Order Print Copies| Download eBook | Google Books | Amazon | Other Distributors Decoding Power and Meaning: A Practical Guide to Critical Discourse Analysis offers an accessible yet rigorous introduction to examining how language shapes power, ideology, identity, and social reality. Edited by Constantine Andoniou, the volume connects foundational theories with research design, analytical methods, practical applications, scholarly writing, and emerging areas such as digital discourse, multimodality, algorithms, and artificial intelligence. Designed for graduate students, early-career scholars, and experienced researchers, it provides a clear and practical pathway for conducting thoughtful, ethical, and methodologically sound Critical Discourse Analysis across education, media, sociology, politics, communication, and related fields. Table of Contents Part I: Foundations of Critical Discourse Analysis Chapter 1. Seeing the Invisible: An Invitation to CDA Constantine Andoniou Chapter 2. The Ground We Stand On: Theories That Shape CDA Anastasia Christou Chapter 3. Mapping the Terrain: Key Approaches to CDA Constantine Andoniou Part II: Designing CDA Research Chapter 4. Choosing CDA: Aligning Method and Purpose Brittany Smotherson and Irina Sofianova Chapter 5. Building the Bridge: Designing Your CDA Study María Cruz Cuevas Álvarez Part III: Applications and Practice Chapter 6. CDA in Action: Lessons from the Field Georgia Papanikolaou Chapter 7. Telling the Story: Writing CDA Research Constantine Andoniou Chapter 8. Tools of the Trade: Building the Analyst’s Toolkit Constantine Andoniou Part IV: Emerging Futures Chapter 9. Beyond the Page: CDA’s Future Directions Constantine Andoniou