Discourse Analysis Question

Part A

1.      What is Discourse Analysis?

Discourse Analysis is a general term for a number of approach to analyce written,vocal,or sign language use,or any significant semiotic event.

2.      Please mention 2 Major areasof DA?

Ø  Social science

Ø  Economic science

3.      Mention each 3 experts in DA and their works?

a.       Norman fairclough

Book review :Siobhan chapman .susan stebbing and the common sense practical reasoning in political discourse,the UK government’s responseto the economic crisis in the 2008 pre-budget report.

b.      Ellen barton

Linguistic discourse analysis :how the language in text works

c.       Martel bloor & Thomas bloor

The practice of critical discourse analysis in an introduction.

4.       mention each 3 experts in one specific areas of DA and their works!

A. Linda Aldoory

Dr. Aldoory publishes in the areas of health communication, public relations and mass media. She has served as advisor to the National Cancer Institute and the Centers for Disease Control. Dr. Aldoory is the author of several articles and co-editor of The Gender Challenge to Media: Diverse Voices from the Field.

Particular areas of interest include: Health Campaigns for Women, Disparities in Health Communication, and Public Relations as a Gendered Profession.

B.Kathleen  E. Kendall

Dr. Kendall is a nationally known expert on American political campaign communication, particularly the interaction of candidates and the media. She is the author/editor of Communication in the Presidential Primaries: Candidates and the Media, 1912-2000 and Presidential Campaign Discourse: Strategic Communication Problems.

Particular areas of interest include: Presidential Primaries, Presidential Debates, Media & Politics.

 C.Sahar Khamis

Dr. Khamis's areas of teaching and research interest include: Public Relations, Advertising, Public Opinion, Audience Research, Mass Media Campaigns, Gender and Media Studies, Women's Media Images and Portrayals, Mass Media and National Development, Ethnographic Media Studies, as well as International and Intercultural Communication.

Part B

a.       Discourse psychology (DP) is a from discourse Analysis that focuses on psychological themes in talk,text and images.

b.      inter-discipline means an organizational unit that involves two or more academic disciplines, but which have the formal criteria of disciplines such as dedicated research journals, conferences and university departments.

c.       - Social practice is a theory within psychology that seeks to determine the link between practice and context within social situations.

-          Social Practice is a term that has allegiances with a number of movements in experimental art and performance studies.