Discourse and Social Change || How Words Reshape Reality: Discourse & Social Change 🗣️💥

Can changing the way we talk actually change the world? 🗣️🔄In this lecture, we dive deep into Discourse and Social Change, exploring how language isn't just a passive tool for reflecting reality, but an active force that constructs, maintains, and dismantles social institutions.Drawing heavily from critical discourse analysis and sociology, we examine how shifts in political, economic, and cultural language directly drive systemic changes in human history.📍 What We’ll Cover Today:Language as a Social Practice: Understanding why discourse is a two-way street—shaped by society, but also actively shaping society.Norman Fairclough’s Three-Dimensional Model: A clear breakdown of text, discourse practice, and social practice.Power and Hegemony: How dominant groups use specific language structures to make their worldview seem like "common sense."Ideological Turning Points: Real-world examples of how shifting definitions (e.g., changes in environmental or civil rights discourse) altered global policy.The Role of Media: How digital spaces, news media, and viral movements accelerate social change through language. #CriticalDiscourseAnalysis #CriticalTheory #SocialChange #Sociology #NormanFairclough #LanguageAndPower #PoliticalScience #Education