Dehumanization of Refugees in Media as a Case of Moral Disengagement

MOTAL, Jan. Dehumanization of Refugees in Media as a Case of Moral Disengagement. Ethics & Bioethics (in Central Europe). 2015, roč. 5, 3-4, s. 183-196. ISSN 1338-5615.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Dehumanization of Refugees in Media as a Case of Moral Disengagement

Autoři

MOTAL, Jan (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí)

Vydání

Ethics & Bioethics (in Central Europe), 2015, 1338-5615

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Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

Písemnictví, masmedia, audiovize

Stát vydavatele

Slovensko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/15:00086784

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

news; media; refugees; migration; dehumanization; animalisation; moral disengagement; media ethics

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam

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Anotace

V originále

Through an analysis of selected articles, the study demonstrates the dehumanization as a discursive strategy which may lead to moral disengagement. The presented analysis shows how particular discursive strategies in analysed text support the process of moral disengagement in the society and potentially may lead to a justification of reprehensible conduct and mass aggression against refugees. Afterwards, this is ethically evaluated through the perspectives of deontological and consequential theories and some recommendations are offered. The study follows the idea of media being a tool for the development of democratic values, such as the humanization of refugees and their personalization in individual stories which would present their lives and suffering to media percipients.