Stephen Goulding
Biographic Data
| ID | 3905336 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen Goulding |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen |
| FAMILY NAME | Goulding |
| SIGNATURE | GOULDING S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham Ningbo China |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7526-915X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Discursive diplomacy: Constructing Russia and Ukraine in the English-language press of East Asian democratic nations
This article examines how the public diplomatic, English-language press in East Asian democracies – Japan, South Korea and Taiwan – constructed Russia and Ukraine in the first year of the war. Drawing on a 2.06-million word corpus of news coverage from The Japan News, The Korea Herald, The Korea Times, and Taiwan News, we undertake a corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis of the most frequent collocate variations of identity construction ter…
Labelling state feminism: The discursive construction of female actors at the China National Museum of Women and Children
This article critically examines how state feminism is discursively constructed by the China National Museum of Women and Children (CNMWC), a state-controlled institution administered by the All-China Women’s Federation. Drawing on van Leeuwen’s framework for the representation of social actors and Ravelli’s approach to museum texts, the study conducts a comparative critical discourse analysis of two CNMWC exhibitions: one focused on historical r…
Caste across borders: Persistence and transformation in diaspora
This Special Issue examines caste as a social structure that persists and is reorganized through migration, challenging assumptions that movement across borders weakens inherited hierarchies. Drawing on historical analysis, ethnography, legal scholarship and policy studies, it situates caste within diasporic social life across contexts, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Nepal, Malaysia and additional national settings ex…
Spitting across the barricades: Hip-hop and cultural resistance in post-conflict Belfast
Belfast, the epicentre of a bicultural society, has seen cultural resistance perpetuate longstanding ethnic divisions between Catholics and Protestants during and after the Troubles. While Belfast’s early post-conflict hip-hop culture largely remained immune to sectarian differentiation, recent years have seen a growing trend of ethno-politicisation in the city’s hip-hop scene, a trend driven by the emergence of two prominent local artists – Youn…
(De)Legitimating support: British newspapers’ legitimation strategies during the Battle of Bakhmut
This study investigates the discursive legitimation strategies employed by British newspapers during the Battle of Bakhmut in the Russo–Ukrainian War. Drawing data from four prominent tabloid(ized) newspapers – The Sun, The Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph and The Evening Standard – the authors employed Van Leeuwen’s framework (see ‘Discourse and practice: New tools for Critical Discourse Analysis, 2008) to explore how these outlets constructed (d…
Discursive ethnographic meme analysis: Balancing etic and emic perspectives in meme studies
Making Meaning from Disorder: Public Understandings of Riots as Discursive-Mediated Events
Introduction: Riots are a recurring element of social and political resistance, yet their communicative dimensions are often underexplored in social theory. This study addresses this shortcoming by introducing the concept of riots as discursive-mediated events. We present a new theoretical and analytical framework to explore how different groups and social institutions negotiate the interpretation and meaning of riots. Materials and methods: Our …
Fragmentation, taboos and advocacy: An examination of the Indian-Australian ethnic media
This article examines the advocacy role of Indian-Australian ethnic media and their efforts to address sociocultural issues within the Indian diaspora in Australia. Based on interviews with twelve media producers, the study explores how these outlets raise awareness of challenges such as casteism, dowry practices and sociopolitical divides. Ethnic media play a vital role in multicultural societies, expressing cultural identity while managing rela…
Representing the (un)finished revolution in Belfast's political murals
Political murals have a long history in Northern Ireland. During the Troubles, political murals were used by republicans in working-class areas to construct narratives that would legitimise their ideological assertions and help galvanise popular support for their political causes. In recent years, Belfast's republican political murals have not only become the forefront of a flourishing political tourism sector, but they also provide a risk-free m…
Representing the (un)finished revolution in Belfast's political murals
Political murals have a long history in Northern Ireland. During the Troubles, political murals were used by republicans in working-class areas to construct narratives that would legitimise their ideological assertions and help galvanise popular support for their political causes. In recent years, Belfast's republican political murals have not only become the forefront of a flourishing political tourism sector, but they also provide a risk-free m…
Representing the (un)finished revolution in Belfast's political murals
Political murals have a long history in Northern Ireland. During the Troubles, political murals were used by republicans in working-class areas to construct narratives that would legitimise their ideological assertions and help galvanise popular support for their political causes. In recent years, Belfast's republican political murals have not only become the forefront of a flourishing political tourism sector, but they also provide a risk-free m…
(De)Legitimating support: British newspapers’ legitimation strategies during the Battle of Bakhmut
This study investigates the discursive legitimation strategies employed by British newspapers during the Battle of Bakhmut in the Russo–Ukrainian War. Drawing data from four prominent tabloid(ized) newspapers – The Sun, The Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph and The Evening Standard – the authors employed Van Leeuwen’s framework (see ‘Discourse and practice: New tools for Critical Discourse Analysis, 2008) to explore how these outlets constructed (d…
Discursive ethnographic meme analysis: Balancing etic and emic perspectives in meme studies
Making Meaning from Disorder: Public Understandings of Riots as Discursive-Mediated Events
Introduction: Riots are a recurring element of social and political resistance, yet their communicative dimensions are often underexplored in social theory. This study addresses this shortcoming by introducing the concept of riots as discursive-mediated events. We present a new theoretical and analytical framework to explore how different groups and social institutions negotiate the interpretation and meaning of riots. Materials and methods: Our …
Fragmentation, taboos and advocacy: An examination of the Indian-Australian ethnic media
This article examines the advocacy role of Indian-Australian ethnic media and their efforts to address sociocultural issues within the Indian diaspora in Australia. Based on interviews with twelve media producers, the study explores how these outlets raise awareness of challenges such as casteism, dowry practices and sociopolitical divides. Ethnic media play a vital role in multicultural societies, expressing cultural identity while managing rela…
Discursive diplomacy: Constructing Russia and Ukraine in the English-language press of East Asian democratic nations
This article examines how the public diplomatic, English-language press in East Asian democracies – Japan, South Korea and Taiwan – constructed Russia and Ukraine in the first year of the war. Drawing on a 2.06-million word corpus of news coverage from The Japan News, The Korea Herald, The Korea Times, and Taiwan News, we undertake a corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis of the most frequent collocate variations of identity construction ter…
Labelling state feminism: The discursive construction of female actors at the China National Museum of Women and Children
This article critically examines how state feminism is discursively constructed by the China National Museum of Women and Children (CNMWC), a state-controlled institution administered by the All-China Women’s Federation. Drawing on van Leeuwen’s framework for the representation of social actors and Ravelli’s approach to museum texts, the study conducts a comparative critical discourse analysis of two CNMWC exhibitions: one focused on historical r…
Caste across borders: Persistence and transformation in diaspora
This Special Issue examines caste as a social structure that persists and is reorganized through migration, challenging assumptions that movement across borders weakens inherited hierarchies. Drawing on historical analysis, ethnography, legal scholarship and policy studies, it situates caste within diasporic social life across contexts, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Nepal, Malaysia and additional national settings ex…
Spitting across the barricades: Hip-hop and cultural resistance in post-conflict Belfast
Belfast, the epicentre of a bicultural society, has seen cultural resistance perpetuate longstanding ethnic divisions between Catholics and Protestants during and after the Troubles. While Belfast’s early post-conflict hip-hop culture largely remained immune to sectarian differentiation, recent years have seen a growing trend of ethno-politicisation in the city’s hip-hop scene, a trend driven by the emergence of two prominent local artists – Youn…
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (2 works) · Ethnic group (2 works) · Ideology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Media Studies and Communication (2 works) · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration (2 works)