An Analysis of the Report on the Credit Crisis of Facebook in The Economist from the Perspective of Critical Discourse Analysis_英语论文

摘要

所谓批评，不仅是要对事物进行揭露和批判，更是要用辩证的思维去思考问题的本质，做到实事求是。由于各国政治经济和意识形态文化的差异,媒体会站在不同的立场,对世界性事件进行报道；读者态度也会直接或间接受其影响。本文通过话语批评方法理解媒体报道者对事件的判断和评价，对于培养独立思考能力，建立正确的认知有一定意义。论文选取《经济学人》对Facebook陷入信任危机的报道为例,运用Fairclough的批评话语三维分析框架从语篇、话语实践和社会实践对相关报道进行分析,发现了《经济学人》对Facebook引起数据泄露的危机以及对其消极应对的批判态度，其意识形态也隐含在语篇中。该报道引起人们对自身数据隐私的重视，并且给予社交媒体行业今后对用户数据的应用和保护一定的启示。

关键词: Fairclough  Facebook  批评话语  经济学人

Abstract

Criticism is not only about the exposure and critique of things, but also about the nature of the problems by thinking dialectically to seek truths from facts. Due to the differences in politics, economy, ideology and cultures among countries, the media may cover global events from different perspectives and it would directly or indirectly affect readers’ attitudes. This thesis uses the discourse criticism to understand the media reporters’ judgement and evaluation, which is of certain significance to cultivating the ability to think independently and building true cognition. Based on the three-dimensional analytical framework of critical discourse proposed by Fairclough , the thesis particularly analyzes the Report on the Credit Crisis of Facebook in The Economist from three aspects--discourse, discourse practice and social practice and we realize the critical attitude of The Economist towards the crisis of data leakage caused by Facebook and its negative response, and its ideology implied in the discourse. This report has aroused attention of people to the privacy of their data, and provided some enlightenment for application and protection of users’ data in the social media industry in the future.

Key words: Fairclough  Facebook  The Economics  critical discourse   

Contents

Chapter One  Introduction 1

1.1  Purpose of This Thesis 1

1.2  Significance of This Thesis 1

1.3  Structure of This Thesis 2

1.4  Research Method of This Thesis 3

Chapter Two  Literature Review 4

2.1  Introduction 4

2.2  Approaches in Critical Discourse Analysis 4

2.3  The studies based on the event of data leakage in Facebook 6

2.4  Comment 7

Chapter Three  Theoretical Framework 9

3.1  Introduction 9

3.2  Three-dimensional Analytical Framework 9

3.2.1 Describe 10

3.2.2 Interpret 10

3.2.3 Explain 11

Chapter Four  Discourse Analysis of the Report on the Credit Crisis 

of Facebook in The Economist 13

4.1  Introduction 13

4.2  Three stages of Fairclough’s three-dimension model 13

4.2.1 Describe 14

4.2.2 Interpret 15

4.2.3 Explain 16

Chapter Five  Conclusion 18

Bibliography

Appendices

Acknowledgements