environmental discourses in the media

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A basic introduction to discourse analysis. This slideshow is used for a discussion of environmental discourses in media

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Page 1: Environmental Discourses in the Media

Antonio Lopez creative commons license 3.0 http://mediacology.com

Discourses

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Discourse is the way people talk a bout

something

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PoliticsProfessionsWorkplaces

Social groupsCultures

Examples:

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MetaphorsTropes

SynecdocheMetonymy

Allegory

Discourses consist of “short cuts”:

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Metaphor: “Understandingand explaining one kind of thingin terms of another”

Lakoff and Johnson, MetaphorsWe Live By

“Metaphors open doors”

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Trope: “Storytelling devices andconventions that a writer can reasonably rely on as being present in the audience member’sminds and expectations.” Tvtropes.com

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Synecdoche: “Part stands for the whole”

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Metonymy: “Figure of speechwhen an object replaces theother that is closely associatedwith it.”

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Allegory: “A story, poem, orpicture that can be interpretedto reveal hidden meanings, Typically a moral or political one.”

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“Earth”

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“Pastoral”

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“Wild”/“Wilderness”

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“Pollution””

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“Eco-Apocalypse”

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“Eco-Utopia”

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“Progress”

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“Progress”

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“Economy”

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“People Power”

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“Civilization”