to online
discourse, internationalization in higher education, and language policy and planning, the three studies that comprise this project seek to engage the “explanatory and practical aims” of
critical discourse analysis and to support the tireless work of such
analysis that attempts “to uncover, reveal or disclose what is implicit, hidden or otherwise not immediately obvious in relationships of discursively enacted dominance [and] their underlying ideologies” (van Dijk, 1995).
Advisors/Committee Members: Waugh, Linda (advisor), Tardy, Christine (advisor), Waugh, Linda (committeemember), Tardy, Christine (committeemember), Gilmore, Perry (committeemember).
Subjects/Keywords: Critical Discourse Analysis;
Discourse;
Discourse Analysis;
Higher Education;
Language Planning;
Metonymy
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Kohler, A. T. (2018). What Lies Beneath: The Revelatory Power of Metonymy in Discourse, Language Planning, and Higher Education
. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Arizona. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10150/626665
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Kohler, Alan Thomas. “What Lies Beneath: The Revelatory Power of Metonymy in Discourse, Language Planning, and Higher Education
.” 2018. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Arizona. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10150/626665.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Kohler, Alan Thomas. “What Lies Beneath: The Revelatory Power of Metonymy in Discourse, Language Planning, and Higher Education
.” 2018. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Kohler AT. What Lies Beneath: The Revelatory Power of Metonymy in Discourse, Language Planning, and Higher Education
. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Arizona; 2018. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/626665.
Council of Science Editors:
Kohler AT. What Lies Beneath: The Revelatory Power of Metonymy in Discourse, Language Planning, and Higher Education
. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Arizona; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/626665

University of Florida
10.
Alawadh, Husam M.
The Evolution of Saudi Print Media Discourse on the Us after 9/11 A CDA of Al-Jazirah and Asharq Alawsat Newspapers.
Degree: PhD, Linguistics, 2014, University of Florida
URL: https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0047183
► This study employs Critical Discourse Analysis to explore the evolution of Saudi print media discourse on the U.S. between September 11, 2001 and December 30,…
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▼ This study employs
Critical Discourse Analysis to explore the evolution of Saudi print media
discourse on the U.S. between September 11, 2001 and December 30, 2013. In particular, the study investigates how ideological stances and attitudes toward the U.S. during this period are manifested in the
discourse of Saudi authors in two newspapers, Al-Jazirah and Asharq Alawsat, and how shifts in the ideological stances are realized discursively. In order to achieve this, the study adopts van Dijk sociocognitive approach to
critical discourse analysis. The study follows a two-dimensional approach that entails identifying the textual features of the text in one dimension, and draws links between these features and their wider historical, sociocultural and political contexts in the other dimension.
Advisors/Committee Members: BOXER,DIANA (committee chair), HADDAD,YOUSSEF A (committee member), AARON,JESSICA ELANA (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Critical discourse analysis; Discourse; Discourse analysis; Globalization; Linguistics; Muslims; Terrorism; Trucks; War; Words; analysis – critical – discourse – media – print – saudi
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Alawadh, Husam M. “The Evolution of Saudi Print Media Discourse on the Us after 9/11 A CDA of Al-Jazirah and Asharq Alawsat Newspapers.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Florida. Accessed March 04, 2021.
https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0047183.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Alawadh, Husam M. “The Evolution of Saudi Print Media Discourse on the Us after 9/11 A CDA of Al-Jazirah and Asharq Alawsat Newspapers.” 2014. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Alawadh HM. The Evolution of Saudi Print Media Discourse on the Us after 9/11 A CDA of Al-Jazirah and Asharq Alawsat Newspapers. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Florida; 2014. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0047183.
Council of Science Editors:
Alawadh HM. The Evolution of Saudi Print Media Discourse on the Us after 9/11 A CDA of Al-Jazirah and Asharq Alawsat Newspapers. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Florida; 2014. Available from: https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0047183

Rhodes University
11.
Eley, Georgina Jane.
Clem Sunter's transformational leadership discourse.
Degree: MA, Faculty of English language & Linguistics, 2009, Rhodes University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008450
► Since the 1970s, two distinct leadership styles have been recognised in the fields of business and organisational research - transactional and transformational leadership. Transactional leadership…
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▼ Since the 1970s, two distinct leadership styles have been recognised in the fields of
business and organisational research - transactional and transformational leadership.
Transactional leadership is seen to resemble managerial-type leadership where followers
fulfil their duties in return for rewards that satisfy their self-interest, such as payor
promotion. Transformational leadership, as the label suggests, is leadership that is seen
to transform followers from their everyday selves to their better selves (YukI 1998).
Transformational leaders motivate followers hy appealing to their higher-order needs,
offering incentives for compliance such as feelings of personal empowerment, a sense of
moral self-actualisation and an emphasis on the individual's contribution to the
community at large (Harvey 2004). These leaders have been observed to emerge and
thrive within contexts fraught with socio-political and economic turbulence, where they
maximise the uncertainty of the environment to instigate change. Transformational
leaders are seen to be especially adept at using
discourse to foster strong, persuasive
interpersonal relations with their followers.
This research reports on, particularly, the interpersonal dimension of Clem Sunter's
transformational
discourse; he being a prominent South African scenario planner and
business leader. It is essentially a qualitative study that describes Sunter's
discourse in
three of his texts written in 1996. The end to Apartheid in 1994 and transition from
White to Black governance meant that the socio-political climate of 1996 South Africa
was conducive to the rise of a transformational leader like Sunter. Although the country
was, ostensibly, a democracy in 1996, much social transformation was still needed at the
time Sunter produced his texts.
The analyses are grounded mainly in Systemic Functional Linguistics, specifically
APPRAISAL theory and, to some extent,
Critical Discourse Analysis theory. However,
the analyses do not follow a classic CDA
analysis approach, but draw rather from more
recent CDA work (cf. Fairclough 2003), such as the
analysis of value assumption types
within the texts. This
analysis clearly demonstrates that Sunter's
discourse is congruent
with the principal insights oftransfonnationallcadership. More than this, it is argued that
these findings suggcst a close link betwecn transformational Ieadership and the goals of
the latest social order of new capitalism, a link not made in the relevant research to date.
The
analysis of modes of operation of ideology in the texts (cf. Thompson 1990), also
deriving from CDA, reinforces this, indicating that Sunter's transformational
discourse
promotes and maintains the kinds of power inequalities that underpin new capitalism.
The APPRAISAL
analysis of Affect choices in the tcxt reveals a high frequency of
disquiet, i.e. Sunter's
discourse is seen to generate feelings of insecurity and fear. This
feature, interestingly, is completely inconsistent with current transformational leadership
theory, but would have been an…
Advisors/Committee Members: Adendorff, Ralph.
Subjects/Keywords: Sunter, Clem, 1944-; Leadership; Organization change; Discourse analysis; Critical discourse analysis; Discourse analysis – Political aspects
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Eley, G. J. (2009). Clem Sunter's transformational leadership discourse. (Masters Thesis). Rhodes University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008450
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Eley, Georgina Jane. “Clem Sunter's transformational leadership discourse.” 2009. Masters Thesis, Rhodes University. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008450.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Eley, Georgina Jane. “Clem Sunter's transformational leadership discourse.” 2009. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Eley GJ. Clem Sunter's transformational leadership discourse. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Rhodes University; 2009. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008450.
Council of Science Editors:
Eley GJ. Clem Sunter's transformational leadership discourse. [Masters Thesis]. Rhodes University; 2009. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008450

University of Cincinnati
12.
Turpin, Carrie.
Preservice Teachers' Cultural Models of Academic
Success.
Degree: PhD, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services:
Educational Studies, 2020, University of Cincinnati
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1592134602496342
► The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore how preservice teachers in special education talk and write about success, failure, and what it means…
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▼ The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore
how preservice teachers in special education talk and write about
success, failure, and what it means to do well academically. The
findings suggest that the seven preservice teacher participants
attempted to integrate their understandings about racial awareness,
culturally relevant pedagogy (Ladson-Billings, 2014) and funds of
knowledge (Moll, Amanti, Neff, & Gonzalez, 1992) into their
written course assignments addressing student success. However,
these attempts are often overpowered by overarching prioritization
of individual efforts and individual achievements. Additionally,
attempts to address social and cultural factors of success are less
evident in participant interviews conducted one year after
completing a university course addressing racial and cultural
awareness. Participants largely approach success from a
psychological conceptual framework focused on individual
performance. Some participants demonstrate ideas about academic
success that resist prevailing expectations of school and society.
The sociocultural conceptual framework for this dissertation study
is situated around how “normal” educational arrangements privilege
the family and community practices of some groups over others.
Using thematic
analysis,
discourse analysis, and
critical discourse
analysis of interviews and writings of preservice teachers in
special education, this research addresses how the participants’
language shows resistance to, alignment with, or integration of the
widely-accepted cultural models of success and failure in schools.
In addition, this study investigates if and how participants
discuss success and failure in ways that are not taken up in the
official practices and policies of schooling.
Advisors/Committee Members: Raider-Roth, Miriam (Committee Chair).
Subjects/Keywords: Teacher Education; discourse analysis; critical discourse analysis; preservice teachers; academic success
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Success. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Cincinnati. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1592134602496342
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Turpin, Carrie. “Preservice Teachers' Cultural Models of Academic
Success.” 2020. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Cincinnati. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1592134602496342.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Turpin, Carrie. “Preservice Teachers' Cultural Models of Academic
Success.” 2020. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Turpin C. Preservice Teachers' Cultural Models of Academic
Success. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Cincinnati; 2020. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1592134602496342.
Council of Science Editors:
Turpin C. Preservice Teachers' Cultural Models of Academic
Success. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Cincinnati; 2020. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1592134602496342

University of Utah
13.
Warburton, Trevor Thayne.
Solving for irrational zeros: whiteness in mathematics teacher education.
Degree: PhD, Education, Culture & Society, 2015, University of Utah
URL: http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/etd3/id/3985/rec/2216
► For many, mathematics and social justice are perceived as incompatible. Several mathematics education researchers have noted resistance to social justice among mathematics teachers. However, mathematics…
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▼ For many, mathematics and social justice are perceived as incompatible. Several mathematics education researchers have noted resistance to social justice among mathematics teachers. However, mathematics education has a consistently negative impact on the education of students of color. This study seeks to better understand the nature of this resistance by studying how preservice secondary mathematics teachers grapple with understanding social justice mathematics education. For this study I draw on discursive understandings of the operation of power and Whiteness Theory in order to understand the ways in which the discourses of mathematics serve to exclude the discourses of social justice. The participants in this study were seven preservice secondary mathematics teachers in a master's degree program in mathematics with teaching certification. Class discussions were recorded and transcribed then analyzed using Critical Discourse Analysis and a Whiteness Theory lens to interpret the analysis. The findings are organized around three main themes. These themes include discourses of the abstract nature of school mathematics, teacher and student subject positions, and our struggle to engage with the concepts of social justice mathematics. At times we disrupted these discourses through playfulness, repositioning students, and embracing the struggle of incorporating social justice into mathematics. There are important implications for mathematics education, mathematics teacher education, and teacher education generally.
Subjects/Keywords: Critical Discourse Analysis; Social Justice; Whiteness
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Warburton, Trevor Thayne. “Solving for irrational zeros: whiteness in mathematics teacher education.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Utah. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/etd3/id/3985/rec/2216.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Warburton, Trevor Thayne. “Solving for irrational zeros: whiteness in mathematics teacher education.” 2015. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Warburton TT. Solving for irrational zeros: whiteness in mathematics teacher education. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Utah; 2015. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/etd3/id/3985/rec/2216.
Council of Science Editors:
Warburton TT. Solving for irrational zeros: whiteness in mathematics teacher education. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Utah; 2015. Available from: http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/etd3/id/3985/rec/2216
14.
Amodu,Oluwakemi C.
Obstetric Fistula Policy in Nigeria: A Critical Discourse
Analysis.
Degree: Master of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, 2016, University of Alberta
URL: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/c73666475q
► Obstetric fistula continues to affect women in Nigeria in spite of the existence of a policy to eliminate obstetric fistula in Nigeria. First I discussed…
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▼ Obstetric fistula continues to affect women in Nigeria
in spite of the existence of a policy to eliminate obstetric
fistula in Nigeria. First I discussed the socio-cultural issues
related to obstetric in Northern Nigeria. I used a critical
discourse analysis to explore the obstetric fistula (OF) policy in
Nigeria and broader social policies and constitutional law on which
the policy was based. Findings of the analysis revealed that the OF
policy did not capture the full reality of the constitutional
environment in Nigeria as it contradicts with the agenda to end OF.
The policy semantic was medicalized with significant silence on the
role of other stakeholders in health, such as midwives, in the
agenda for ending obstetric fistula. The policy was focused on
reduction rather elimination. There was significant victim
stereotyping of women with a behaviour change strategy fashioned
after parent Safe Motherhood strategies. For there to be a head way
in the agenda to end OF, social policies related to reproductive
health and rights of girls must be made to align with the agenda to
eliminate obstetric fistula. In particular, the Marriage act and
the Matrimonial Causes Act of Nigeria needs to establish
appropriate age of consent for marriage to protect minors from
forced marriages at national and sub-national level. As long as
child marriages exist, a policy to eliminate obstetric fistula
cannot be realized. Also, midwifery services need to be expanded
all over Africa to have more women deliver their babies
safely.
Subjects/Keywords: Obstetric Fistula; Nigeria; Policy; Critical Discourse Analysis
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C, A. (2016). Obstetric Fistula Policy in Nigeria: A Critical Discourse
Analysis. (Masters Thesis). University of Alberta. Retrieved from https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/c73666475q
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
C, Amodu,Oluwakemi. “Obstetric Fistula Policy in Nigeria: A Critical Discourse
Analysis.” 2016. Masters Thesis, University of Alberta. Accessed March 04, 2021.
https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/c73666475q.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
C, Amodu,Oluwakemi. “Obstetric Fistula Policy in Nigeria: A Critical Discourse
Analysis.” 2016. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
C A. Obstetric Fistula Policy in Nigeria: A Critical Discourse
Analysis. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Alberta; 2016. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/c73666475q.
Council of Science Editors:
C A. Obstetric Fistula Policy in Nigeria: A Critical Discourse
Analysis. [Masters Thesis]. University of Alberta; 2016. Available from: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/c73666475q
15.
Serafis, Dimitrios.
The construction of the greek crisis in the public sphere: discourses and emotions (pathos) under critical perceptions.
Degree: 2017, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences; Πάντειο Πανεπιστήμιο Κοινωνικών και Πολιτικών Επιστημών
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/42484
► The present dissertation aims to examine how significant, Greek social actors and institutions (i.e. PMs, newspapers and protesters) represent social agency in different types of…
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▼ The present dissertation aims to examine how significant, Greek social actors and institutions (i.e. PMs, newspapers and protesters) represent social agency in different types of texts and discourses (i.e. parliamentary proceedings-parliamentary discourse, newspapers headlines-media discourse and graffiti slogans-protest discourse), and how this discursive representation gives birth to an emotional construction, shaping significant moments of the Greek crisis in the public sphere[s]. Drawing on the framework of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA, see Fairclough 2003, 2010, 2014; Van Dijk 2008), we study the interrelation between macro-level (dominant) values and views, and the micro-level of individuals and institutions positioning (Van Dijk 2008: 85-89), as retrieved from three types of texts, that is, parliamentary proceedings, newspaper headlines and graffiti slogans. In our theoretical discussion, following a transdisciplinary and integrationist CDA perception (see Fairclough 2010; Van Leeuwen 2005), we, also employ—and proceed to an examination of—the notions of public sphere[s] (see Arendt 1958; Habermas 1989) and politics, as a discursively emerged process within the public sphere; a perception which seems to have significant impact on both political and (critical) discourse studies (see Fairclough 2003; Fairclough and Fairclough 2012; Laclau and Mouffe 1985). Focusing on the micro-level, we sketch and propose an integrationist framework of analysis based on two analytical pillars: We conduct a Systemic-Functional (SF) analysis to scrutinize the transitivity structures (see Halliday and Matthiessen 2004: Ch. 5) of different texts, and an analysis of emotions semiotization in discourse (pathos, see Plantin 2011; Micheli 2014) in order to track constructed emotions and their argumentative force.
Η παρούσα διατριβή επιχειρεί να μελετήσει πως, σημαντικοί κοινωνικοί δρώντες και οργανισμοί (δηλ. πρωθυπουργοί , εφημερίδες και διαδηλωτές), αναπαριστούν την κοινωνική δράση σε διαφορετικά κειμενικά είδη και, πως αυτή η αναπαράσταση δίνει ώθηση σε μια κατασκευή συναισθημάτων, κατασκευάζοντας κρίσιμες στιγμές της ελληνικής κρίσης στη δημόσια σφαίρα. Αξιοποιεί τις θεωρητικές προκείμενες της Κριτικής Ανάλυσης Λόγου (Critical Discourse Analysis - ΚΑΛ, βλ. Fairclough 2003, 2010, 2014; Van Dijk 2008), και την αρχή εξέτασης της αλληλεπίδρασης μεταξύ του μακρο-επιπέδου (macro-level), που περιλαμβάνει τις κυρίαρχες αξίες και οπτικές και του μικρο-επιπέδου (micro-level), που περιλαμβάνει τη γλωσσική τοποθέτηση ατόμων και οργανισμών (βλ. Van Dijk 2008: 85-89), όπως αυτή πραγματώνεται σε τρία κειμενικά είδη, δηλαδή, σε κοινοβουλευτικά πρακτικά, σε τίτλους εφημερίδων και σε συνθήματα γκράφιτι. Στη θεωρήτική μας συζήτηση, ακολούθωντας μια διεπιστημονική (transdisciplinary) και συνθετική (integrationist) προσέγγιση, εντός του πλαισίου της ΚΑΛ (βλ. Fairclough 2010; Van Leeuwen 2005), θα εξετάσουμε τις έννοιες του δημόσιου χώρου (βλ. Arendt 1958; Habermas 1989) και της πολιτικής, ως διαδικασία που διαμορφώνεται μέσω της…
Subjects/Keywords: Κριτική ανάλυση λόγου; Critical discourse analysis
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Serafis, D. (2017). The construction of the greek crisis in the public sphere: discourses and emotions (pathos) under critical perceptions. (Thesis). Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences; Πάντειο Πανεπιστήμιο Κοινωνικών και Πολιτικών Επιστημών. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/42484
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Serafis, Dimitrios. “The construction of the greek crisis in the public sphere: discourses and emotions (pathos) under critical perceptions.” 2017. Thesis, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences; Πάντειο Πανεπιστήμιο Κοινωνικών και Πολιτικών Επιστημών. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/42484.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Serafis, Dimitrios. “The construction of the greek crisis in the public sphere: discourses and emotions (pathos) under critical perceptions.” 2017. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Serafis D. The construction of the greek crisis in the public sphere: discourses and emotions (pathos) under critical perceptions. [Internet] [Thesis]. Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences; Πάντειο Πανεπιστήμιο Κοινωνικών και Πολιτικών Επιστημών; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/42484.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Serafis D. The construction of the greek crisis in the public sphere: discourses and emotions (pathos) under critical perceptions. [Thesis]. Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences; Πάντειο Πανεπιστήμιο Κοινωνικών και Πολιτικών Επιστημών; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/42484
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Saskatchewan
16.
Li, Yiyan.
Gender Representation in Chinese Political News Coverage of Corruption.
Degree: 2020, University of Saskatchewan
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/12849
► The many high-speed developments since China implemented its policy of Opening and Reforming in 1978 include more freedom for women to work and choose lifestyles.…
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▼ The many high-speed developments since China implemented its policy of Opening and Reforming in 1978 include more freedom for women to work and choose lifestyles. However, many studies claim that women still face challenges and gender discrimination in their work environment and in the family. This study addresses one area that has received little attention, which is the question of gender equality in media
discourse. My aim is to identify gender images in news reports and news stories about corruption, including power relations behind those images, by addressing three research questions: (1) How are women, overall, described in news reports and comments about corruption in China; (2) Is there any difference between the ways in which women and men are depicted in news reports about corruption? If so, what is the difference; and (3) What do any observed differences reveal about the nature of power and gender relations in contemporary China?
My
analysis employs quantitative Content
Analysis and qualitative
Critical Discourse Analysis, applied to media reports and articles from the Central Committee for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) and four commercial websites - Sina, Sohu, Fenghuang, and Wangyi - for the period from 2012 to 2017. The data reveal that women are under-represented with respect both to the number of corrupt cadres cited in the reports and in reporting on personal life issues. The
analysis highlights the role that traditional cultural expectations continue to play in influencing the ways in which women are described in the news stories about corruption. Women are depicted as people who violated their family duties in family as well as individuals who caused much corruption among men. By analysing the relations between male cadres, women and the ruling party, I demonstrate that by owing corruption to individuals, the government mitigates its pressures and covers up systematic flaws in causing corruption. By decoding the nature and role of gender images in news reporting on corruption, my study contributes to understanding the influence of political power and patriarchal power in constructing gender norms in corruption news, showing how traditional culture can intertwine with contemporary political and media systems.
Advisors/Committee Members: Wotherspoon, Terry, David, Mirela, Zong, Li, Cheng, Hongming, Noppen, Pierre-Francois.
Subjects/Keywords: Gender; Corruption; China; Critical Discourse Analysis; News
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Li, Yiyan. “Gender Representation in Chinese Political News Coverage of Corruption.” 2020. Thesis, University of Saskatchewan. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10388/12849.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Li, Yiyan. “Gender Representation in Chinese Political News Coverage of Corruption.” 2020. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Li Y. Gender Representation in Chinese Political News Coverage of Corruption. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Saskatchewan; 2020. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/12849.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Li Y. Gender Representation in Chinese Political News Coverage of Corruption. [Thesis]. University of Saskatchewan; 2020. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/12849
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Leiden University
17.
Lammerdin, M. L.
Interlanguage Pragmatics: Managing the Force in English Requests by Dutch and Israeli Institutions.
Degree: 2016, Leiden University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1887/41912
► In this research I have investigated the application of request strategies and application of force-mitigating or -strengthening constructions in requests for any kind of action…
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▼ In this research I have investigated the application of request strategies and application of force-mitigating or -strengthening constructions in requests for any kind of action performed in English by Dutch and Israeli institutions towards their clients. In this setting, these non-native English speakers need to pragmatically adapt their linguistic performances to the untrained hierarchical setting of polite requesting towards subordinate addressees. It challenges them to conceal threats to the addressee’s face (Watts, 2005) even though no actual warmth of bond (positive politeness) or freedom to reject (negative politeness) is given. Due to the lack of formal language-training in this hierarchical setting I expected the Dutch and Israeli performances of the speech act to be influenced pragmatically by their linguistic and cultural backgrounds.
The analytic approach was inspired from different fields of research: Second Language Acquisition, Linguistic Anthropology, Interlanguage and Intercultural Pragmatics. The analysed data is a collection of official letters sent out by different large institutions (universities, embassies and a hotel), of which I collected 32 letters (50 pages) in total, of which 14 letters were from Dutch sources (25 pages) and 18 letters were Israeli ones (25 pages). The letters were written solely for purposes in the work-environment and were sent in at a later moment in time, therefore the language was not affected by the speakers’ awareness of being linguistically analysed. I made use of
Critical Discourse Analysis in order to investigate which linguistic features are variable in the pragmatic (illocutionary) force of requests, focussing on different request strategies (Blum-Kulka, 1987), mitigating efforts, coercives and types of reference to the interlocutors. The variations were validated by means of a statistical test for significance (z-test) and explained against the countries’ cultural backgrounds, making use of Hofstede’s method for cultural profiling with regard to power distance and uncertainty avoidance.
The
analysis showed that overall, the Dutch and Israeli use of request strategies and efforts in force-mitigation were surprisingly similar. The predominantly used strategy is characterised by the use of an imperative verb. Most other request utterances showed very explicit but variably less forceful strategies. Mitigators were used in relatively equal frequency, although less by the Dutch in the imperative construction. Remarkable differences were found in the overtness of speaker-reference among the Israelis, especially in more commercial settings (evoking higher politeness). In especially face-threatening situations, for instance in requesting the addressee for money without certainty the
product/service being delivered, the Dutch showed a deviating strategy which converted the request into a construction of the addressee’s acceptation.
The underlying processes which caused relative directness were primarily related to linguistic borrowings for the Dutch. The predominantly…
Advisors/Committee Members: Foster, A. A (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: interlanguage pragmatics; critical discourse analysis; requests
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Lammerdin, M L. “Interlanguage Pragmatics: Managing the Force in English Requests by Dutch and Israeli Institutions.” 2016. Masters Thesis, Leiden University. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/41912.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Lammerdin, M L. “Interlanguage Pragmatics: Managing the Force in English Requests by Dutch and Israeli Institutions.” 2016. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Lammerdin ML. Interlanguage Pragmatics: Managing the Force in English Requests by Dutch and Israeli Institutions. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Leiden University; 2016. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1887/41912.
Council of Science Editors:
Lammerdin ML. Interlanguage Pragmatics: Managing the Force in English Requests by Dutch and Israeli Institutions. [Masters Thesis]. Leiden University; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1887/41912

University of Ottawa
18.
Davis, Alexander.
The Reagan Administration as the Origin of the Shift from Citizen to Consumer Building in American Education
.
Degree: 2017, University of Ottawa
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/36715
► Current American education is comprised of and influenced by a myriad of complex legislative, technological, and cultural representations of consumption, however this historic-educational study specifically…
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▼ Current American education is comprised of and influenced by a myriad of complex legislative, technological, and cultural representations of consumption, however this historic-educational study specifically examines how the Reagan administration discursively initiated the consumerizing educational framework. While existing research studies the neoliberal implications on education, this study addresses the neoliberal reforms under President Reagan within the discursive paradigm of its consumerizing impact. By using Critical Discourse Analysis on a selection of Presidential proclamations, speeches, and national educational reports, this study examines and elucidates how the Reagan administration created the consumerizing framework for American education. The Reagan administration distinguished American education from its predecessors as prioritizing the consuming potential of students, while simultaneously situating education as a commodity. The Reagan administration discursively positioned education as a commodity by implementing the free market values of competition and choice. Through Reagan’s encouragement of corporate involvement and rewarding the tenacity of business initiatives in education, American education transitioned from a democratic ideal to a market-oriented institution. This was specifically accomplished through positioning Reagan’s predecessors as misguided and situating Reagan as a rescuer, while legitimating the reforms as adhering to the American spirit. Similarly, business was presented as embodying the essence of the American spirit and being a rejuvenating force. Choice and competition were recontextualized from their economic purpose and recommended as a new form of educational governance. By understanding the results through the lens of some Frankfurt School thinkers and expanding on Bowles and Gintis’ educational theory, this study argues that Reagan’s reforms embodied a physical consumerizing aspect and an interactional consumerizing facet as necessary for the economy of post-industrial America.
Subjects/Keywords: Education;
Consumerism;
Neoliberalism;
Critical discourse analysis
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. (Thesis). University of Ottawa. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10393/36715
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Davis, Alexander. “The Reagan Administration as the Origin of the Shift from Citizen to Consumer Building in American Education
.” 2017. Thesis, University of Ottawa. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10393/36715.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Davis, Alexander. “The Reagan Administration as the Origin of the Shift from Citizen to Consumer Building in American Education
.” 2017. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Davis A. The Reagan Administration as the Origin of the Shift from Citizen to Consumer Building in American Education
. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Ottawa; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/36715.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Davis A. The Reagan Administration as the Origin of the Shift from Citizen to Consumer Building in American Education
. [Thesis]. University of Ottawa; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/36715
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Bristol
19.
Mella, Cristhie.
The construction of gender in professional discourses in child protection services in Chile : an intersectional critical discourse analysis.
Degree: PhD, 2019, University of Bristol
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1983/caf18344-02e4-41c9-8c02-da1198fa1789
► This study explored constructions of mothers and fathers in a sample of three child protection organisations in a Southern region in Chile. By applying a…
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▼ This study explored constructions of mothers and fathers in a sample of three child protection organisations in a Southern region in Chile. By applying a combination of qualitative methods based on thematic analysis, critical discourse analysis and an intersectional lens, the research focussed on the impact of gendered constructions in their interactions with class and ethnicity on professional discourses. The data was a sample of 18 case files and interviews with 13 practitioners, plus team's organisational guidelines. Overall, findings revealed the endorsement of a gender division of parenting and a monolithic social construction of motherhood as a discourse embedded in professional approaches to families. This appeared rooted in cultural constructions of gender relations and parenting, with Westernised assimilationist practices applied to the indigenous families involved. Consistent was a women-blaming process and the construction of fathers as satellites in parenting.
Subjects/Keywords: gender; child protection; critical discourse analysis
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Mella, C. (2019). The construction of gender in professional discourses in child protection services in Chile : an intersectional critical discourse analysis. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bristol. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1983/caf18344-02e4-41c9-8c02-da1198fa1789
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Mella, Cristhie. “The construction of gender in professional discourses in child protection services in Chile : an intersectional critical discourse analysis.” 2019. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bristol. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1983/caf18344-02e4-41c9-8c02-da1198fa1789.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Mella, Cristhie. “The construction of gender in professional discourses in child protection services in Chile : an intersectional critical discourse analysis.” 2019. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Mella C. The construction of gender in professional discourses in child protection services in Chile : an intersectional critical discourse analysis. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bristol; 2019. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1983/caf18344-02e4-41c9-8c02-da1198fa1789.
Council of Science Editors:
Mella C. The construction of gender in professional discourses in child protection services in Chile : an intersectional critical discourse analysis. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bristol; 2019. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1983/caf18344-02e4-41c9-8c02-da1198fa1789
20.
Lundh, Daniel.
Contructing the "New Moderates" - a case study in political communication.
Degree: Media Studies, 2012, Stockholm University
URL: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-80535
► In this thesis, the“NewModerates” communications strategy used by The Moderate Party and the representation of social practices and social conditions by Alliance for Sweden-coalition…
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▼ In this thesis, the“NewModerates” communications strategy used by The Moderate Party and the representation of social practices and social conditions by Alliance for Sweden-coalition in the 2006 and 2010 Swedish election campaigns are analyzed.The campaigns are placed in the context of current research on modern political communication and analyzed through Fairclough´s Critical Discourse Analysis framework.The results indicate that The Moderate Party wanted to encourage voters to reassess their opinion of the party through the “NewModerates”-strategy, by indicating considerable changes in their policies.Official guidelines for which discursive and social practices should be utilized in party communication to achieve these goals were issued.The Moderate Party positioned themselves against The Social Democratic Party, partially by referring to themselves as the “new worker’s party” of Sweden.
Subjects/Keywords: political communication swedish politics critical discourse analysis
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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Lundh, Daniel. “Contructing the "New Moderates" - a case study in political communication.” 2012. Thesis, Stockholm University. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-80535.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Lundh, Daniel. “Contructing the "New Moderates" - a case study in political communication.” 2012. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Lundh D. Contructing the "New Moderates" - a case study in political communication. [Internet] [Thesis]. Stockholm University; 2012. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-80535.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Lundh D. Contructing the "New Moderates" - a case study in political communication. [Thesis]. Stockholm University; 2012. Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-80535
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of the Western Cape
21.
Alexander, Ebrahim.
A critical discourse analysis of the preambles of selected public documents with reference to racial classification
.
Degree: 2015, University of the Western Cape
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4725
► One of the most pertinent issues currently confronting South Africans and perhaps people around the world is the question of how to bring about social…
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▼ One of the most pertinent issues currently confronting South Africans and perhaps people around the world is the question of how to bring about social justice for everybody regardless of ‘races’, ‘ethnicities’, cultures, religions and genders. With this in mind, this study evaluates through a
critical discourse analysis model the preambles of selected public policy documents in conjunction with the issue of racial classification as prescribed in the Z83 job application form in a post-apartheid South Africa. It draws specifically on Halliday’s (1978, 1989, and 2004)
discourse analysis framework to evaluate the field and tenor of public
discourse (what happened historically and who was involved in public policy formulations) and finally, the mode of public policy
discourse (the part that language plays in the making of a new South African society). Moreover, it uses the education sector as an indicator of transformation to highlight the successes and failures of post-apartheid historical redress. It uses education as an exemplar because it ‘plays’ or has the potential to play a pivotal role in transformation and nation building in a post-apartheid South Africa. The study appraises particularly the impact of the notion of plurality of races as a transformation strategy; that is, its successes and failures in determining educational achievements numerically as well as nation building from 1994 to 2014. It uses close linguistic/
discourse analysis to unravel the meaning(s) of ‘united in our diversity’ as well as associated concepts in the preambles of selected public policy documents. The reason for this is to show that the notion of different races is implicated in the concept ‘diversity’ in the preamble of South Africa’s constitution act 108 of 1996 as well as ‘designated groups’ in the preambles of affirmative action and Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) policies.
Advisors/Committee Members: Pretorius, Leon G (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Racial classification;
Critical discourse analysis;
Reconciliation;
Transformation
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Alexander, E. (2015). A critical discourse analysis of the preambles of selected public documents with reference to racial classification
. (Thesis). University of the Western Cape. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4725
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
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Alexander, Ebrahim. “A critical discourse analysis of the preambles of selected public documents with reference to racial classification
.” 2015. Thesis, University of the Western Cape. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4725.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Alexander, Ebrahim. “A critical discourse analysis of the preambles of selected public documents with reference to racial classification
.” 2015. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Alexander E. A critical discourse analysis of the preambles of selected public documents with reference to racial classification
. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of the Western Cape; 2015. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4725.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Alexander E. A critical discourse analysis of the preambles of selected public documents with reference to racial classification
. [Thesis]. University of the Western Cape; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4725
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Arizona State University
22.
Alharbi, Badr.
The Saudi Online Discourse on the Right to Drive: A
Contrastive Critical Analysis.
Degree: English, 2016, Arizona State University
URL: http://repository.asu.edu/items/38644
► The aim of this study was to investigate the issue of Saudi women’s right to drive through a critical analysis of the Saudi online discourse…
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▼ The aim of this study was to investigate the issue of
Saudi women’s right to drive through a critical analysis of the
Saudi online discourse on women’s right to drive. In the study, the
attempt was made to provide a critical contrastive analysis of the
online debate for and against Saudi women’s right to drive. A
review of the literature indicated that very little research has
been done about critical discourse analysis (CDA) of online texts
focusing on the representation and rights of Saudi women. Employing
Fairclough’s three-dimensional framework, a corpus of written posts
on the right to drive, written by Saudi women, was analyzed at
three levels: (a) textual analysis, (b) discursive practice
analysis, and (c) sociocultural practice. The findings of the
analysis on the textual and discursive practice levels showed that
the theme of ingroup and outgroup presentation was significant in
the data. The findings also indicated that ideologies were
expressed linguistically by means of naming, presuppositions,
predication, and intertextuality. At the sociocultural practice
level, the controversial struggle about the right to drive was
situated in its broader sociocultural context, in which the
complexity of the sociocultural practice of the Saudi Society was
revealed.
Subjects/Keywords: Linguistics; Critical discourse analysis; Saudi women
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Alharbi, B. (2016). The Saudi Online Discourse on the Right to Drive: A
Contrastive Critical Analysis. (Doctoral Dissertation). Arizona State University. Retrieved from http://repository.asu.edu/items/38644
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Alharbi, Badr. “The Saudi Online Discourse on the Right to Drive: A
Contrastive Critical Analysis.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, Arizona State University. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://repository.asu.edu/items/38644.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Alharbi, Badr. “The Saudi Online Discourse on the Right to Drive: A
Contrastive Critical Analysis.” 2016. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Alharbi B. The Saudi Online Discourse on the Right to Drive: A
Contrastive Critical Analysis. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Arizona State University; 2016. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://repository.asu.edu/items/38644.
Council of Science Editors:
Alharbi B. The Saudi Online Discourse on the Right to Drive: A
Contrastive Critical Analysis. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Arizona State University; 2016. Available from: http://repository.asu.edu/items/38644

University of Toronto
23.
Thomson, Nicole.
The Social Construction of Disability in Occupational Therapy: An Examination of Muriel Driver Lectureships (1975-2009).
Degree: PhD, 2015, University of Toronto
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/71347
► Disability is a core concept in rehabilitation sciences, and specifically in occupational therapy. Critical disability theory challenges the ways that disability is understood, and disability…
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▼ Disability is a core concept in rehabilitation sciences, and specifically in occupational therapy.
Critical disability theory challenges the ways that disability is understood, and disability scholars have challenged rehabilitation professionals to reconsider how they conceptualize disability. The way that disability is given meaning is central to the profession of occupational therapy because it can influence client-therapist interactions, treatment plans and interventions, research agendas, services offered, and the development of policy. In my research, I address the need to examine how disability has been given meaning in occupational therapy. I adopt an overarching
critical theoretical approach informed by social constructionism to examine the meaning of disability in the profession of occupational therapy. The objectives of the research include examining: a) how disability is presented in occupational therapy literature; b) what this tells us about the ideological, political, and theoretical underpinnings of disability; and c) what the dominant discourses of disability are in occupational therapy literature. I draw on methods developed by Fairclough to conduct a
critical discourse analysis of highly influential Canadian occupational therapy texts (Muriel Driver Memorial Lectureships). The
analysis is presented in two parts, discussing: (1) how disability has been broadly defined or described in the texts through written language and visual images; and (2) the existential meaning of disability in the texts. The implications of text and dominant discursive practices related to disability on the professional practices of occupational therapy are discussed.
Critical examination of how disability is conceptualized in occupational therapy allows for the consideration of alternative views of disability, which are likely to influence future occupational therapy theory, practice, and knowledge.
Advisors/Committee Members: Iwama, Michael, Rehabilitation Science.
Subjects/Keywords: Critical Discourse Analysis; Disability; Social Constructionism; 0498
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Thomson, Nicole. “The Social Construction of Disability in Occupational Therapy: An Examination of Muriel Driver Lectureships (1975-2009).” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Toronto. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1807/71347.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Thomson, Nicole. “The Social Construction of Disability in Occupational Therapy: An Examination of Muriel Driver Lectureships (1975-2009).” 2015. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Thomson N. The Social Construction of Disability in Occupational Therapy: An Examination of Muriel Driver Lectureships (1975-2009). [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Toronto; 2015. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/71347.
Council of Science Editors:
Thomson N. The Social Construction of Disability in Occupational Therapy: An Examination of Muriel Driver Lectureships (1975-2009). [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Toronto; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/71347

University of New Mexico
24.
Lawless, Brandi.
Ending Poverty? Critical Interrogations of Class Subjectivities, Agency, and Ideologies in Discursive and Embodied Texts From a U.S. Nonprofit.
Degree: Department of Communication and Journalism, 2012, University of New Mexico
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1928/21053
► This dissertation explores subjectivities, agency, and power relations that emerge in discourses and performances related to one U.S. nonprofit organization attempting to end poverty, referred…
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▼ This dissertation explores subjectivities, agency, and power relations that emerge in discourses and performances related to one U.S. nonprofit organization attempting to end poverty, referred to as Transforming Poverty Partnerships (TPP). The author analyzes training materials, interview transcripts, and performance texts documented through participant observation. This study reveals a number of discourses in each of the texts, which function to reproduce dominant societal ideologies about individual hard work as a pathway to success, individual responsibility to create change, the normalization of the middle class, and a reinforcement of whiteness. The author takes a praxical approach in using theories from
critical intercultural communication, performance studies, and
critical pedagogy as a framework for understanding how
subject positioning is realized and actualized in this organizational setting, how agency is enabled and constrained, and how texts reveal discourses, which ultimately function to reinforce and/or resist hegemonic systems of oppression. This framework and
analysis leads to several recommendations for this nonprofit, with implications for similar organizations.
Advisors/Committee Members: Collier, Mary Jane, Cramer, Janet, Milstein, Tema, Herrera, Brian.
Subjects/Keywords: Poverty; Agency; Critical Discourse Analysis; Ideology; Embodied
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Lawless, B. (2012). Ending Poverty? Critical Interrogations of Class Subjectivities, Agency, and Ideologies in Discursive and Embodied Texts From a U.S. Nonprofit. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of New Mexico. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1928/21053
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Lawless, Brandi. “Ending Poverty? Critical Interrogations of Class Subjectivities, Agency, and Ideologies in Discursive and Embodied Texts From a U.S. Nonprofit.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, University of New Mexico. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1928/21053.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Lawless, Brandi. “Ending Poverty? Critical Interrogations of Class Subjectivities, Agency, and Ideologies in Discursive and Embodied Texts From a U.S. Nonprofit.” 2012. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Lawless B. Ending Poverty? Critical Interrogations of Class Subjectivities, Agency, and Ideologies in Discursive and Embodied Texts From a U.S. Nonprofit. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of New Mexico; 2012. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1928/21053.
Council of Science Editors:
Lawless B. Ending Poverty? Critical Interrogations of Class Subjectivities, Agency, and Ideologies in Discursive and Embodied Texts From a U.S. Nonprofit. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of New Mexico; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1928/21053

University of New Mexico
25.
Martinez, Sofia L.
Whose Meanings: Constructing Environmental Justice.
Degree: Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies, 2015, University of New Mexico
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1928/27880
► This study interprets language use and meaning with regard to race in a state regulatory process before the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board (EIB). The…
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▼ This study interprets language use and meaning with regard to race in a state regulatory process before the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board (EIB). The document researched is the legal transcript of the EIB Hearing in 2006. The hearing was held to revise the New Mexico Solid Waste Regulations and to consider environmental justice provisions. The study analyzes language and the construction of meaning and discourses in this formal rule-making site; and how these discourses serve as a site for resistance as well as where the State creates and maintains its hegemony. The implication for educators is to consider the cumulative and disparate impacts that our students come with to school, including high levels of toxicity and exposure to chemical disaster where they live, play, pray and go to school.
Advisors/Committee Members: Dr. Martinez, Glenabah, Dr. Blum Martinez, Rebecca, Dr. Trinidad Galvan, Ruth, Dr. Pena, Devon.
Subjects/Keywords: environmental justice; racism; critical discourse analysis
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Martinez, S. L. (2015). Whose Meanings: Constructing Environmental Justice. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of New Mexico. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1928/27880
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Martinez, Sofia L. “Whose Meanings: Constructing Environmental Justice.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, University of New Mexico. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1928/27880.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Martinez, Sofia L. “Whose Meanings: Constructing Environmental Justice.” 2015. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Martinez SL. Whose Meanings: Constructing Environmental Justice. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of New Mexico; 2015. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1928/27880.
Council of Science Editors:
Martinez SL. Whose Meanings: Constructing Environmental Justice. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of New Mexico; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1928/27880

Kansas State University
26.
Coombes, Stephanie.
Discursive
features of animal agriculture advocates.
Degree: MS, Department of Communications
and Agricultural Education, 2016, Kansas State University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/34587
► The general public is more generationally and geographically removed from agricultural production today than ever before, yet as influential as ever with regards to its…
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▼ The general public is more generationally and
geographically removed from agricultural production today than ever
before, yet as influential as ever with regards to its ability to
impact the operating conditions of the animal agriculture industry.
To date, the agriculture industry has focused research and
extension on how to educate and persuade the public in order to
gain support for its practices and policies. Little work has
investigated how the language choices of those communicating about
agriculture may be functioning to position themselves and other
participants with regards to authority and credibility, and how
this affects their communication and the industry as a whole.
This
study sought to develop an understanding as to how three key groups
in the animal agriculture conversation (experts, professional
communicators, and agricultural advocates) use
discourse and
language to position themselves and other participants, their
explanations of opposition to animal agriculture, and their ideas
about how to best present and justify their arguments to the wider
public. In addition to this, the study also sought to understand
what power structures and dynamics exist within the conversation.
Semi-structured interviews were conducted to collect data for a
critical discourse analysis.
The discursive practices of the
participants functioned to ultimately undermine and delegitimize
the role of the public and individuals and groups opposed to animal
agriculture, as well as position the industry and its constituents
as the only authoritative and credible voices in the animal
agriculture conversation. This is likely to be prohibitive to
achieving the goals of agricultural communication activities. Those
communicating on behalf of the animal agriculture industry should
become more aware of how their beliefs, values, and ideologies
impact the
discourse from which they are operating, as well as how
their communication is functioning. This research was undertaken
from a
critical inquiry perspective, shedding light on some of the
power structures inherent between the animal agriculture industry
and the general public. Others undertaking agricultural sociology
and related research should consider doing so integrating a similar
theoretical perspective to continually challenge the assumptions
and conditions under which the industry operates.
Advisors/Committee Members: Jason D. Ellis.
Subjects/Keywords: Discourse
analysis; Animal
agriculture; Critical
inquiry
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Coombes, S. (2016). Discursive
features of animal agriculture advocates. (Masters Thesis). Kansas State University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2097/34587
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Coombes, Stephanie. “Discursive
features of animal agriculture advocates.” 2016. Masters Thesis, Kansas State University. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/2097/34587.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Coombes, Stephanie. “Discursive
features of animal agriculture advocates.” 2016. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Coombes S. Discursive
features of animal agriculture advocates. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Kansas State University; 2016. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/34587.
Council of Science Editors:
Coombes S. Discursive
features of animal agriculture advocates. [Masters Thesis]. Kansas State University; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/34587

Louisiana State University
27.
Yang, Yanqiu.
Cognitive Case Studies of Chinese in Discourse Analysis and Classroom Teaching.
Degree: PhD, Linguistics, 2013, Louisiana State University
URL: etd-04102013-145402
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https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/2439
► In the first case study, a piece of recent BBC news reported on Chinese netizens leaving random but funny comments on a Western website attracted…
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▼ In the first case study, a piece of recent BBC news reported on Chinese netizens leaving random but funny comments on a Western website attracted people’s attention. A closer look at those comments reveals that understanding the Chinese netizens’ comments requires metaphorical and cultural knowledge. This study starts with theoretical explanations on metaphor from different perspectives and then presents cultural variations in Western and Eastern metaphors. With theories and cultures grounded, a detailed analysis was done to show people without Chinese cultural background how to understand the Chinese Internet metaphors that drew people’s attention. The second case study takes a critical discourse analysis approach to investigate metaphors in political discourses in Chinese. Five pieces of Chinese government reports were studied. Metaphor, revealing how we think about the world, encompasses cultural and social factors. It functions differently for different communication purpose. The current study proves the persuasive role of metaphor in political discourse which can evoke people’s emotional response, for the governing group to have an ideological influence on how people conceptualize things. The third case study applies word recognition as part of the classroom instruction in the form of meaning, character and pronunciation, to investigate whether training on either two of the three constituents can improve students’ vocabulary acquisition. The results showed that, for new learners, the bond between characters and either pronunciation or meaning is weak. Training in either character with meaning or character with pronunciation has positive effects and training to enhance the relation between character and pronunciation also retrieve meaning, which brings a three-way benefit.
Subjects/Keywords: metaphor; Internet; critical discourse analysis; pedagogical
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Yang, Y. (2013). Cognitive Case Studies of Chinese in Discourse Analysis and Classroom Teaching. (Doctoral Dissertation). Louisiana State University. Retrieved from etd-04102013-145402 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/2439
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Yang, Yanqiu. “Cognitive Case Studies of Chinese in Discourse Analysis and Classroom Teaching.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, Louisiana State University. Accessed March 04, 2021.
etd-04102013-145402 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/2439.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Yang, Yanqiu. “Cognitive Case Studies of Chinese in Discourse Analysis and Classroom Teaching.” 2013. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Yang Y. Cognitive Case Studies of Chinese in Discourse Analysis and Classroom Teaching. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Louisiana State University; 2013. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: etd-04102013-145402 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/2439.
Council of Science Editors:
Yang Y. Cognitive Case Studies of Chinese in Discourse Analysis and Classroom Teaching. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Louisiana State University; 2013. Available from: etd-04102013-145402 ; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/2439
28.
Aljubouri, Atheer.
Representation of Iraqis in Hollywood Iraq war films : a multimodal critical discourse study.
Degree: PhD, 2020, Bangor University
URL: https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/representation-of-iraqis-in-hollywood-iraq-war-films-a-multimodal-critical-discourse-study(6c4c0470-9056-4b72-a342-dc624be3e96a).html
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https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.809691
► In the wake of the 9-11 terrorists' attacks in New York City in 2003, Iraq has been referred to as the main supporter of those…
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▼ In the wake of the 9-11 terrorists' attacks in New York City in 2003, Iraq has been referred to as the main supporter of those 'villains' who committed the atrocity. It is the US media that took part in demonising Iraq through a great deal of misconception and misrepresentation (Chomsky, 2003). Accordingly, the 2003 Gulf War was launched against Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein, America's major menace at that time, to help the helpless persecuted Iraqis, the very people who underwent some 13-year-old devastating economic sanctions (Resolution 1483 -UN Security Council). In order to tackle this misconception of facts and misrepresentation of Iraq and Iraqis, which we find notoriously unfair, this study is going to provide some insight into showing how the state of affairs can be institutionally distorted in order to affect the audiences' views through the medium of films. By focusing on written texts, Critical Discourse studies have not paid sufficient attention to textual Multimodality and left it almost unattended. This study will attempt to underline the Iraq War films as Multimodal analysable data. Succeeding its Vietnam predecessor, the Iraq War Films have become a distinctive genre used by Hollywood, the California-based giant film maker. From 1996-2014, Hollywood has produced about fifteen films on the Gulf wars that befell Iraq in 1991 (Operation Desert Storm) and 2003 (Operation Iraqi Freedom). The series of films started with Edward Zwick’s Courage Under Fire (1996) and ended, to the time of launching this study, with Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper (2014). The present study has only chosen three films to be analysed by adopting a Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis framework. This Multimodal analysis will provide a relatively comprehensive toolkit to tackle the many semiotic resources films build upon in order to support their story line. In addition to exploring the various filmic semiotic resources, the multimodal type of analysis used in this study will have a critical nature to probe how the Iraqi identity is represented in the milieu of the selected films, taking into consideration that critical discourse studies have understudied the concept of identity and ideology in films. Moreover, this framework is going to employ a cognitive approach in analysing different scenes excerpted from the selected films. The interdisciplinary cognitive quality the adopted framework enjoys will definitely enhance the critical nature of the study per se.
Subjects/Keywords: identity; representation; critical discourse analysis; multimodality; film
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Aljubouri, A. (2020). Representation of Iraqis in Hollywood Iraq war films : a multimodal critical discourse study. (Doctoral Dissertation). Bangor University. Retrieved from https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/representation-of-iraqis-in-hollywood-iraq-war-films-a-multimodal-critical-discourse-study(6c4c0470-9056-4b72-a342-dc624be3e96a).html ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.809691
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Aljubouri, Atheer. “Representation of Iraqis in Hollywood Iraq war films : a multimodal critical discourse study.” 2020. Doctoral Dissertation, Bangor University. Accessed March 04, 2021.
https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/representation-of-iraqis-in-hollywood-iraq-war-films-a-multimodal-critical-discourse-study(6c4c0470-9056-4b72-a342-dc624be3e96a).html ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.809691.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Aljubouri, Atheer. “Representation of Iraqis in Hollywood Iraq war films : a multimodal critical discourse study.” 2020. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Aljubouri A. Representation of Iraqis in Hollywood Iraq war films : a multimodal critical discourse study. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Bangor University; 2020. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/representation-of-iraqis-in-hollywood-iraq-war-films-a-multimodal-critical-discourse-study(6c4c0470-9056-4b72-a342-dc624be3e96a).html ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.809691.
Council of Science Editors:
Aljubouri A. Representation of Iraqis in Hollywood Iraq war films : a multimodal critical discourse study. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Bangor University; 2020. Available from: https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/representation-of-iraqis-in-hollywood-iraq-war-films-a-multimodal-critical-discourse-study(6c4c0470-9056-4b72-a342-dc624be3e96a).html ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.809691
29.
Humphreys, Deborah Maria.
Discourses of educational leadership the under-explained influence of context.
Degree: PhD, 2016, Liverpool John Moores University
URL: https://doi.org/10.24377/LJMU.t.00004421
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► The aim of the this small scale empirical research study was to shed a discursive light on the leadership that was experienced within two primary…
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▼ The aim of the this small scale empirical research study was to shed a discursive light on the leadership that was experienced within two primary school settings in the North West of England and the constraints of context that shaped the discourses of leadership within those schools. Contextual factors have been defined as being on three levels: institutional, cultural and governmental. So using this framework as a sorting category for posing situated questions of the participants and Gee’s (1999; 2005; 2011) interconnected one to explore and question the data and the taken-for-granted assumptions, it has been possible to garner an understanding of how these contexts interacted in framing an individual’s understanding of the leadership they were experiencing and implications for their practice. The research questions which this study addressed were: What are the contextual factors that shape discourses of educational leadership? What does the discursive analysis reveal of how stakeholders talk about ways of becoming in the leadership they are experiencing within a socially situated practice? What are the implications of this analysis for the practice of leadership within school? The research was influenced by two particular approaches to discourse analysis, a ‘practice approach’ and a ‘critical approach’. As educational practices are communicative events, this study has adopted a critical discourse analysis in making visible the ways that individuals talk about leadership they are experiencing within their settings. Through a Foucauldian lens it was possible to question the basis for the assumptions and norms of educational leadership in school and examine the ways in which individuals within school were both constructed and shaped by that discourse. This study takes the view that the school as an organizational context for leaders is both complex and under explored as it is in a constant state of flux. Various complexities are acknowledged concerning the contextual nature of leadership; it is complex, context specific, socially constructed, negotiated and hierarchical. Analysis of 18 in-depth semi-structured interviews and 18 cognitive maps reveals a range of Discourses of contextual factors of leadership such as the Discourse of the pivotal role of the headteacher; Discourse of leadership activity; Discourse of identity-work; Discourse of power relations and Discourse of commodification of education all made visible by the individuals within the school to which they endeavour to belong.
Subjects/Keywords: 371.2; Critical discourse analysis; leadership; education; context
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Humphreys, D. M. (2016). Discourses of educational leadership the under-explained influence of context. (Doctoral Dissertation). Liverpool John Moores University. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.24377/LJMU.t.00004421 ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.689380
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Humphreys, Deborah Maria. “Discourses of educational leadership the under-explained influence of context.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, Liverpool John Moores University. Accessed March 04, 2021.
https://doi.org/10.24377/LJMU.t.00004421 ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.689380.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Humphreys, Deborah Maria. “Discourses of educational leadership the under-explained influence of context.” 2016. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Humphreys DM. Discourses of educational leadership the under-explained influence of context. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Liverpool John Moores University; 2016. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: https://doi.org/10.24377/LJMU.t.00004421 ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.689380.
Council of Science Editors:
Humphreys DM. Discourses of educational leadership the under-explained influence of context. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Liverpool John Moores University; 2016. Available from: https://doi.org/10.24377/LJMU.t.00004421 ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.689380

University of Bristol
30.
Mella, Cristhie.
The construction of gender in professional discourses in child protection services in Chile : an intersectional critical discourse analysis.
Degree: PhD, 2019, University of Bristol
URL: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/caf18344-02e4-41c9-8c02-da1198fa1789
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https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.774514
► This study explored constructions of mothers and fathers in a sample of three child protection organisations in a Southern region in Chile. By applying a…
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▼ This study explored constructions of mothers and fathers in a sample of three child protection organisations in a Southern region in Chile. By applying a combination of qualitative methods based on thematic analysis, critical discourse analysis and an intersectional lens, the research focussed on the impact of gendered constructions in their interactions with class and ethnicity on professional discourses. The data was a sample of 18 case files and interviews with 13 practitioners, plus team's organisational guidelines. Overall, findings revealed the endorsement of a gender division of parenting and a monolithic social construction of motherhood as a discourse embedded in professional approaches to families. This appeared rooted in cultural constructions of gender relations and parenting, with Westernised assimilationist practices applied to the indigenous families involved. Consistent was a women-blaming process and the construction of fathers as satellites in parenting.
Subjects/Keywords: gender; child protection; critical discourse analysis
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Mella, C. (2019). The construction of gender in professional discourses in child protection services in Chile : an intersectional critical discourse analysis. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bristol. Retrieved from https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/caf18344-02e4-41c9-8c02-da1198fa1789 ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.774514
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Mella, Cristhie. “The construction of gender in professional discourses in child protection services in Chile : an intersectional critical discourse analysis.” 2019. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bristol. Accessed March 04, 2021.
https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/caf18344-02e4-41c9-8c02-da1198fa1789 ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.774514.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Mella, Cristhie. “The construction of gender in professional discourses in child protection services in Chile : an intersectional critical discourse analysis.” 2019. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Mella C. The construction of gender in professional discourses in child protection services in Chile : an intersectional critical discourse analysis. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bristol; 2019. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/caf18344-02e4-41c9-8c02-da1198fa1789 ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.774514.
Council of Science Editors:
Mella C. The construction of gender in professional discourses in child protection services in Chile : an intersectional critical discourse analysis. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bristol; 2019. Available from: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/caf18344-02e4-41c9-8c02-da1198fa1789 ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.774514
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