Digital media’s discursive strategies against anabolic-androgenic steroids

A corpus-assisted discourse analysis

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5966576
AutoresNattawaj Kijratanakoson (0000-0001-5629-2063, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen22
Número3
Páginas339-355
Fecha de publicación2020-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDiscourse Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1461-4456 • E-ISSN: 1461-7080
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1461445620906024
OpenAlexW3007371174
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas30

The purposes of this study are twofold. First, it investigates how the digital media discursively react against the use of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS). Second, it examines how Thailand is portrayed as a venue for steroid holiday among recreational bodybuilders from the Western countries. Adhering to the principle of theoretical triangulation, the study employs two frameworks including Reisigl and Wodak’s discursive strategies and Van Dijk’s ideological structures. The methodology undertaken is a corpus-assisted discourse analysis. The corpus contains 100 articles published on various websites between the period of 2014 and 2019 with the total number of 107,116 words. Main findings indicate that, regarding the first purpose, the media portray AAS as the ‘outgroup’ by employing various negative lexical items while attempting to dilute any claimed benefits. Concerning the second purpose, Thailand is represented as a venue in which AAS are easily available coupled with corrupt dealers and lax regulations

Critical discourse analysis · Discourse analysis · Ideology · Linguistics · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Triangulation · Doping in Sports · Gender Studies · Hormonal and reproductive studies · Philosophy · Psychology