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Evaluation and Interpretation: Research on Policy Discourse of the International Wushu Federation Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The International Wushu Federation (IWUF) is the most influential organization entity in Wushu internationalization and plays an irreplaceable role in Wushu’s entry into the Olympics and the Wushu’s popularization. Evaluating the development and the policy of the IWUF can contribute to clarify the role and value of the IWUF and broaden the observation perspective of Wushu internationalisation. However, the theoretical value and practical ...
Opening the black box of communication policy-making: Analysing policy change through the lenses of networks and discourse Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Policy-making takes place in a black box. Most of the current research on communication and Internet policies looks at policy texts and positions either from an ex-ante or from an ex-post perspective. While the first approach examines the empirical data, interests, opinions and political conditions that lead to a certain policy solution, the second evaluates existing policies with regard to their appropriateness, implementation and effects. Most ...
The right to die: a Belgian case study combining reception studies and discourse theory Vrije Universiteit Brussel
While a tradition of cross-fertilization between media studies and discourse theory has sprung up over the last decades, audience reception studies have remained outside the scope of discourse-theoretical media scholars. This article fills that gap and asserts that combining the discourse theory of Laclau and Mouffe (further developed by the Essex School) with reception studies provides a valuable and original approach that enhances scholars’ ...
The European commission's neoliberal trade discourse since the crisis: legitimizing continuity through subtle discursive change Universiteit Gent
Research Highlights and Abstract Within the European Union (EU), the neoliberal trade policy has not only survived the global financial crisis (GFC) and Eurozone crisis, but has been reinforced throughout these crises. This has been helped by a legitimizing discourse by the European Commission that has continuously depicted free trade in a favourable relationship vis-a-vis the GFC and the Eurozone crisis. Empirically, this article shows how ...
Using Discourse Theory. A Discourse-Theoretical Exploration of the Articulation of Death Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Death itself is a signifier that tries to capture human decay, and its meaning consists of a series of elements that are often taken for granted, such as end/cessation/termination, negativity, irreversibility, inescapability and undesirability. At the same time, closer scrutiny of these articulations shows the contingency of the discourse of death, with almost every discursive element opening up a range of gaps, complexities and unfixities. In ...
The popular in populist discourse. Popular culture and the struggle against the extreme right in Belgium Vrije Universiteit Brussel
On October 1st 2006 - one week before the Belgian local elections - concerts "for tolerance, against
racism, against extremism, against gratuitous violence" (0110.be) were held in four Belgian cities:
Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent, and Charleroi. 0110 started off as an event explicitly geared against the
Flemish extreme right party Vlaams Belang. It evolved into a heavily mediatized four city concert
with a broader ...
racism, against extremism, against gratuitous violence" (0110.be) were held in four Belgian cities:
Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent, and Charleroi. 0110 started off as an event explicitly geared against the
Flemish extreme right party Vlaams Belang. It evolved into a heavily mediatized four city concert
with a broader ...
Kung Fu or Wushu? The Discourse Dilemma and Its Resolution of Overseas Linguistic Symbols of “Chinese martial arts” Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The official term “Wushu” that represents “Chinese martial arts” is faced with the dilemma of not being recognized or known. Based on a one-year overseas field inquiry and in-depth interviews with IWUF senior officers and foreign stakeholders and the use of discourse representation theory, it found that Kung Fu is more representative in terms of “imagination, tradition and utility” compared with Wushu’s image of “athletics, dancing and official” ...
Enriching Discourse Theory Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Laclau and Mouffe’s discourse theory has played a significant role in thinking through the political role of knowledge and ideology, without ignoring the significance of the material, also in relation to its post-Marxist agenda and the de-essentialisation of class relations. At the same time, there is a need to enrich discourse theory, by finding a better balance between the discursive and the material, and by providing a better ...
Social inclusion for whom and towards what end? A critical discourse analysis of youth and sport policies in Turkey Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This article examines the social inclusion policy strategies of the Turkish Ministry of Youth and Sport (MYS). Using a critical discourse analysis, based on Norman Fairclough’s work (2012), the aim is to analyse the discourses used within policy-related documents regarding social inclusion, youth, and sport. In order to achieve this objective, we analysed 15 key documents, including annual activity reports, national youth and sport policy ...