Transgressing the law : The criminal ‘other’ in populist
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Transgressing the law : The criminal ‘other’ in populist discourse

CHOVANEC, Jan

Základní údaje

Originální název

Transgressing the law : The criminal ‘other’ in populist discourse

Autoři

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

Vydání

Legal Discourse : Context, Media and Social Power - 5th International Conference (CRILL), 24-26 May 2018, Department of Law University of Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’, Italy, 2018

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60203 Linguistics

Stát vydavatele

Itálie

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/18:00100964

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova česky

jinakost; Romové; online diskuzní fórum; internetové noviny; populismus; analýza diskurzu; pragmatika

Klíčová slova anglicky

othering; the Roma; online discussion forum; online newspaper; populism; discourse analysis; pragmatics

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 13. 3. 2019 14:57, prof. Mgr. Jan Chovanec, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

The topic of crime forms staple content of many news media channels, partly due to its connection with the news value of negativity. The attraction of this topic is particularly strong when crime is committed by various cultural and ethnic outsiders, i.e. “others”. In such situations, the ingroup may be represented as being under threat, particularly if such crime is targeted at the ingroup’s members. This paper deals with two aspects of media discourse: first, the media’s construction of the other, which has traditionally been achieved through linking the outgroup to various forms of illegality, as well as the topos of crime. The second dimension concerns the role of these topics in reader comments in online newspapers, i.e. in the post-media discourse space. Based on data from British and Czech online news discussion forums on various migrant others, the paper shows that while the discourse of the other’s “transgression of legality” is inevitably present, there are also some other discourses that feature prominently in reader comments. Three of those that appear to be particularly salient will be discussed and exemplified. They centre on the readers’ claims and allegations of (a) the media’s dubious coverage of crime-related issues, (b) the ingroup’s betrayal by mainstream politicians, and (c) the evidence of cultural incompatibility with the other. It appears that whatever the motivations of the media coverage, the readers’ comments indicate a preoccupation of some of the ingroup members with different issues, such as the ingroup’s collective confirmation of their stereotypes of the other.

Návaznosti

GA16-05484S, projekt VaV

Název: Diskurzní konstrukce jinakosti v mediálním a postmediálním prostoru

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Diskurzní konstrukce jinakosti v mediálním a post-mediálním prostoru

Citovat

CHOVANEC, Jan. Transgressing the law : The criminal ‘other’ in populist discourse. In Legal Discourse : Context, Media and Social Power - 5th International Conference (CRILL), 24-26 May 2018, Department of Law University of Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’, Italy. 2018.

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CHOVANEC, Jan. Transgressing the law : The criminal ‘other’ in populist discourse. In \textit{Legal Discourse : Context, Media and Social Power - 5th International Conference (CRILL), 24-26 May 2018, Department of Law University of Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’, Italy}. 2018.

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