Type of data: x2/ x4 transcripts form doctor who (2 new and 2 old)
Area of theory: language and power and language and gender
Theorists: Fairclough (2001), Wareing (1999)
Frameworks: social group powers, instrumental power, influential power, sex + gender differences, semantics deteriation, boosting devices
Data to Collect: up to 4 transcripts
Comparability factors: two different doctors, two different years, two different companions
Reliablity factors: comparing two present transcripts and two past transcripts so i can see the common shifts in conversation
Ethicality factors: my transcripts are from a TV serives called Doctor who
You might want to focus on just one area eg gender to make it as comparable as possible. You could look at a really early episode compared with a recent one and explore female language.
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