Authoritarianism on the front page : multimodal discourse and argumentation in times of multiple crises in Greece / Dimitris Serafis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Serafis, Dimitris, author.

Contributor:

John Benjamins Publishing Company

Series:

Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ; v. 99.

Discourse approaches to politics, society and culture (DAPSAC) ; volume 99

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek language--Political aspects.

Greek language.

Persuasion (Rhetoric).

Authoritarianism--Greece.

Authoritarianism.

Greek language--Discourse analysis.

Newspapers--Language.

Newspapers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 181 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2023]

Contents:

Intro

Authoritarianism on the Front Page

Editorial page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication page

Table of contents

Acknowledgments

List of figures

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Authoritarian politics and crises

1.2 Constructing 'crises' in Southern EU

1.3 The mediatization of crises

1.4 'Crises' on the front page

1.4.1 Newspapers' front pages

1.4.2 An argumentative perspective in multimodal critical discourse studies

1.5 Data collection along an unprecedented continuum of 'crises' in the Eurozone's core

1.6 Organization of the book

Part I

Chapter 2 Authoritarian statism, hegemony, and intellectuals

2.1 Authoritarian tendencies in turbulent terrains

2.2 Authoritarian statism

2.2.1 A strategic response in times of crisis

2.3 Embracing an authoritarian response in times of crises

2.3.1 Ideology as practice and struggle in polarized societies

2.3.2 Ideological state apparatuses

2.4 Hegemony in a crisis-ridden public sphere

2.4.1 Consensus in the public sphere

2.5 Making authoritarian statism hegemonic

2.5.1 Traditional intellectuals and hegemony

Chapter 3 Critical perspectives on multimodal discourse analysis and argumentation

3.1 (Multimodal) critical discourse analysis

3.1.1 The principle of a macro- versus a micro-level approach

3.2 Argumentation in discourse

3.3 A polylogical insight into (multimodal) argumentation

3.4 An analytical synergy for a micro-argumentative analysis of multimodal discourses

3.4.1 A social semiotic micro-approach to the analysis of newspaper front pages

3.4.2 A micro-level study of argumentative inferences on front pages

3.5 The AMT and the Discourse-historical Approach (DHA)

Part II

Chapter 4 'Suppressing resistance'

4.1 The December 2008 uprising

4.2 Zooming in on representations of social agency, objects, and settings

4.3 In need of an 'effective' state

4.4 The protests aggravate the global economic 'crisis'

4.5 Suppress December 2008

Chapter 5 'Implementing austerity'

5.1 The Greek referendum of 2015

5.2 Emotions (pathos) in discourse

5.2.1 Semiotization of emotions in (multimodal) discourse

5.3 Opposing the Greek government

5.4 Favoring a "Yes" answer

5.5 Implement austerity

Chapter 6 'Preventing migration'

6.1 The mobilization of migrant populations towards Europe

6.2 Framing strategies

6.3 At the beginning of the 'crisis'

6.4 River Evros 2020

6.5 Prevent migration

Chapter 7 Conclusions

7.1 Authoritarianism on the front page

7.1.1 December 2008

7.1.2 The Greek referendum of 2015

7.1.3 The 'refugee crisis'

7.2 The present methodological endeavor in light of the analysis

7.2.1 Beyond multimodal meaning potential - argumentation in multimodal discourse

7.3 Concluding remarks

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Amsterdam, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.

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Other Format:

Print version: Serafis, Dimitris. Authoritarianism on the front page

ISBN:

9789027253279

9027253277

Publisher Number:

40031698984

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