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DSR & Cyber Sovereignty in Africa
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Module 3
The Antagonistic Frontier: China vs. The West
1
Van Dijk's Ideological Square: Analyzing Self & Other in Discourse
Explain Van Dijk's 'Ideological Square' as a tool for analyzing positive self-representation and negative other-representation in discourse.
2
Mouffe's Constitutive Outside and Hegemonic Identity
Define the role of Mouffe's 'constitutive outside' in establishing the antagonistic frontier required for a hegemonic political identity.
3
China's Digital Colonialism: Synthesizing Van Dijk and Mouffe
Synthesize Van Dijk's Square and Mouffe's 'constitutive outside' to analyze how China frames Western norms as 'digital colonialism' to legitimize its alternative model.
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