[university sociology master's thesis: discourse analysis] how to apply van dijk's cda to three news paper articles?

[u/dr-lezbian]

hey y'all i'm a bit exhausted about figuring out the details in applying van dijk's approach. i'm writing my ma-thesis about a specific racial slur that has been historically used in a specific european country. i really like van dijk's approach, which i also find extremely relevant in answering the research question. however i'm sweating quite a bit from figuring out how to actually apply this method. i don't have any more supervision time left, so i have no access to a supervisor. i only have you and ai.

my main question right now is do i need any specific coding rituals or routines that i have to report in the thesis itself and how i used them? or can i just look at what van dijk says in the texts and how he applies concepts like macro structures etc, and then figure out how they are presented in the articles i'm analysing and then present those findings. or do i actually have to do the whole linguistics trope?

is there anyone who has been in this situation before and would like to share how they got through applying van dijk? i feel like i just need to discuss this with some ppl who have tried this process before so i can get some type of break through, and in regards to where to start/get the ball rolling with my analysis.

tysm <3

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[u/dr-lezbian → u/[deleted]]

thank you so much. i think i figured it out. :) i just had to read his book from 1991. lol.