Ideological struggle over epistemic and political positions in news discourse on migrant activism in Sweden
(2016) In Critical Discourse Studies 13(3). p.278-293- Abstract
- The specific aim of this study is to investigate how a group of migrant rights activists in Sweden are positioned in news discourse. The more general aim of this study is to understand the conditions under which activists participate within news discourse. Through a critical discourse analytical (CDA) framework, with specific focus on the use of epistemic and dynamic modalities in the presentation of activists’ statements, the analysis shows what kinds of knowledge claims can be constructed and from what discursive position. Furthermore, the analysis shows what kind of political claims the activists can make. The activists are positioned as ‘dreamers’ in relation to political possibilities and as ‘experiencing individuals’ in relation to... (More)
- The specific aim of this study is to investigate how a group of migrant rights activists in Sweden are positioned in news discourse. The more general aim of this study is to understand the conditions under which activists participate within news discourse. Through a critical discourse analytical (CDA) framework, with specific focus on the use of epistemic and dynamic modalities in the presentation of activists’ statements, the analysis shows what kinds of knowledge claims can be constructed and from what discursive position. Furthermore, the analysis shows what kind of political claims the activists can make. The activists are positioned as ‘dreamers’ in relation to political possibilities and as ‘experiencing individuals’ in relation to knowledge claims. The main conclusion of the article is that journalistic discourse has inherent ideological resources to include activist voices: at the same time, it is able to exclude the political relevance of activism.
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- Persson, Gustav LU
- publishing date
- 2016-04-06
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
- subject
- keywords
- Critical Discourse Analysis, the political, migrant activism, news discourse, journalistic ideology, Critical discourse analysis, the political, migrant activism, news discourse, journalistic ideology
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- Critical Discourse Studies
- volume
- 13
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 16 pages
- publisher
- Routledge
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- scopus:84962423372
- ISSN
- 1740-5904
- DOI
- 10.1080/17405904.2016.1169195
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- English
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publisher = {{Routledge}},
series = {{Critical Discourse Studies}},
title = {{Ideological struggle over epistemic and political positions in news discourse on migrant activism in Sweden}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2016.1169195}},
doi = {{10.1080/17405904.2016.1169195}},
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