title: How to study ICT-security policy: Opportunities and challenges for critical discourse-analysis
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metadata.value: Stadnik, Ilona T.
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metadata.value: 2024-09-04T20:03:09Z
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metadata.value: 2024-09-04T20:03:09Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2024-06
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metadata.value: Stadnik I. T. How to study ICT-security policy: Opportunities and challenges for critical discourse-analysis. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. International Relations, 2024, vol. 17, issue 2, pp. 183–200. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu06.2024.205 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu06.2024.205
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/47434
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metadata.value: The article examines the method of critical discourse-analysis (CDA) on the example of the
  relations between the United States and Russia in the field of ICT security, as well as in the
  context of negotiations at the UN level in the same area, where both countries have a significant
  influence on the processes. CDA can be used to study ICT security policy in order to
  understand how different actors use language to discuss problems: what terms and concepts
  are used, as well as how they can influence public perception of the problem. CDA can also be
  used to study the dynamics of interaction between different actors: what interests they pursue
  and what compromises they are willing to make to achieve common goals. The method is connected
  with the theoretical framework of A. Holzscheiter, which identifies the levels of analysis
  (micro-agents and macro-structures), as well as the types of power/influence realization in
  discourse (deliberative and productive). As a demonstration of the method, the author has
  made a brief analysis of the discourses of ICT threats to the United States and Russia based on
  strategic documents of the states. It is inscribed in the structures of bilateral relations and international
  negotiations, presented in the form of events on a timeline. Depending on the level
  of analysis or the starting point of the study — agents or structures — we get completely different
  explanations of the causal relationships of possible explanations for policy change through
  discourse (productive or deliberative). The study of ICT security is further complicated by the
  fact that we must keep both the bilateral and international levels of interaction in focus, since
  these processes are closely interrelated. In conclusion, the article describes important limitations
  of the method, including the weak explanatory potential of the reasons for the change in
  ICT security policy.
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. International Relations;Volume 17; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: critical discourse-analysis
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: cybersecurity
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: information security
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: agent-structure problem
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: United States
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Russia
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: How to study ICT-security policy: Opportunities and challenges for critical discourse-analysis
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metadata.value: Article
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