The discursive representation of the International Baccalaureate in the global press
A Computer-Assisted Discourse Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2931383 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Saira Fitzgerald (0000-0002-0491-0824, Lancaster University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 695-712 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Discourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0159-6306 • E-ISSN: 1469-3739 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01596306.2022.2104811 |
| OpenAlex | W4287146883 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 40 |
As part of the global education industry, the International Baccalaureate (IB) plays an important role in education systems around the world. Although laudatory descriptions of the IB abound, knowledge about it remains vague and superficial, relying predominantly on information produced by the IB organization or its affiliates. To gain fresh insight into the IB phenomenon, this study combines corpus linguistics and critical discourse analysis to examine representation of the IB around the world in non-IB generated data. Based on the principle that choice in language is not random, meaning is intimately connected with the way words are used, a 23 million word corpus of global press articles and Sketch Engine, patterns of typicality are analyzed to uncover values associated with the IB that are taken for granted. Findings show hegemonic ways of talking about the IB in highly positive terms tied to corresponding discourses of deficiency surrounding other education systems
Corpus linguistics · Critical discourse analysis · Discourse analysis · Epistemology · Hegemony · Linguistics · Phenomenon · Political science · Sketch · Sociology · Computer Science · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Second Language Learning and Teaching
Using Corpora in Discourse Analysis
Patterns and Meanings in Discourse
Methods of Critical Discourse Studies
World Yearbook of Education 2016
Corpora in Applied Linguistics
The education debate
Discourse and Discrimination
Texts, corpora, and problems of interpretation
The contribution of the International Baccalaureate Diploma to educational inequalities
Discourse Analysis and Media Attitudes
Resisting the seduction of the global education measurement industry
The Sketch Engine
Struggling for recognition
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Pisa for scandalisation, Pisa for projection
Re-reading the OECD and education
Teachers’ Work in Curricular Markets
Internationalism and globalization as contexts for international education
Covid-19 and the International Baccalaureate
World Year Book of Education, 1991
When you're in with the in-crowd
Real men don't hate women
Transgender identity labels in the British press
The discursive representation of the International Baccalaureate in the global press
The International Baccalaureate and a framework for class consciousness
The appeal of the International Baccalaureate in Australia's educational market
Mining large corpora for social information
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |