Pub Date : 2023-10-11DOI: 10.1177/17504813231205823
Michelle M Lazar, Aaron Tham, Wesley Wang
This article focuses on migrant workers (MWs) during Covid-19 in Singapore. A second wave of Covid-19 transmissions in MW dormitories in 2020 had cast a spotlight on this vulnerable population, amidst inter/national criticisms of the national government for oversight. From a critical discourse studies perspective, we examine how the national newspaper attempted to restore a positive self-image of the Singapore government, through the discursive mobilization of ‘ideological circles’. These ideological circles involve, variously, positive and negative discursive presentational strategies of the Singapore government, its MWs, selected regional governments, and their MWs. The study unpacks the ideological mechanisms at work in the restoration of the government’s reputation as well as examines the implications for MWs in Singapore as perpetual ‘others’.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-15DOI: 10.1177/17504813231193230
Xin Lyu, Zhuokai Lyu
Aijmer K (1997) I think – an English modal particle. In: Swan T and Westvik OJ (eds) Modality in Germanic Languages: Historical and Comparative Perspectives. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pp.1–47. Cheshire J (2007) Discourse variation, grammaticalisation and stuff like that. Journal of Sociolinguistics 11(2): 155–193. Corrales DM, Wells AE, Radecki Breitkopf C, et al. (2018) Internet use by gynecologic oncology patients and its relationship with anxiety. Journal of Health Communication 23(3): 299–305. Davies P, Peacock C and Scullard P (2010) Googling children’s health: Reliability of medical advice on the Internet. Archives of Disease in Childhood 95: 580–582. Guan B (2010) Collective behaviour and gender difference: Examples from vague language (in Chinese). Contemporary Language Studies 12: 35–38. Hofstede G (1980) Culture’s Consequences: International Differences in Work-Related Values. Beverley Hills: Sage. Hofstede G (1983) National cultures revisited. Behavior Science Research 18(4): 285–305. Mashiach R, Seidman GI and Seidman DS (2002) Use of mifepristone as an example of conflicting and misleading medical information on the Internet. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 109(4): 437–442. Miller SM (1987) Monitoring and blunting: Validation of a questionnaire to assess styles of information seeking under threat. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 52(2): 345–353. Miller SM and Mangan CE (1983) Interacting effects of information and coping style in adapting to gynecologic stress: Should the doctor tell all? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 45(1): 223–236. Mo PK, Malik SH and Coulson NS (2009) Gender differences in computer-mediated communication: A systematic literature review of online health-related support groups. Patient Education and Counseling 75(1): 16–24. Walther JB, Jang JW and Hanna Edwards AA (2018) Evaluating health advice in a web 2.0 environment: The impact of multiple user-generated factors on HIV advice perceptions. Health Communication 33(1): 57–67. Zhang G (2011) Elasticity of vague language. Intercultural Pragmatics 8: 571–599. Zhang G (2015) Elastic Language: How and Why We Stretch Our Words. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
{"title":"Book review: Nicole Mockler, <i>Constructing Teacher Identities: How the Print Media Define and Represent Teachers and Their Work</i>","authors":"Xin Lyu, Zhuokai Lyu","doi":"10.1177/17504813231193230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17504813231193230","url":null,"abstract":"Aijmer K (1997) I think – an English modal particle. In: Swan T and Westvik OJ (eds) Modality in Germanic Languages: Historical and Comparative Perspectives. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pp.1–47. Cheshire J (2007) Discourse variation, grammaticalisation and stuff like that. Journal of Sociolinguistics 11(2): 155–193. Corrales DM, Wells AE, Radecki Breitkopf C, et al. (2018) Internet use by gynecologic oncology patients and its relationship with anxiety. Journal of Health Communication 23(3): 299–305. Davies P, Peacock C and Scullard P (2010) Googling children’s health: Reliability of medical advice on the Internet. Archives of Disease in Childhood 95: 580–582. Guan B (2010) Collective behaviour and gender difference: Examples from vague language (in Chinese). Contemporary Language Studies 12: 35–38. Hofstede G (1980) Culture’s Consequences: International Differences in Work-Related Values. Beverley Hills: Sage. Hofstede G (1983) National cultures revisited. Behavior Science Research 18(4): 285–305. Mashiach R, Seidman GI and Seidman DS (2002) Use of mifepristone as an example of conflicting and misleading medical information on the Internet. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 109(4): 437–442. Miller SM (1987) Monitoring and blunting: Validation of a questionnaire to assess styles of information seeking under threat. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 52(2): 345–353. Miller SM and Mangan CE (1983) Interacting effects of information and coping style in adapting to gynecologic stress: Should the doctor tell all? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 45(1): 223–236. Mo PK, Malik SH and Coulson NS (2009) Gender differences in computer-mediated communication: A systematic literature review of online health-related support groups. Patient Education and Counseling 75(1): 16–24. Walther JB, Jang JW and Hanna Edwards AA (2018) Evaluating health advice in a web 2.0 environment: The impact of multiple user-generated factors on HIV advice perceptions. Health Communication 33(1): 57–67. Zhang G (2011) Elasticity of vague language. Intercultural Pragmatics 8: 571–599. Zhang G (2015) Elastic Language: How and Why We Stretch Our Words. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.","PeriodicalId":46726,"journal":{"name":"Discourse & Communication","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135397028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-19DOI: 10.1177/17504813231192794
Shuoyu Fang
This book, edited by Sabine Tan and Marissa K. L. E, makes a significant contribution to the Routledge Studies in Multimodality series organized by Kay O’Halloran. The purpose of this edited volume is to investigate the different meanings that emerged from a mass of discourses, modes, and media during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. The book comprises 12 chapters, arranged in four main parts after an introductory chapter. Part I (Chapters 2–3) contributes to the use of semiotic modes in static multimodal media about the COVID-19 pandemic. Abdel-Raheem (Chapter 2) uses a large corpus of Arab political cartoons to examine the metaphorical process of transforming real-world events into pictorial acts. The author presents a quantitative and qualitative analysis of frequent speech acts, with a special focus on the evaluative and performative qualities of metaphor. The procedural steps for identifying (verbo-)pictorial metaphors as well as nonverbal performatives are well explained. In the analysis of cartoons, the judging behavior can be interpreted as either positive or negative. In Chapter 3, E and Tan use a multimodal social semiotic approach to examine how Singaporeans are informed about the COVID-19 virus through the comic book medium. In addition to providing a broad overview of COVID-19-related communication practice, the chapter discusses the role of comics, pertaining to their advantages and disadvantages to communicate messages about public health. This chapter examines how five comics that reflect important themes from the COVID-19 Chronicles dataset have arranged semiotic components and used text and images in tandem in metafunctional ways. Part II (Chapters 4–5) focuses on the use of new media technologies in education and public health communication. Lim and Toh (Chapter 4) reflect on the various ways that three types of semiotic technologies, that is, video lectures, digital games, and social media, are employed to create meaning in online learning environments. The analysis follows the ‘designing learning’ considerations pertaining to knowledge representation, pedagogic interaction, and learning experience (Lim et al., 2021). By exploring the gains and losses in digital learning, the chapter highlights the significance of designing effective 1192794 DCM0010.1177/17504813231192794Discourse & CommunicationBook reviews book-review2023
这本书由谭（Sabine Tan）和玛丽莎·K·L·E（Marissa K.L.E）主编，对凯·奥哈洛伦（Kay O'Halloran）组织的“多模态劳特利奇研究”（Routledge Studies in Multimodality）系列做出了重大贡献。本编辑卷的目的是调查新冠肺炎大流行早期大量话语、模式和媒体中出现的不同含义。这本书包括12章，在介绍章之后分为四个主要部分。第一部分（第2-3章）有助于在关于新冠肺炎大流行的静态多模式媒体中使用符号模式。Abdel Raheem（第2章）使用大量阿拉伯政治漫画来研究将现实世界事件转化为图像行为的隐喻过程。作者对频繁言语行为进行了定量和定性分析，特别关注隐喻的评价性和表演性。很好地解释了识别（动词）图形隐喻和非语言表演的程序步骤。在对漫画的分析中，评判行为可以被解释为积极的或消极的。在第三章中，E和Tan使用多模式社会符号学方法来研究新加坡人是如何通过漫画媒介了解新冠肺炎病毒的。除了对新冠肺炎相关传播实践进行广泛概述外，本章还讨论了漫画的作用，以及漫画在传播公共卫生信息方面的优势和劣势。本章研究了反映新冠肺炎编年史数据集中重要主题的五部漫画如何排列符号学成分，并以元功能的方式同时使用文本和图像。第二部分（第4-5章）侧重于新媒体技术在教育和公共卫生传播中的应用。Lim和Toh（第4章）反思了三种类型的符号技术，即视频讲座、数字游戏和社交媒体，在在线学习环境中创造意义的各种方式。该分析遵循了与知识表征、教学互动和学习体验相关的“设计学习”考虑因素（Lim et al.，2021）。通过探索数字学习的收益和损失，本章强调了设计有效的1192794 DCM0010.1177/17504813231192794探索与交流书评书评2023的重要性
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Pub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.1177/17504813231185716
Marina Rospitasari, Narita Pratiwi, Hendra Zebua
the authors admit, one of the limitations of the research is that ‘some important intellectual discussions taking place outside Western academia may still be under-represented, partly reflecting our own limitations’ (2). Their research has thrown up many questions in need of further analysis as to the institutional discourses of international organizations in non-Western languages, such as Chinese and Arabic. The authors call the reader’s attention to other researchers as they argue that ‘in order to actually see how hegemonic this ideology in non-Western documents should be analyzed’ and expressing the hope that ‘other scholars will feel inspired to undertake this investigation’ (18). All that said, the book makes significant theoretical contributions to both discourse and translation studies and will be useful for researchers and students in critical discourse analysis, translation studies and political studies.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.1177/17504813231185714
Polina Mesinioti
those readers who are not familiar with stylistics and its analytical tools, and are also an inspiration and enlightenment for scholars engaged in interdisciplinary research in stylistics, discourse analysis and ecolinguistics. In general, this book discusses the stories we live by focusing on ecocentrism in an interdisciplinary perspective, which will be of interest to linguists, biologists, academic researchers and sustainability officers working in environmental agencies and organizations.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.1177/17504813231185715
Yuan Ping
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Pub Date : 2023-06-09DOI: 10.1177/17504813231177280
Jonathan Hendrickx, Annelien Van Remoortere, M. Opgenhaffen
Facebook remains the most important platform where social media editors package and try to ‘sell’ media outlets’ online news articles to audiences. In one of the first studies of its kind, we assess how this practice was effectuated during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. We use computational analysis to determine the polarity, subjectivity and use of some linguistics features in the status messages of 140,359 Facebook posts of 17 mainstream and alternative news titles from Flanders (Belgium) between March 2020 and 2021. Among other things, we find that status messages score considerably higher than headlines in terms of polarity and subjectivity, and that they, along with the use of question and interrogation marks, peaked in the first months of the pandemic. We contextualise our findings within existing scholarship and wider trends in increasingly digitised and globalised media societies.
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