Critical Discourse Studies (CDS) is an inter-disciplinary approach to language in use, which
aims to advance our understanding of how discourse figures in social processes, social …

Highlighting a number of perspectives from critical social theory and research as well as
critical language and discourse studies, this paper explores conceptions of normalisation …

This article postulates broadening as well as deepening the agenda for critical research on
the role of discursive practices in media, journalism and the wider public sphere/s in …

This article highlights that by focusing on concepts, many contemporary discourses
increasingly turn towards (re/definitions of) various abstract ideas while moving their focus …

Neoliberalism is a slippery concept, neither intellectually precise nor political useful. It is
used so widely, to mean such different things, that it becomes almost impossibly vague …

The relation between journalists and politicians in liberal democracies is traditionally
conceptualized as highly institutionalized, based on mutual dependence, and grounded in a …

Abstract “Coal Under Pressure” stages the authors' investigation of rhetorical strategies used
by the US coal industry to advance its interests in the face of growing economic and …

This paper examines the cultural politics of a conjunctural moment where the terms of
neoliberal hegemony have been destabilized and the far right has been reinvigorated …

The point of departure of this essay is the growing attention to affect as an important aspect
of political participation, particularly in the context of online media's role in democracy and …

Examining women's magazines and lifestyle coaching, the article explores how positivity
imperatives in contemporary culture call forth a happy, confident, hopeful, and vibrant …