The Dynamics of Good Person Discourse and its Conduct under Prayut Chan-O-Cha’s Administration aims to examine the dynamics application of the Good Person discourse in the context of Thailand’s current political polarization in order to answer two questions including 1) What is Good Person according to Prayut Chan-O-Cha's regime and 2) How has the concept of Good Person been adopted by General Prayut Chan-O-Cha's administration. The research is qualitative research applying Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) as a central approach which emphasizes on the way in which the messages are being produced and interpreted through a convergence of printed texts and transcripts of spoken verbal interactions. Textual analysis is applied together with close correlation within the theoretical frameworks consisting of Moral Community, the idea of royal democracy, or so-called royal-guided democracy and Network Monarchy which is the main setting of Thai political context in the study. Thereby, the focal area of the research is how Prayut Chan-O-Cha’s administration has been adopting and reproducing the Good Person discourse, as seen in government official’s speeches and Royal Thai government Gazettes from the year 2014 to 2020, as well as the policies conducted based on the 20-Year National Strategies Plan. Of which the contents of the materials concise of the creation of desirable citizenry and political order revolving around loyalty to the monarch, and achieving moral authority.

Authors:
Manita Tantipimolphan, University of Tsukuba, Japan

About the Presenter(s)
Manita Tantipimolphan is currently a second-year graduate student at the University of Tsukuba, Japan. Her research interest covers political discourse, discourse studies, and mass media studies.

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