Representing the Other in European Media Discourses

CHOVANEC, Jan and Katarzyna MOLEK-KOZAKOWSKA. Representing the Other in European Media Discourses. 1st ed. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2017, 320 pp. Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 74. ISBN 978-90-272-0665-7. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.74.

Basic information

• Original name: Representing the Other in European Media Discourses
• Name in Czech: Reprezentace jinakosti v evropských mediálních diskurzech
• Authors: CHOVANEC, Jan (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Katarzyna MOLEK-KOZAKOWSKA (616 Poland).
• Edition: 1. vyd. Amsterdam and Philadelphia, 320 pp. Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 74, 2017.
• Publisher: John Benjamins

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Book on a specialized topic
• Field of Study: 60203 Linguistics
• Country of publisher: Netherlands
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Publication form: printed version "print"
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/17:00094542
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• ISBN: 978-90-272-0665-7
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.74
• Keywords (in Czech): mediální diskurz; pragmatika; diskurzní konstrukce jinakosti; kritická analýza diskurzu; internetová diskuzní fóra; identita
• Keywords in English: media discourse; pragmatics; discursive construction of otherness; critical discourse analysis; online discussion forum; identity
• Tags: rivok, topvydavatel
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

This book deals with the construction of the ‘other’ in European media at a time when the recently expanded EU is facing new political, economic and social challenges. The aim of the book is to document the diverse discursive forms of othering, ranging from differentiation to discrimination, that are directed against various ‘other Europeans’ in both institutionalized media and such non-elite semi-public contexts as discussion forums and citizen blogs. Drawing on data from British, Polish, French, Czech, Italian, Hungarian, Spanish and Estonian contexts, the individual papers investigate how various social groupings – regions, nations, ethnicities, communities, cultures – are discursively constructed as ‘outsiders’ rather than ‘insiders’, as ‘them’ rather than ‘us’. While most of the papers are grounded in linguistics and critical discourse studies, the book will also appeal to numerous other social scientists interested in the interface between language, media and social issues.

Links

• GA16-05484S, research and development project: Name: Diskurzní konstrukce jinakosti v mediálním a postmediálním prostoru

Investor: Czech Science Foundation