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Acceptable bias? Using corpus linguistics methods with critical discourse analysis. / Baker, Paul.
In: Critical Discourse Studies, Vol. 9, No. 3, 2012, p. 247-256.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Acceptable bias?
T2 - Using corpus linguistics methods with critical discourse analysis
AU - Baker, Paul
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This paper considers the proposal that corpus linguistics approaches can improve the objectivity of critical discourse analysis research, resulting in a more robust and valid set of findings. Taking a recent project which examined the representation of Islam and Muslims in the British press, corpus-driven procedures identified that Muslims tended to be linked to the concept of extreme belief much more than moderate or strong belief. There were differences across newspapers, with 1 in 8 Muslims describing it as extreme in The People while this figure was 1 in 35 for The Guardian. Such patterns of quantification, however, still require researchers to carry out their own critical interpretations with regard to what counts as acceptable frequencies.
AB - This paper considers the proposal that corpus linguistics approaches can improve the objectivity of critical discourse analysis research, resulting in a more robust and valid set of findings. Taking a recent project which examined the representation of Islam and Muslims in the British press, corpus-driven procedures identified that Muslims tended to be linked to the concept of extreme belief much more than moderate or strong belief. There were differences across newspapers, with 1 in 8 Muslims describing it as extreme in The People while this figure was 1 in 35 for The Guardian. Such patterns of quantification, however, still require researchers to carry out their own critical interpretations with regard to what counts as acceptable frequencies.
KW - corpus linguistics
KW - Islam
KW - bias
KW - extremism
KW - CDA
U2 - 10.1080/17405904.2012.688297
DO - 10.1080/17405904.2012.688297
M3 - Journal article
VL - 9
SP - 247
EP - 256
JO - Critical Discourse Studies
JF - Critical Discourse Studies
SN - 1740-5904
IS - 3
ER -