A Critical Discourse Analysis of Donald Trump’s Right-Wing Supporting Article During the Capitol Riot

Abstract

This study attempts a critical discourse analysis of a right-wing newspaper article during the Capitol riot. The aim is to help the readers decipher and evaluate newspaper texts and photographs. The words and photographs used in an article function similarly conveying information. This study intends to improve the readers’ comprehension of decoding articles’ meanings and journalists’ intentions.

Keywords

• critical discourse analysis
• functional grammar
• linguistics
• photograph