This presentations focuses on CDA as a method of social enquiry that foregrounds language and communication as paramount in the construction, maintenance and challenging of social dynamics and social realities. The presentation will discuss the key ontologies and methodologies associated with CDA as well as providing specific examples of their applications to the analysis of media and political discourses.
Wodak, R. and Meyer, M (2015). Methods of critical discourse studies. Los Angeles, Calif. London: SAGE.