Source : Ar, Mustafa. 2015. Language and Ideology in Text
on Globalization ; A critical Discourse Analysis. 5 (2) www.ccsenet.org/ijel
The journal discussed how discourse and
ideology are interconnected in texts on globalization, especially the global
economy. Accorrding to the textual and sociological analysis , there are two central interrelated ideologies in the
discourse of globalization: new capitalism and neoliberalism. These political
economic ideologies are construed linguistically through vocabulary and
socially through universalization. Specifically, the main objective of this
journal is to analyze how the discourse of globalization is constructed in
Opinion-Editorials (signed newspaper articles) and political speeches and to
identify what ideology is embedded in those texts.
The sources of texts come from two types
of genres: newspaper OP-Ed articles and speeches on globalization, particularly
global economy. The Op-Ed articles come from the Washington Post and China
Daily. Moreover, The
speeches for the U.S. data were chosen from the remarks of Ben Bernanke and
Frederic Mishkin and the speeches by President George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
The texts were collected by browsing the sites, using the keywords
‘globalization’, ‘global economy’, and ‘world economy’, appearing in the title
or in texts. Six Op-Ed articles and eight speeches were selected. The texts
altogether consist of 30.969 words. The study refers only to texts that have
been made available online between 2005 and 2011.\
This journal found that several word commonly shows in economic
article and speech include : development, growth, international, reform, open,
investment, capital, change/exchange, liberalization, labor, management, competition,
technology, free+market/ free+trade and communication/telecommunication.
Moreover, the most common keyword is “development”. It used in a broad economic context, meaning
the application of human, financial and natural resources to satisfy human
needs and well-being.
In conclusion, new
capitalism is a form of capitalism that has attempted to dominate the power in
the global economy, politic and other social aspects of human life. Then, neoliberalism is ideology and the political project that attempts to
achieve the full development of new
economies. Neoliberalist sees globalization as an inexorable economic
logic in the contemporary capitalist society.
In short, globalization is real; however, people need to be aware of
both its discursive and material processes
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