A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS AND RESEARCH JOURNALS ON OBESITY USING VAN DIJK’S MODEL
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Medical Discourse, Van Dijk, Applied Linguistics, Hegemony, Discourse Analysis, Critical Discourse AnalysisAbstract
This present study aims at exploring the CDA approach to determine the differences in the discourse of research articles in medical journals and associations. The study investigates how the associations delete, select, construct or generalize information for their benefits. The information was gathered from medical research articles and associations about obesity. World Health Organization (WHO), Obesity Medicine Association (OMA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Health Services (NHS), Healthline, Mayo Clinic are among the organizations that have been chosen for this study. The macro structure of Van Dijk model is used to address the research questions and to determine whether medical journals and associations are on the same page or not. As a result, associations have more authority than journals. The results of this descriptive self-study are summarized in graph charts and tables.
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