Ideological Polarization as a Deception Strategy in the Discourse of American Think Tanks: A Critical Discourse Analysis

Deception is an inseparable facet of political discourse in attaining strategic gains though compromising public opinion. However, the employment discursive deception strategies by policy-making institutions think tanks has not received due attention literature. The current study aims at exploring how ideologizing are utilized conservative American tank Washington Institute to reproduce socio-political realities and re-shape To fulfill this task, van Dijk’s (2000) notion ideological polarization which shows positive self-representation negative other representation adopted conduct a critical analysis four Arabic texts released with main focus on different topics. Results reveal centrality employing for sake realizing wins establishing hegemony while simultaneously polarizing Us against Them extreme.