Representations of Naya Pakistan: A corpus-based study of Pakistani media discourses

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2022-06-22 DOI:10.1177/20578911221105726

M. Afzaal, S. Naqvi, Gulrukh Raees

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Abstract

The study investigates how Pakistani media discourses represented the populist political rhetoric of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) between 2016 and 2018. Applying the theoretical lens of corpus-based critical discourse analysis to a specially constructed corpus, the study examines how PTI's populist political rhetoric was co-opted by the media to garner public support for it prior to the 2018 elections and then to criticize its performance following electoral victory. The selected corpus comprised news, articles, and headlines published in English newspapers between 2016 and 2018. Based on the analysis, the study identifies linguistic devices and strategies in the media discourses covering PTI's run-up to the elections and ascent to power. It also sheds light on the types of populism exercised by the media in depicting political messages to move from promotion of PTI's vision and rhetoric to critique of its perceived post-election failure to fulfil its promises. Concordance lines and collocation analysis furnish evidence of a shift in the media discourses from pre-election optimism and ideological valorization of the PTI agenda to failure and loss of hope in the PTI government following its assumption of leadership.

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纳亚巴基斯坦的表征:基于语料库的巴基斯坦媒体话语研究

该研究调查了2016年至2018年间巴基斯坦媒体话语如何代表巴基斯坦正义运动党(PTI)的民粹主义政治言论。该研究将基于语料库的批评话语分析的理论视角应用于一个特殊构建的语料库，研究了PTI的民粹主义政治言论是如何被媒体利用的，以便在2018年选举之前获得公众支持，然后在选举胜利后批评其表现。所选语料库包括2016年至2018年期间在英文报纸上发表的新闻、文章和标题。基于分析，该研究确定了媒体话语中的语言手段和策略，这些话语涵盖了PTI的选举准备和掌权。它还揭示了媒体在描述政治信息时所运用的民粹主义类型，从促进PTI的愿景和修辞，到批评其在选举后未能履行承诺。一致性线和搭配分析提供了证据，证明媒体话语从选举前的乐观主义和PTI议程的意识形态价值取向转变为PTI政府在其担任领导后的失败和失去希望。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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