Rise of racist and populist discourse towards the Roma during Brexit in The Sun and The Daily Mail

The study “Romaphobia in the UK Right-Wing Press: racist and populist discourse during the Brexit referendum” by Petre Breazu and Aidan McGarry from Loughborough University used multimodal critical discourse analysis to investigate racist tropes about the Roma during Brexit in two British newspapers: The Sun and The Daily Mail. Racism towards the Roma is also … Continued

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Published: 17 Feb 2023

East Ukrainian media audiences and discussion modes

The article “Logics of Exclusion: How Ukrainian Audiences Renegotiate Propagandistic Narratives in Times of Conflict” by Olga Pasitselska from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem was a discourse and conversational analysis of shared meanings among media audiences in Eastern Ukraine, and their interaction modes. The context of the study was the pre-invasion Russian-Ukrainian conflict in Eastern … Continued

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Published: 23 Apr 2022

Mafia journalism as a discursive network beat

The study “ The Discursive Constitution of Mafia Journalism as a Network Beat” by Sergio Splendore from University of Milan investigates the work of mafia journalists. The article utilizes a institutional discursive approach to study mafia journalism as a discursive newsbeat, even if it is not recognized as an official newsbeat. All the major Italian … Continued

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Published: 21 Dec 2021

Televised political shows and mockery

Study “On the discourse of mocking in U.S. televised political discussions” by    Christopher Jenks investigated the various aspects of mocking in televised political shows, or mock news, using critical discourse analysis. Mock news is a genre that is similar to traditional news programs in the sense that they also focus on covering, discussing and … Continued

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Published: 24 Nov 2021