MOTAL, Jan. Dehumanization of Refugees in Media as a Case of Moral Disengagement. Ethics & Bioethics (in Central Europe). 2015, vol. 5, 3-4, p. 183-196. ISSN 1338-5615.
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Original name Dehumanization of Refugees in Media as a Case of Moral Disengagement
Authors MOTAL, Jan (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Ethics & Bioethics (in Central Europe), 2015, 1338-5615.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study Literature, mass media, audio-visual activities
Country of publisher Slovakia
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14230/15:00086784
Organization unit Faculty of Social Studies
Keywords in English news; media; refugees; migration; dehumanization; animalisation; moral disengagement; media ethics
Tags International impact
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Abstract
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.
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