A critical analysis of media discourse on information technology: Preliminary results of a proposed method for critical discourse analysis

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-196

  Cukier, Wendy ^a   Ngwenyama, Ojelanki ^a,b   Bauer, Robert ^c   Middleton, Catherine ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Communicative rationality; Critical discourse analysis; Critical theory; Habermas; Information systems research methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 60249094410     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: 13652575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2008.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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