The abuse of power in the Iraqi parliamentary elections 2010 from the perspectives of critical discourse analysis

الملخص EN

This study seeks to present a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of the abuse of power in the Iraqi parliamentary elections.

In particular, it aims to investigate the control of more powerful Iraqi parties on public discourse and highlight the influence of discourse on the mind and actions of less powerful people.

The analysis draws upon two newspaper articles, one from US-New York Times newspaper, and the other from the British _Guardian newspaper.

The analysis framework was based on Van Dijk's (2004) strategies.

The analysis shows that particular discursive strategies were used by journalists in covering the Iraqi election issue to serve fundamental goals and their hegemonic ideology.