Authoritarianism on the Front Page : Multimodal Discourse and Argumentation in Times of Multiple Crises in Greece
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| Title: | Authoritarianism on the Front Page : Multimodal Discourse and Argumentation in Times of Multiple Crises in Greece |
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| Description: | 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. At the same time, it aspires to outline novel research avenues for scholars working in the fields of critical discourse and argumentation studies, multimodality and communication studies, that go beyond the study of the meaning potential of multimodal artifacts and focus on the study of the argumentative inferences that are triggered by multimodal discourses in polarized contexts. It frames the theoretical discussion based on concepts such as Nikos Poulantzas'‘authoritarian statism'as well as Antonio Gramsci's ‘hegemony'and ‘intellectuals'. Methodologically, it draws on the agenda of multimodal critical discourse analysis, integrating principles and tools from social semiotics and (multimodal) argumentation studies with a particular focus on inference in argumentation. |
| Authors: | Dimitris Serafis |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Authoritarianism--Greece, Persuasion (Rhetoric), Greek language--Political aspects, Greek language--Discourse analysis, Newspapers--Language |
| Categories: | LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Pragmatics |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | 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. At the same time, it aspires to outline novel research avenues for scholars working in the fields of critical discourse and argumentation studies, multimodality and communication studies, that go beyond the study of the meaning potential of multimodal artifacts and focus on the study of the argumentative inferences that are triggered by multimodal discourses in polarized contexts. It frames the theoretical discussion based on concepts such as Nikos Poulantzas'‘authoritarian statism'as well as Antonio Gramsci's ‘hegemony'and ‘intellectuals'. Methodologically, it draws on the agenda of multimodal critical discourse analysis, integrating principles and tools from social semiotics and (multimodal) argumentation studies with a particular focus on inference in argumentation. |
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| ISBN: | 9789027213488 9789027253279 |
