Handbook on Critical Discourse Studies

Edited by Bernhard Forchtner, School of Arts, Media, and Communication, University of Leicester, UK and Franco Zappettini, Faculty of Political Sciences, Sociology and Communication, La Sapienza University in Rome, Italy

‘Featuring an impressive line-up of contributions, this comprehensive Handbook showcases the diversity, richness and discipline-spanning flexibility of Critical Discourse Studies (CDS). Originally organised in interviews, methodological debates, literature surveys and case studies, the contributing chapters provide an illuminating review of key perspectives, approaches and topics in CDS. From students entering the field to established scholars looking to delve further into CDS, this handbook provides a practical guide and a valuable tool for navigating the complexities of discourse, power and social change. This is a must-have resource offering clear insights into the critical dimensions of language in action.’

• Contents1 Welcome to the introduction of Handbook on Critical Discourse Studies 1PART I PERSPECTIVES – CONVERSATIONS WITH CRITICAL DISCOURSE STUDIES SCHOLARS2 ‘The key linguistic universal is the ability in every language to say no’ 123 ‘I don’t separate the cognitive and the rhetorical’ 194 ‘I figured Marx was doing language analysis’ 285 ‘I like an evidence-based CDA’ 366 ‘It’s an approach which allows for the most of inter- or transdisciplinary dialogue’ 437 ‘The classroom is the best place to engage students in critical discussion for social change’ 538 ‘We can only build situated knowledge, even if some situated knowledge dresses as if it were universal’ 629 ‘We’ve got to work out how our knowledge can be used for public good’ 7410 ‘CDS moves with the times’ 8111 ‘CDS needs a cognitive analysis of the role of knowledge, attitudes, ideologies, norms and values’ 8912 ‘You make a lens and the lens leaves something out’ 9713 ‘I do believe that we do have some impact, but it will take a long time and it’s all small steps’ 10414 Critical discourse studies: A decolonial approach 113PART II DEBATES – NAVIGATING METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES15 Contexts of complementarity: An easy relationship between critical discourse studies and ethnography 12916 Towards a social and ethnographic multimodal critical discourse analysis 14117 Anything goes? Integrating qualitative and quantitative methods in critical discourse studies 15818 Argumentation, cognition and manipulation in critical discourse studies 17519 Affect in/and critical discourse studies 19020 Critical discourse studies and the rise of social media: Methodological debates and challenges 203PART III TOPICS – MAPPING THE FIELD AND CASE STUDIESSection 1 The natural environment21 Critical discourse studies and the environment 21922 Incorporating text mining into critical discourse studies: A corpus-assisted discourse study of press representations of climate change in China 230Section 2 Neoliberal economy23 The discursive power of economic reasoning in the neoliberal era 24524 ‘Diagonalist’ discourses: A case study of Russell Brand under-labouring the far right 256Section 3 Media and democracy25 Gatekeeping the public sphere 26926 Lapdog interviewers: A critical discursive analysis of flattery towards political figures on the air 281Section 4 Gender and sexuality27 Gender and sexuality in critical discourse studies 29428 Identity construction of transgender women: A multimodal critical discourse analysis of videos on Chinese social media 306Section 5 Health and wellbeing29 Critical discourse studies and health communication 31930 What is good care, and who is it good for? A multimodal critical discourse analysis of UK care home websites 331Section 6 Immigration and discrimination31 Researching immigration and racism with critical discourse studies 34632 ‘Our country will not be an open-field’: Analysing Greek electoral campaigns on the migration issue through the lens of critical discourse studies 358Section 7 Communication and governance33 Discursive strategies of power and governance 37134 Discourse and governance 382Section 8 Conflict, war and terrorism35 Mapping the field of critical discourse studies on war and armed conflict 39636 Critical discourse studies of conflict, war and terrorism: A case study of Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab 407