TITLE:
An Overview of Research on Discursive Legitimation
AUTHORS:
Xiaofan Yu, Haicui Zheng
KEYWORDS:
Discourse, Discursive Legitimation, Bibliometric Analysis, Overview
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.11 No.10,
October
12,
2023
ABSTRACT: Discourse plays an important role in the construction of legitimation.
Numerous studies of discursive legitimation have been completed. However, few studies
have reviewed relevant literature with a visual pattern, and a review that
analyzes its trends is urgent. The study presents an analytical literature
review of the research on discursive legitimation, aiming to provide an
overview of and insights into a selected bibliography of 91 research articles
on discursive legitimation. A bibliometric analysis using CiteSpace is applied
to quantitatively and visually analyze relevant studies, followed by a close
qualitative analysis to capture different classifications of legitimation
strategies, main research methods, and hot topics.