Blue Sky Workshop: Evidencing Ideology: Directions for Critical Discourse Analysis

Session Submission Type: Meeting

Abstract

Ideological analysis is a central concern for critical-qualitative communication researchers. Many sophisticated tools help us identify the uses and abuses of power in discourse. Nevertheless, we have been challenged to demonstrate the reliability and validity of our findings. In this workshop, we introduce Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) as a rigorous, empirical, critical-qualitative approach to data analysis. We tackle two primary objectives: 1) We address contemporary debates in CDA scholarship, including how we code data using CDA; whether CDA is a theory, method, or worldview; and why CDA is oft-cited but poorly understood in some sub-fields, and 2) We invite participants to share how they have used CDA in their own work, and how they might apply CDA in future projects.

Sub Unit

• Sponsored Sessions

Chair

• Chelsea Julian Reynolds, California State University Fullerton