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<DIV><FONT size=2>Hi there, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I am looking for help and a push in the right direction. And
perhaps collaboration?! Is anyone working on 'counter-discourses'? Or
'subversive / emancipatory / resistant' discourses?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=1>i'm researching the representation of Russia in the press. At
the moment i'm fascinated by the way an 'oppositional'
discourse/opinion/position finds its way into a journal (e.g. for one particular
newspaper in Britain, Russia is consistently the Big Bad Guy [Re-Stalinization,
brutality in Chechnya, roll-back of democracy, etc], but sometimes a comment
piece is printed which supports Russian policies and actions).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=1>So far i haven't found much published work on
counter-discourses from a CDA perspective. There is a lot of writing
on activism and alternative media contesting the mainstream media
(e.g. McChesney 2004, Atton 2002, Couldry and Curran 2003), but there's nothing
discursive about these papers. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>There is Jim Martin and David Rose's (2003) Positive
Discourse Analysis from SFL, but they don't really discuss 'contesting' a
dominant position; their focus is more on positive, uplifting
texts.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>Then there is George Lakoff (2004) and his metaphoric
re-framing of the debate - which does suggest ways of countering a
prevalent position, e.g., in the nation-as-family, progressives should reframe
politicians as 'nurturing parent' (as progressives see them), rather than
'strict father' (the conservatives' view). </FONT><FONT size=1>But he
only focuses on the overarching/underlying conceptual metaphor.
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<DIV><FONT size=1></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>Carmen Rosa Caldas-Couthard (2003) wrote an interesting piece
mentioning counter-discourse: about the Brazilian press reaction to foreign
press coverage of Brazil, and also the way they use parody to mock the 'first
world'. But she is analysing a press organization which counters a
different press organization (not an article which counters the
dominant position in that same newspaper).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>The final thing which looks intriguing is Michael Bomberg and
Molly Andrews (Eds) (2004) 'Considering Counter-Narratives: Narrating,
resisting, making sense'. My library is working on it!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=1>Can you add to this list?!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>Thanks, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>Flyss</FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><FONT size=1>Atton, C. (2002). “News Cultures and New
Social Movements: radical journalism and the mainstream media.” <U>Journalism
Studies</U> <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">3</B>(4):
491-505.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><FONT size=1></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><FONT size=1>Caldas-Couthard, C. R. (2003).
'Cross-cultural representations of 'Otherness' in media discourse'. In Weiss, G.
and Wodak, R., <U>Critical Discourse Analysis: Theory and
Interdisciplinarity</U>. New York, Palgrave Macmillan.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><FONT size=1>Couldry, N. and Curran J., Eds. (2003).
<U>Contesting Media Power: Alternative Media in a Networked World</U>. Oxford,
Rowman and Littlefield.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><FONT size=1></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><FONT size=1>Lakoff, G. (2004). <U>Don't think of an
elephant! : know your values and frame the debate: the essential guide for
progressives</U>. White River Junction, Vt., Chelsea Green Pub
Co.</FONT></P></SPAN>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><FONT size=1></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><FONT size=1>Martin, J. and Rose, D. (2002) <U>Working
With Discourse : M</U><U>eaning beyond the clause</U>. London,
Continuum.</FONT></P></SPAN>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><FONT size=1>McChesney, R. W. and Scott, Ben, Eds.
(2004). <U>Our Unfree Press : 100 years of radical media criticism</U>. New
York, New Press.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P></DIV>
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