@article{THESIS,
      recid = {3844},
      author = {Yeung, Mel},
      title = {How language uses, hides and reinforces power: a critical  discourse analysis of an open letter to Senator Cornyn and  Representative Cole concerning the Civics Secure Democracy  Act },
      publisher = {University of Chicago},
      school = {M.A.},
      address = {2022-06},
      number = {THESIS},
      abstract = {Critical Discourse Analysis is used to look at how  language and power forms, uses and transforms discourse  around civic ideals and civic education in an open letter  to Sen. John Cornyn and Rep. Tom Cole. The letter urges  them to withdraw support for the Civics Secures Democracy  Act which aims $1 million to support ‘educational programs  in American civics and history, including by establishing  grant and fellowship programs and reauthorizing various  programs’. The analysis of the letter is important in  investigating the discourses of civic education in a piece  that opposes one of the biggest, well-funded bi-partisan  efforts to expand civic education – in particular to  underserved communities. This thesis reveals how language  creates meaning, and how Critical Discourse Analysis can  uncover the ways that discourse is being shaped and used to  enforce political preferences, opinions and outcomes. It  also shows how discourses of history, security, identity,  expertise and patriotism are constructed both implicitly  and explicitly to enforce power. },
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/3844},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.3844},
}