Power = social power to shape discourse

Actors compete to fix the meanings of different concepts, events or ideas in the discourse on an issue through their actions

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4. Identity, norms, emotion
I. Social power
Power = social power to shape discourse
9/11 discourse competition to fix meanings and subsequent actions
Power = authority to legitimise & define collective knowledge/meanings
Social knowledge & social facts are never value-neutral
Social structures are powerful: can be very difficult to change
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