A Critical Analysis of Political-Economical Discourse: The Case of Iran’s Post-Nuclear Deal Economic Development

Journal of Teaching English Lnaguage Studies

مقاله 4، دوره 6، شماره 2، اسفند 2017، صفحه 60-77   

چکیده

CDA is an approach to the analysis of language use that, based on the claims of van Dijk
(1995), has a social and ideological approach to discourse. Critical discourse analysis gains
significance particularly with the analysis of political texts considering their role in
establishing force, identity, and political ideology. This study took an initiative critical
perspective towards the rather under-research area of political and economical discourse
analysis. The issue of Iran’s economic changes after the nuclear deal attracted considerable
attention from news media. This study intended to examine the news editorials from four
world-known newspapers: Tehran Times, New York Times, China Daily and Moscow Times.
Twenty editorial were selected from each newspaperand were subjected to content analysis
through the application of Fairclough’s (2003) critical discourse analysis model. The obtained
frequency data were analyzed through a series of Chi-square tests. The findings revealed
significant differences among these newspapers showing a putative disparity between
political and real world framings of the economical changes identified in this research. The
points of departure and their significant implications are further discussed.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Critical Discourse Analysis؛ political-economical texts؛ news editorials

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