Editorials and Ideologies

Authors : Heidar Ahmadi, Esmaeil Safaei Asl

Pages : 11-21

Doi:10.14486/IJSCS26

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Publication Date : 2013-12-12

Article Type : Research

Abstract :The present paper is based on a research conducted to investigate how English newspaper editorials in Iran express their political ideologies in the ninth presidential election. All texts usually encode the ideological position of their producers, but they are not always explicit for all readers. They need to be revealed and unmasked, so the use of critical discourse analysis in this regard is to examine the ideologies underlying the texts. In the methodological framework of Van Dijk's model, the ideology carrying categories were identified, scrutinized and compared in the clause structure of the editorials in four English newspapers in Iran. It was generally found that the relationships of the newspapers with the institutions, political parties and government influenced the way the editors conveyed their ideas and thoughts about the candidates in the presidential election.
Keywords : CDA, ideology, editorial