In definition of discourse analysis, theorist Fran Tonkiss (2018) notes that there are key difficulties facing researchers who utilise this method. Overall, discourse analysis acts as an insight into the effects of ‘speech and texts’ on the shaping and reproduction of knowledge and social meaning (p.478). When considering critical or political discourse analysis, this method can furtherContinue reading “What are the particular difficulties that researchers face when there are no step by step procedures to follow, yet there is a requirement for the systematic analysis of a dataset?”
MCS Group One 