Tytuł:

In the beginning was the word: The argumentative dimension of press news coverage of discourse of mercy towards refugees

Twórca:

Zawadzka-Paluektau, Natalia

Wydawca:

Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Miejsce wydania:

Kraków

Data wydania/powstania:

2019

Temat i słowa kluczowe:

refugees ; critical discourse analysis ; media discourse ; news ; argumentation

Abstrakt:

This article explores the critical dimension of news coverage of Pope Francis’s speech on refugees in market-leading newspapers from three countries — Spain, Poland and the UK — using Critical DiscourseAnalysis methods. As hypothesised, it revealed bias and fallaciousness in the arguments against refugeesin the tabloid press. The daily broadsheets’ news articles from the three countries expressed the same positivestance towards accommodating refugees in Europe, which was to be expected. Surprisingly, though, theirargumentation was almost identical, weak and scarce, especially when compared to tabloid argumentationon the topic. None of the news articles presented the issue from the point of view of refugees. Given the influenceof media discourse, this study discusses important, real-life implications of racially biased discourseon the cognitive, affective and behavioural levels.

Czasopismo/Seria/cykl:

Socjolingwistyka

Tom:

33

Strona pocz.:

77

Strona końc.:

96

Typ zasobu:

Text

Szczegółowy typ zasobu:

Article

Format:

PDF

Identyfikator zasobu:

10.17651/SOCJOLING.33.5

Język:

eng

Język streszczenia:

eng

Prawa:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Zasady wykorzystania:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Dostęp:

Open