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@inbook{750740, author = {Chovanec, Jan}, address = {Kraków}, booktitle = {Chruszczewski, Piotr P. and Jacek Fisiak (eds.) Studies in American Language, Culture and Literature}, edition = {1.}, keywords = {news discourse; media discourse; ingroup; we vs. they; categorization; critical discourse analysis; news values}, howpublished = {tištěná verze "print"}, language = {eng}, location = {Kraków}, isbn = {978-83-61678-00-7}, pages = {131-150}, publisher = {Tertium}, title = {Reference to Normality as a Way of Asserting Ingroup Membership: The Woodward Case in the Media}, year = {2009} }
TY - CHAP ID - 750740 AU - Chovanec, Jan PY - 2009 TI - Reference to Normality as a Way of Asserting Ingroup Membership: The Woodward Case in the Media VL - Jezyk a komunikacja 24 PB - Tertium CY - Kraków SN - 9788361678007 KW - news discourse KW - media discourse KW - ingroup KW - we vs. they KW - categorization KW - critical discourse analysis KW - news values N2 - The article is concerned with the construction of in-groups and out-groups in the context of social categorization. Analysing media material from the Louise Woodward trial, it notes how the positive legitimating value of normality is used as a strategy of positive presentation, thus creating a favourable public opinion on the individual. This is particularly noticeable in the case of media coverage of 'ambiguous' behaviour, i.e. such behaviour that can be interpreted both positively and negatively. For instance, references to emotionality and quietness can be treated negatively by the media as manifestations of, e.g., hysteria (emotional instability) and insensitivity (absence of sympathy adn emotiveness). In the case under analysis, these features of behaviour and character were interpreted positively as signs of the strength of her character and as a proof of her normality. ER -
CHOVANEC, Jan. Reference to Normality as a Way of Asserting Ingroup Membership: The Woodward Case in the Media. In \textit{Chruszczewski, Piotr P. and Jacek Fisiak (eds.) Studies in American Language, Culture and Literature}. 1st ed. Kraków: Tertium, 2009, p.~131-150. Jezyk a komunikacja 24. ISBN~978-83-61678-00-7.
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