Analyzes how politicians use rhetoric and specific framing to influence public opinion and legitimize their actions. 4. Structuralist vs. Post-Structuralist Perspectives
Developed by thinkers like Jacques Derrida and Foucault, this view argues that discourse is fluid, unstable, and always tied to shifting historical and cultural contexts. Discours
Discourse creates "truths." For example, the discourse of medicine or law establishes certain ways of talking about the body or justice that become accepted as objective reality. Analyzes how politicians use rhetoric and specific framing