Ideology and Power in the Headlines: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Bangladesh-China Relations

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Abstract

Using the framework of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), this study aims to explore how Bangladesh’s news agency BSS (1975BSS ( -2016) ) represents the relationship between Bangladesh and China. Within this framework, three methods are employed to collect data: (i) content analysis of the 41-year media coverage, (ii) interviews, and (iii) observations at the newsrooms. By examining 140 news headlines, this article shows how the BSS under government control represents China and Bangladesh-China relations. The news headline falls into macro and micro levels of analysis. The macro-level analysis focuses on the ownership and control factors of the BSS, while the micro-level analysis deals with the content analysis. The findings show that the BSS editor has concentrated more on diplomatic news items occurring in Dhaka than in Beijing, highly reported with government officials. Then this paper adopts the framework of CDA, which is mainly concerned with the relationship between language, ideology, and power. Utilizing Halliday’s Systemic Functional Grammar as a tool for CDA, this study aims to explore the ideological meanings in the news headline termed as a ‘micro story’: A pair of questions will answer how the subjects are historically represented through the BSS media discourse on the topic.

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How to Cite This Article

Muhammad Anisur Rahman Akanda. 2020. "Ideology and Power in the Headlines: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Bangladesh-China Relations". Global Journal of Human-Social Science - G: Linguistics & Education GJHSS-G Volume 20 (GJHSS Volume 20 Issue G7).

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