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Analyzing Talk and Text III: Discourse Analysis

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This chapter introduces critical discourse analysis (CDA) and demonstrates its applicability to critical media policy studies. The chapter progresses iteratively, beginning with a brief discussion of discourse, followed by an outline of critical discourse analysis. It then demonstrates how CDA is an appropriate methodological tool for media policy studies and walks the reader through how to apply CDA to media policy. Following examples from studies on American broadcasting policy and British digital media policy, it concludes with a summary of both the limitations and benefits of CDA.

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  1. Department of Media Studies, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

    Christopher Ali

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  1. Department of Communication, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA

    Hilde Van den Bulck

  2. Department of Communication and Media Research, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

    Manuel Puppis

  3. Department of Communication Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

    Karen Donders

  4. Department of Communication Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

    Leo Van Audenhove

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Ali, C. (2019). Analyzing Talk and Text III: Discourse Analysis. In: Van den Bulck, H., Puppis, M., Donders, K., Van Audenhove, L. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Methods for Media Policy Research. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16065-4_23

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