ISSN: 2320-5407 Int. J. Adv. Res. 5(7), 205-226 205 Journal Homepage: - www.journalijar.com Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4709 DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4709 RESEARCH ARTICLE BAHRAIN UPRISING IS A DIFFICULT CHOICE TO ACHIEVE THE LONG STANDING JUSTICE A CDA STUDY BASED ON AJE'S IDEOLOGICAL VIEWPOINT. Hanan Al- Radhi (Ph.D). A Senior Lecturer of English Language -University of Baghdad. …………………………………………………………………………………………………….... Manuscript Info Abstract ……………………. ……………………………………………………………… Manuscript History Received: 3 May 2017 Final Accepted: 5 June 2017 Published: July 2017 Key words:- Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA); Media Discourse; Ideology; Macro and Micro Structures; "Self" and "Other" presentations; Bahrain; AJE. This study aimed to explore Arab spring's consequences that prevailed in Bahrain after 2010-2011 as reflected by AJE's online news article released in its website 2013. The current study's main aim is to unveil AJE's hidden ideologies about Arab spring upheaval in Bahrain investigating its ''Self'' and ''Other'' discoursal-ideological representations. In order to achieve this goal, the researcher utilized the following theories: 1) van Dijk's theory of Semantic Macrostructure (1980); to examine macro and micro structures of AJE's online news article, 2) van Dijk's theory of Ideological Square (1998c); to examine AJE's ideologies embedded within its online news article and 3) Wodak's Discourse- Historical Approach; to endorse linguistic and ideological analysis of AJE's online news article. Fairclough's three-dimensional Approach was utilized, as well, to organize the process of analysis of the study's text. Within the linguistic analysis, macro and micro structures of AJE's online news article were analyzed. At the macro level, the semantic macrostructure was outlined to determine its global meaning. At the micro level, the syntactic, lexical and rhetorical structures were examined to determine their local meaning. Within the ideological analysis, the AJE's online news article was analyzed to determine its ideological positive ''Self'' (in-group) and negative ''Other'' (out-group) presentations. The findings revealed that AJE's ideological orientations towards Bahrain were different. Thus, it presented the Bahraini popular opposition as the positive "Self" identities, drawn positively, while the Bahraini royal authority as the negative "Other'' identities, drawn negatively. Copy Right, IJAR, 2017,. All rights reserved. …………………………………………………………………………………………………….... Introduction:- A direct reproduction of communicative events cannot be done in media news representation due to the fact that it involves a process of selection and formulation of such events via language (Fairclough, 1995b). As such, language can be regarded as the main tool to convince people to accept certain media representations of news events which must be organized logically and naturally for the sake of spreading the views of dominant people and then accepting them as common –sense knowledge providers (Fairclough, 1995b). Accordingly, all news representations are reported from a particular angle because all media institutions and organizations are politically, socially and financially situated (Fowler, 1991). Corresponding Author:- Hanan Al- Radhi. Address:- A Senior Lecturer of English Language -University of Baghdad.