... light of Critical Discourse Analysis - Giving an illustration of the CDA concepts as well as analysis procedures - Conveying a message that CDA provides a useful, systematic way for language users ... for the 2008 election was the highest in at least 40 years The two candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain are nearly 25 years apart in age This is the largest age disparity between the two major ... discourse and media briefly mentioned above leads the author of this thesis to the research topic and conduct a small study entitled Selected American Media Coverage of the 2008 U.S Presidential Election: ...