Analyzes how politicians use rhetoric and specific framing to influence public opinion and legitimize their actions. 4. Structuralist vs. Post-Structuralist Perspectives
Investigates how discourse is used to enact, reproduce, or resist social power abuse, dominance, and inequality.
The most influential modern development of the term comes from French philosopher Michel Foucault. For Foucault, discourse is not just language; it is a system of representation that governs what can be said and who can say it.
It acts as a form of social practice that produces and maintains power structures. By defining what is "normal" versus "abnormal," discourse exerts control over individuals. 3. Discourse Analysis (DA)
Analyzes how politicians use rhetoric and specific framing to influence public opinion and legitimize their actions. 4. Structuralist vs. Post-Structuralist Perspectives
Investigates how discourse is used to enact, reproduce, or resist social power abuse, dominance, and inequality. Discours
The most influential modern development of the term comes from French philosopher Michel Foucault. For Foucault, discourse is not just language; it is a system of representation that governs what can be said and who can say it. Analyzes how politicians use rhetoric and specific framing
It acts as a form of social practice that produces and maintains power structures. By defining what is "normal" versus "abnormal," discourse exerts control over individuals. 3. Discourse Analysis (DA) or resist social power abuse
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