http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2015/05/11/towards-a-hilmesian-historiography-of-discursive-analysis-part-1/ Responses to Media and Culture Fri, 12 Feb 2016 19:35:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.5 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2015/05/11/towards-a-hilmesian-historiography-of-discursive-analysis-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-441747 Tue, 19 May 2015 12:19:17 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=26436#comment-441747 “… distribution apparatuses are not continuing with discursive work merely because they are able to increase visibility by saturating perspective …” This assumes that “apparatuses” are “built” to disseminate a certain discourse and texture of group-defining opinions as in “proselytizing”. However, there are on the political stage quite a few pressure groups that avoid publicity at all costs and try to act through intermediaries. Not the least this must be so under oppressive regimes. So at least the idea of “discourse” would have to include influencing communication patterns by other means than just open discussion or debate. “… even if a bloc has developed a “successful” representational code, this does not guarantee that a specific group will become politically “dominant”.” That is certainly not so, because what hinders other groups to develop likewise a “successful” code? And … what actually describes a discourse as “successful”? After Hitler came to power or the communists in the Soviet bloc, everyone seemed to parrot the leading ideology, however, many people just did so without buying into it.

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