Essays about: "Norman Fairclough language and power"
Showing result 6 - 9 of 9 essays containing the words Norman Fairclough language and power.
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6. The Three Models Approach : A Pedagogical Proposal on How to Increase Critical Literacy in the Subject of English on Upper-Secondary Level
University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskapAbstract : This degree project essay aims to create ways for promoting critical literacy by teaching persuasive, manipulative, authentic texts in the subject of English at upper-secondary level in Sweden. In the essay, the syllabus of the English subject is critiqued for not explicitly stating what it means to take a critical approach towards sources and media; it is claimed that the meaning of critical examination only is implied in the syllabus for English 7. READ MORE
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7. Finding Power Within the Language : - a securitization study of operation EUNAVFOR MED
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)Abstract : This research paper takes departure from the contradictions of understandings regarding the purpose of operation EUNAVFOR Med, which operates in the Mediterranean aiming at disrupting the business model of human smugglers. The alteration of opinions concerns the question(s) regarding, to what extent the operation should be considered a securitization, and if so, of what? Research has consequently been drawn from the Copenhagen’s School theory of securitization, looking deeper into the involvement of the main actors in the operation, the EU, the human smugglers and the migrants, in order to identify if this operation could indeed be considered a securitization act. READ MORE
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8. Identity in Conflict. A critical discourse analysis of the formation of a Palestinian identity
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This paper has adopted a discursive approach in examining and analyzing discursive formation of Palestinian national identity under the circumstances of conflict and through the impact and channels of politics. Through the methodology of Norman Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis and Daniel Bar-Tal’s theory about societal beliefs, two political and public speeches are analyzed. READ MORE
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9. The Big Society - British Conservatism and its journey to modern, compassionate progressiveness?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis is investigating the British Conservative Party’s focus on two concepts: the Big Society and the Broken Society. By using Norman Fairclough’s critical discourse analytical approach in analysing the language used in political speeches, the values and ideas constituting the Big Society was found. READ MORE
