subhanallah

FUCKING FALLACIES EVERYWHERE!

so i don't really know how to do CDA. yikes! i would need to have a proper meeting with johnny on how to situate linguistic analysis with cda cos that's what i'll be using as my theoretical framework. how do i know what i'm doing is cda?! how do i make sure i fit into a discourse historical framework? whatthefuck? i still don't know what kind of analysis i should be doing to answer my research questions. is looking at stance a good place to start? erghh my brain wants to explode D: D:

keeping track of dissertation progress

i already have a topic and some workable research questions i think. data collection done, although i haven't taken into account recent developments of the Fortnum & Mason protesters hearings, but it's being postponed anyway so that's good for my research hahah.

i'm supposed to outline some kind of timeline so that i can allocate the workload into stages, but my problem is that i'm not a very linear person when it comes to work and tend to jump into one stage to another. as for the initial stage, i am supposed to do these things:

1) build up references
2) write about why you find the topic interesting / important for research
3)list all methodological decisions, with a reason for each
4)produce a timeline, showing not only what they will writ and when, but also what they will do and when


step one: i'm working on it. step two: done. step three: i'm working on it. step four: ehhhh, yeah maybe instead of resisting, i should attempt it.

i'm currently in the data stage, trying to figure out what kind of analysis i want to do. guiding my research are these three questions:

1) How is the occupation of Fortnum and Mason discursively presented/constructed in “tweets”?
2) With regards to content, what are the things that are communicated?
3) What role does Twitter play for UKUncut with regards to the Fortnum & Mason occupation on the 26th March 2011?

they're definitely answerable i think. i just need to have a solid linguistic analytical framework to present my research as workable. what immediately jumps out of the data as i looked through it is the various stances UKUncut adopt in tweeting, and they seem to jump from one stance to another. so that's a definite start to my linguistic analysis, as I would try to see how this phenomena contributes or plays a role in shaping how the occupation is presented.

for question 3, i have a rather vague idea for an answer, and that is twitter seems to help in bringing the formation of new collective identities. and with the affordances that twitter offers (from a hashtag to a new tweeter account, and then to fb group and their own website for greater publicity) so what i'll be looking is the process of how the occupation starts from descriptions of events into a collective social actor calling themselves Fortnum145.

phew. it's looking good so far! i think i'm on a good headstart.

i tend to forget how small i really am sometimes, unless people point it out, or when i see my reflection from the windows, i'm pretty sure my heart's bigger than my frame, i guess that's far more important

i wish for a lot of insignificant things, i wish i was taller, i wish i was better looking, i wish i was less skinny, i wish i was smarter, but you know what? fuck you. i don't live my life to cater to your unrealistic expectations. now, if i just tell myself that everyday, i'll be fine. i should be. i'm better than i think i am.

being normal fucking sucks. why would you wanna confined yourself to some invisible oppressive strings?