Critical Discourse Analysis
• The following research used Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to compare six different internet news articles. • CDA is a way of analysing and uncovering bias in written texts, with an emphasis on texts that relate to power structures , s and the state of the on and serv sense of the state of the . William er , in the state of William State State - r deling was
Released December 2017 Most protessional tilm critics really liked it, but quite a lot of audience members did not like it. People went to social media and movie websites to express their anger. There was a suggestion that right wing Americans (Trump voters) were the most angry.
There was an academic study suggesting that RUSSIAN HACKERS had posted negative comments, tweets and reviews of the movie in a bid to intensify the culture war  in the USA. At this exact same time, there were also suggestions that Putin favored Donald Trump, and may have helped his presidential bid. Star Wars: The Last Jedi ✪ This article is more than 3 years old Star Wars: The Last Jedi abuse blamed on Russian trolls and 'political agendas' Report finds half of negative comments aimed at Rian Johnson's movie came from Twitter bots or trolls, indicating fan backlash was overstated Andrew Pulver 🌸@Andrew_Pulver Tue 2 Oct 2018 13.33 BST
BRIETBART- Extreme right wing bias. Questionable source: fake news and propaganda in some articles. FOX News.com- Right wing bias.  Mixed factuality rating. Website is considered more accurate than the TV channel. • The Daily Wire- Strong right wing bias. Questionable source, with low factuality. • The Guardian- Britain's leading left wing theguardian newspaper. Mixed factuality rating. Mashable- Left leaning entertainment news. Medium/high factuality rating. Salon- Left leaning entertainment news. Medium/high rating. Mashable All three of the RIGHT WING sources believed the academic study about Russian meddling on movie forums was nonsense, and that people simply disliked the movie because it was bad. All three of the LEFT WING sources believed that the study was credible, and that the movie was good. chGate Search for publications, researchers, or questions O OF Discover by subject a Home > University of Southern California > Center for the Digital Future > Morten Bay
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Examples (NB: this is just a joke example and not in any way related to reality) Brianna Cosenza, a literacy expert from the Department of British and American studies at NUFS. Lidija Elliott, an expert researcher on Student motivation at the Nagoya University of Foreign studies. NUFS man Dan Mortali. Rich from the North office.
In groups, go to Jamboard and have a look at the metaphors and vocabulary  used in the left/right wing  articles. Also, have a look at the 8th page of the Jam board. Do you notice anything about the photos used in the left/right wing articles? GASLIGHT. (vb) manipulate (someone) by psychological means into doubting their own sanity. In this case, the Daily Wire are suggesting people want to trick Star Wars fans into believing that the movie was good! BOOGEYMAN / BOGEYMAN (n) a person or thing that is widely regarded as an object of fear. Daily Wire believed that people  were creating fake news and laughable fears about Russia. . PARROT (vb) repeat information mechanically without thought Brietbart are trying to mock the news outlets that reported this story. Harassment crusade. The use of the word “crusade” suggests violence and a religious mindset.
This expression is not yet listed in the dictionary. It means there is evidence that an offence may have happened. Virulently (adv.) 1.(of a disease or poison) extremely severe or harmful in its effects 2. bitterly hostile The suggestion is that Trump supporters are infected with a kind of Virus
The left wing articles showed male and female Star Wars characters, of different ethnicities. The right wing articles only showed white male characters. Is this a mere coincidence?

Pros
•  You can get published in a journal. •  You can analyse any written text that you are interested in, as long as it contains examples of bias. •  You don't need to collect data. You just need to do some reading.
Cons
•  It is far removed from actual teaching. It is too complex for most (all?) NUFS students .