The discursive representation of male sex workers in Thai newspapers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7477160 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nattawaj Kijratanakoson (0000-0001-5629-2063, Chulalongkorn University Language Institute, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1572-1592 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1464-8849 • E-ISSN: 1741-3001 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14648849211062760 |
| OpenAlex | W4206976084 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 39 |
The objective of this study is to examine how male sex workers are represented in Thai newspapers. The analysis is contingent upon Reisigl and Wodak’s concept of discursive strategy in conjunction with Machin and Mayr’s compilation of transitivity analysis. Methodologically, this study employs corpus-assisted discourse analysis. The 45,769-word corpus consists of news articles retrieved from the websites of 11 Thai newspapers. They were published in English between the period of 2000 and 2019. Findings reveal that the media pursue the nomination, predication, argumentation, perspectivization together with intensification and mitigation strategies to portray male sex workers in a non-threatening fashion. Possible contributing factors behind such portrayal are discussed
Aesthetics · Argumentation theory · Art · Conjunction (astronomy · Content analysis · Critical discourse analysis · Discourse analysis · Linguistics · Media studies · Newspaper · Nomination · Period (music · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Social science · Sociology · Transitive relation · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Mathematics · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Gender Studies · Law
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |