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 …

This chapter focuses on Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), but embeds the discussion in
some general reflections on the place of the concept of discourse in media studies. It reflects …

While many know or have used the term Managerialism, the development of a theory about
Managerialism remains largely non‐existent. When management becomes an ideology we …

This article considers how reporting about work during the COVID-19 pandemic operated as
a field of discourse that challenged the ideological workings of neoliberalism. By …

In this response to our critics and fellow-travellers we reaffirm our claim that contemporary
media studies should reinvent a critical concept of ideology. We do this through addressing …

Abstract Ernesto Laclau's post-Marxist discourse theory is increasingly utilised within media
studies in order to investigate discourses circulating about, within, and through media …

How might we map the different horizons, questions, topics and concerns that come into
view when we bring together the signifiers “critique”,“postcritique” and the “present …

Practice theories of our equipped and situated tacit construction of participatory narrative
meaning are evident in multiple disciplines from architectural to communication study …

This article outlines a blueprint for ideology critique in political media grounded in critical
realist philosophy of science. The approach brings theories of ideological hegemony as …

This paper qualitatively examines a Swedish case where a TV broadcaster takes it upon
itself to confront discriminatory practices in sports by addressing issues of segregation and …