TITLE:
An Analysis of “Discursion-Power” in Network Buzzwords: A Case Study of Lone Warrior
AUTHORS:
Xingchen Liu
KEYWORDS:
Discourse Power, Network Buzzwords, Foucault’s Power Theory
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.12 No.10,
October
23,
2024
ABSTRACT: As a product of social construction, discourse is inseparable from power. This paper examines the “Lone Warrior” discourse as a product of power, using Foucault’s discourse-power theory to trace the evolution of “Lone Warrior” from a popular song to a symbolic signifier of mainstream ideology. It reveals how different power structures, such as the power of subcultural group segregation, mass discourse rights, market power, and state power, influence the narrative of discourse, discipline and control it, while transforming it into a multifaceted cultural signifier. In the concluding section, the contribution of Foucault’s concept of power to discourse studies is reflected upon, providing food for thought for subsequent research.