The discursive representation of the International Baccalaureate in the global press: a computer-assisted discourse analysis

As part of the global education industry, the International Baccalaureate (IB) plays an important role in education systems around the world. Although laudatory descriptions of the IB abound, knowledge about it remains vague and superficial, relying predominantly on information produced by the IB or...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inDiscourse (Abingdon, England) Vol. 44; no. 5; pp. 695 - 712
Main Author Fitzgerald, Saira
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 03.09.2023
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Advanced Placement Programs
CADS
Computational Linguistics
Corpus linguistics
critical discourse analysis
Discourse Analysis
Global Education
International Baccalaureate
International education
Language Usage
Linguistics
media
News Reporting
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:As part of the global education industry, the International Baccalaureate (IB) plays an important role in education systems around the world. Although laudatory descriptions of the IB abound, knowledge about it remains vague and superficial, relying predominantly on information produced by the IB organization or its affiliates. To gain fresh insight into the IB phenomenon, this study combines corpus linguistics and critical discourse analysis to examine representation of the IB around the world in non-IB generated data. Based on the principle that choice in language is not random, meaning is intimately connected with the way words are used, a 23 million word corpus of global press articles and Sketch Engine, patterns of typicality are analyzed to uncover values associated with the IB that are taken for granted. Findings show hegemonic ways of talking about the IB in highly positive terms tied to corresponding discourses of deficiency surrounding other education systems.
ISSN:0159-6306
1469-3739
DOI:10.1080/01596306.2022.2104811