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    make reference to a discourse community. According to John Swales, discourse communities are unions where individuals have a common purpose, and communicate to achieve this. There are six characteristics that make up a discourse community. They are a set of common public goals, mechanisms of communication among its

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    illustrating when this concept was first shown and why. An outline will be made of the different methods used, those being experiments and discourse analysis, explaining each one in turn, within the framework of two cases. The first being the murder of ‘Catherine Genovese,’ 1964.and the second ‘James Bulger’ 1993. The essay will then show examples of the differences and similarities between each method. Concluding with a summary of findings into the two approaches to investigating the Bystander Effect

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    In The Introduction to the History of Sexuality, Foucault explains how during the 19th century with the raise of new societies, the discourse or knowledge about sex was not confronted with repulsion but it “put into operation an entire machinery for producing true discourses concerning sex” (Foucault 69). In fact, this spreading of discourse on sexuality itself gives a clear account of how sexuality has been controlled and confined because it was determined in a certain kind of knowledge that carries

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    they don’t agree with and to influence political participation (Erjavec & Kovačič, 2012:917). This emphasises the fact that with the use of discursive practices and discourse analysis one can gain insight about a particular issue and construct opinions regarding the use of hate speech (Schroder, 2012:115). With the help of critical discourse analysis the author was able to find the reasons and values behind hate speech. This influences the argument stating that the reason

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    in The Prince. Popular culture, however, has a skewed perception of Machiavelli’s own personal political ideals. Although Machiavelli’s The Prince discusses governance of a principality from the point of view of the prince, his longer work, The Discourses, extolls the virtues of republics and provides a detailed analysis of the republics of Ancient Italy compared to modern Italian republics and more closely

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    Detention and Interrogation Program through discourse analysis came to mind. This type of data analysis is comprised of multiple stages that have been proved as a methodological, efficient, and consistent practice of evaluating conversation and dialogue. It is also an approach that helps identify relationships between actions, ideas, people, and places. For this paper, discourse analysis will help categorize and connect affects between inputs and outputs – methods used and accuracy of information. Since

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    Foucault On Identity

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    establishes methods of questioning “facts” about identities through examination of power and discourses. Laqueur uses this method to discuss the social construction of gender based on interpretations of the body, and Butler supplements this claim with an argument about sex and desire. Foucault says that power is everywhere. It manifests itself in discourses that define the truths of the world and of ourselves. He uses sexuality to show that it is impossible to break out of these discourses. Confessing

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    The field of Internet studies, a rapidly- developing area, requires rethinking of the research methods. By the use of qualitative online ethnography the experiences and the reality that lead to the creation of particular subjectivities through constructing oneself online as opposed to others was examined. In itself this project is a qualitative research

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    with physical data. One discourse community dedicated to protecting the rights to anonymity is the Tor Project, a worldwide group that helps create an anonymous browser to hide identity details and participates in establishing it in journalism, academia, activism, and normal users. The exploration of the rights of anonymity will be examined through the discourse community characteristics of Tor by reviewing Porters and Swales works in discourse communities, by using methods of primary investigation

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    Data analysis method is a way to organize and map my collected data in a pattern that could be interpreted (Bell, 2010). It should be able to assist me finding answers for my research question by asking myself, “Did my data analysis add new concepts and practices about the inclusive education, or open the gate for a more questions? Is it taking me to the next step in my research cycle? The data analysis will be done through the following approaches: 1. The Discourse Analysis: Discourse analysis is

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