Examining career transition narratives through the lens of social justice: a critical study of the British Press

In this article we examine the print media portrayal of career transitions by adapting Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) framework. The aim is to explore and critically analyse newspaper articles published in Times, Guardian, Daily Mail between 1985 2015, same time span which development theories started get public attention. particular, answer question how language used journalists influences assumptions about personal agency development. Assessing similarities differences dominant academic discourses social characteristic press provides a setting draw conclusions implications theories.