Authoritarianism on the front page : 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.

Series:

Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture

Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture ; v.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 (197 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2023]

Summary:

This volume offers a critical discursive-argumentative framework that scrutinizes the discursive construction and, moreover, the argumentative justification of authoritarian attitudes on newspaper front pages in highly polarized times of multiple 'crises' in Greece.

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:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Serafis, Dimitris Authoritarianism on the Front Page

ISBN:

9789027253279

OCLC:

1371754566