European Identity and the Representation of Islam in the Mainstream Press: Argumentation and Media Discourse
This book combines media studies and linguistics with theories of national and supranational identity to offer an interdisciplinary approach to the study of European identity/ies and news discourses. Taking representations of ‘Islamist terrorism’ and Turkey’s accession to the European Union as case studies, it analyses the discursive construction of supranational European identity through the discursive distinction of ‘Us’ and ‘Them’. Moreover, it compares the media’s representations of the ‘Other’ in different socio-political moments in Europe- from times of European integration (2004-5) to the European dystopia (2015-16) through the discourse analysis of specific Greek, British and French newspapers. This timely work synthesizes classic argumentative approaches and Gramscian thought in the study of media discourses by focusing on the Aristotelian concept of topos and introducing the concept of ‘hegemonic knowledge’. This pioneering work will appeal to scholars across the fields of linguistics, social anthropology, European politics, and media studies.

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European Identity and the Representation of Islam in the Mainstream Press: Argumentation and Media Discourse
This book combines media studies and linguistics with theories of national and supranational identity to offer an interdisciplinary approach to the study of European identity/ies and news discourses. Taking representations of ‘Islamist terrorism’ and Turkey’s accession to the European Union as case studies, it analyses the discursive construction of supranational European identity through the discursive distinction of ‘Us’ and ‘Them’. Moreover, it compares the media’s representations of the ‘Other’ in different socio-political moments in Europe- from times of European integration (2004-5) to the European dystopia (2015-16) through the discourse analysis of specific Greek, British and French newspapers. This timely work synthesizes classic argumentative approaches and Gramscian thought in the study of media discourses by focusing on the Aristotelian concept of topos and introducing the concept of ‘hegemonic knowledge’. This pioneering work will appeal to scholars across the fields of linguistics, social anthropology, European politics, and media studies.

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European Identity and the Representation of Islam in the Mainstream Press: Argumentation and Media Discourse

European Identity and the Representation of Islam in the Mainstream Press: Argumentation and Media Discourse

by Salomi Boukala
European Identity and the Representation of Islam in the Mainstream Press: Argumentation and Media Discourse

European Identity and the Representation of Islam in the Mainstream Press: Argumentation and Media Discourse

by Salomi Boukala

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This book combines media studies and linguistics with theories of national and supranational identity to offer an interdisciplinary approach to the study of European identity/ies and news discourses. Taking representations of ‘Islamist terrorism’ and Turkey’s accession to the European Union as case studies, it analyses the discursive construction of supranational European identity through the discursive distinction of ‘Us’ and ‘Them’. Moreover, it compares the media’s representations of the ‘Other’ in different socio-political moments in Europe- from times of European integration (2004-5) to the European dystopia (2015-16) through the discourse analysis of specific Greek, British and French newspapers. This timely work synthesizes classic argumentative approaches and Gramscian thought in the study of media discourses by focusing on the Aristotelian concept of topos and introducing the concept of ‘hegemonic knowledge’. This pioneering work will appeal to scholars across the fields of linguistics, social anthropology, European politics, and media studies.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783319933139
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication date: 07/19/2018
Edition description: 1st ed. 2019
Pages: 347
Product dimensions: 5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Salomi Boukala is Adjunct Lecturer at Panteion University, Greece.


Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction: Kafka in ‘Fortress Europe’: The ‘Other’ within the walls.- Chapter 2. The construction of European identity: from nation state to the European Union.- Chapter 3. Mass Media and hegemonic knowledge: Gramsci and the representation of the ‘Other’.- Chapter 4. (Re)introducing the Aristotelian topos/topoi in the Discourse Historical Approach: Key methodological concepts.- 5 Greek media discourse about the ‘Islamist threat’: From ‘Islamist Terrorism’ to ‘ISIS Terror’.- 6 British media discourse about the ‘Islamist threat’.- Chapter 7. French media discourse about the ‘Islamist threat’.- 8 Greek media discourse about Turkey’s accession to the European Union.- Chapter 9. British and French media discourse about Turkey’s accession to the European Union.- Chapter 10. The ‘Other’ in a Kafkasque Europe.

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