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  1. 21. Strategic Narratives in the Diaoyu/Senkaku Dispute: An analysis of Chinese and Japanese newspaper coverage in 2012

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Diogo Silva; [2018]
    Keywords : Strategic narratives; Soft power; China; Japan; Sino-Japanese relations; Diaoyu Senkaku territorial dispute; Media analysis; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : From Nye’s famous soft power, a new international relations concept has recently emerged: strategic narratives, the narratives which different states use to promote their agendas in the international system. This thesis focuses on one particular aspect of Sino-Japanese relations: the understanding, characterization and possible implications of the strategic narratives projected by both countries via the English language version of online newspapers about the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands territorial dispute. READ MORE

  3. 22. Collocates of trans, transgender(s) and transexual(s) in British Newspapers: A Corpus-Assisted Critical Discourse Analysis

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Kajsa Törmä; [2018]
    Keywords : CDA; Corpus Linguistics; Newspaper Discourse; Semantic Prosodies; Transgender;

    Abstract : Through their coverage in the mass media transgender people and the trans rights movement have only recently stepped into the public eye. Because this emergence is so recent, it has not been widely studied within the field of linguistics. READ MORE

  4. 23. A Discourse on Democracy in China Daily

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Markus Hietanen; [2018]
    Keywords : discourse analysis; discourse theory; China; democracy; alternate discourses; China Daily; news media;

    Abstract : ‘Democracy’ has been frequently praised by the Chinese political leadership, while liberal democratic institutions have remained conspicuously absent under CPC one-party rule. This study explores the discourse on democracy in the newspaper China Daily between the years 2007 and 2017 to determine how the concept is articulated in a Chinese presumably alternate discourse on democracy. READ MORE

  5. 24. Constructing Terrorism A Critical Discourse Analysis on the Construction of Terrorism in Bangladeshi English-Language Newspaper Editorials

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Nirjhar Mazumder; [2018]
    Keywords : Terrorism; Religious extremism; violent extremism; CDA; Editorials; newspaper;

    Abstract : Through Critical Discourse analysis, this thesis examined the discursive construction of terrorism related events and finds out the common definiens of terrorism in the editorials of two Bangladeshi English-medium newspaper. The Daily Star & Dhaka Tribune, both the newspapers covered terrorism related events in their editorials throughout the year of 2015. READ MORE

  6. 25. The Other Side of the Medal : A Case Study of Right-Wing Populist Party Identity in German Newspaper Discourse

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Fabia Federica Lehfeldt; [2018]
    Keywords : Discourse; identity; us them distinction; discursive struggle; antagonism; agonism; right-wing populism; Alternative für Deutschland;

    Abstract : Nowadays, liberal democratic societies comprise the breeding ground for thriving right-wing populist parties. They share the “fundamental core of ethno-nationalist xenophobia, (…) and anti-political establishment populism” (Rydgren, 2004 p.475). READ MORE