"They are unpredictable junkies and criminals": George Floyd's death and the BLM movement in Czech user discussions

KIRKOSOVÁ, Kateřina. "They are unpredictable junkies and criminals": George Floyd's death and the BLM movement in Czech user discussions. SOCIAL SEMIOTICS. ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2024, s. 1-17. ISSN 1035-0330. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/10350330.2024.2430975.

Základní údaje

Originální název

"They are unpredictable junkies and criminals": George Floyd's death and the BLM movement in Czech user discussions

Autoři

KIRKOSOVÁ, Kateřina

Vydání

SOCIAL SEMIOTICS, ABINGDON, ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2024, 1035-0330

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Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 1.200

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ne

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/10350330.2024.2430975

UT WoS

001378475600001

Klíčová slova anglicky

George Floyd; Black Lives Matter; online discussions; color-blind racism; post-socialism; corpus-based CDA

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Anotace

V originále

In this study, I analyze discussions on George Floyd's death and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement on the Czech news site idnes.cz. Given the cultural and political positioning of the Czech Republic as a post-socialist country, the events are reinterpreted, revealing a blend of admiration for neoliberalism coupled with a conviction of one's ability to see through any form of leftist ideology. The central argument is as follows: despite the "Left and its media" interpret the events as linked with systemic racism, and police brutality, idnes.cz readers assert that they are more about the willingness to respect societal rules - something neither Floyd nor BLM did. Emphases on neoliberal values are intertwined with color-blind racism, mutually confirming each other. The study employs corpus-based Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA).