Nurfitriani, Annisa
(2022)
Resistance Discourse against Gender Discrimination: A Critical Discourse Analysis Study.
Skripsi thesis, Universitas Negeri Padang.
Abstract
This research analyzed resistance against gender discrimination in a US-based feminist magazine, Ms. Employing Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), this
research aimed to find the discourse topics and discourse strategies used in ten selected news and opinion articles published by Ms. and to reveal how the feminist magazine resist gender discrimination and try to make a change in
society based on their ideology through discourse. This study focused in examining how the writers of the articles and Ms. as a feminist media present themselves and other groups based on their belief. This researcher used
qualitative method and employed van Djik‟s Ideological Square (2000) or positive self and negative other- presentation as the theoretical framework to analyze the
data. From the selected articles, the researcher collected 188 data. Nine discourse topics and 22 discourse strategies were found in the data. The findings of this research reveal that the topics discussed in the selected articles were not
only limited on gender issues but also included racism and democracy issues. Moreover, various discourse strategies were used in the selected articles to convey negative presentation towards the out-groups (e.g. patriarchy,
authoritarianism, and corporate-media) and positive self-presentation towards the in-groups (e.g. feminism, women, and feminist media).
Key words: CDA, Feminist media, Ideological Square, Discourse Topics, Discourse Strategies
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