Since its very beginning, mass media has been a significant tool to spread personal and political ideologies. Actually, it is possible to recognize their ideology by looking at their use of language. Mainly, hot topics as immigration or war issues reveal the core ideologies of newspapers. Although it is usually denied, racism stills a current problem on many societies. These manifestations of racism can be found hided on the daily press. The sociolinguist Annabelle Mooney states that shadowed racist feelings towards the “other” are expressed through racist discourse (2001, p. 120). Consequently, the current situation of the refugee crisis has highlighted the presence of racists discourse on mass media. Although it is most of the times disguised with positive portrayal of the dominant group, the representation of ethnics usually connote negative stereotypes.
The aim of this paper will be to look at the words that may connote a negative view of the other. Furthermore, this paper will investigate the features of the racist situation. …show more content…
First of all, I will be using Mooney’s definition of race and ethnicity (2011, p. 120). Moreover, I will look at Van Dijk’s concept racist discourse, which is a form of discriminatory discourse (2004, p. 351). From Van Dijk’s article, I will be also using the concepts deviance, difference, and threat, which describe the features of the topic (2004, pp. 352-353). Regarding the style and structure of the text, I will be looking at Kreidler semantic roles. Specifically, I will focus my analysis on agent roles and affected roles in the text (2002, p. 70). Hence, Kreidler define agent as the argument that holds the action which affects another argument (2002, p. 70). On the other hand, Kreidler define affected as the argument that is affected by other argument, usually by the agent (2002, p.
The aim of this paper will be to look at the words that may connote a negative view of the other. Furthermore, this paper will investigate the features of the racist situation. …show more content…
First of all, I will be using Mooney’s definition of race and ethnicity (2011, p. 120). Moreover, I will look at Van Dijk’s concept racist discourse, which is a form of discriminatory discourse (2004, p. 351). From Van Dijk’s article, I will be also using the concepts deviance, difference, and threat, which describe the features of the topic (2004, pp. 352-353). Regarding the style and structure of the text, I will be looking at Kreidler semantic roles. Specifically, I will focus my analysis on agent roles and affected roles in the text (2002, p. 70). Hence, Kreidler define agent as the argument that holds the action which affects another argument (2002, p. 70). On the other hand, Kreidler define affected as the argument that is affected by other argument, usually by the agent (2002, p.