Discourse analysis
3 important questions on Discourse analysis
Where does discourse analysis focuses it on?
- language as social practice which power relations are important. Something is at stake.
What do (critical) discourse analysts do?
- assumptions -> authors want to achieve something
- Usually analysis of existing text, in which author has thought about what and how to write
- analysis is decoding
- critical discourse analysis: how language is used to exercise power
- Usually analysis of existing text, in which author has thought about what and how to write
- analysis is decoding
- critical discourse analysis: how language is used to exercise power
What are the 5dimensions to study at discourse analysis?
1. Historical dimension - how the discourse came into being
2. Ethographic dimension - how it produces particular social activities within a community of practice
3. Sociological dimension - how it legitimizes (includes) certain social practices or excludes other social practices
4. Psychological dimension - how it constructs identities
5. Critical theory dimension - how discourses may produce their own resistance
2. Ethographic dimension - how it produces particular social activities within a community of practice
3. Sociological dimension - how it legitimizes (includes) certain social practices or excludes other social practices
4. Psychological dimension - how it constructs identities
5. Critical theory dimension - how discourses may produce their own resistance
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