Discourses and practices of the 'New Normal' Towards an interdisciplinary research agenda on crisis and the normalization of anti-and post‑democratic action
This position paper argues for an interdisciplinary agenda relating crises to on-going
processes of normalization of anti-and post-democratic action. We call for exploring …
processes of normalization of anti-and post-democratic action. We call for exploring …
Saying 'Criminality', meaning 'immigration'? Proxy discourses and public implicatures in the normalisation of the politics of exclusion
H Ekström, M Krzyżanowski… - Critical Discourse Studies, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This article explores political discourse in the context of an online-mediated 2021
rapprochement between Swedish 'mainstream'and far-right parties paving the way for their …
rapprochement between Swedish 'mainstream'and far-right parties paving the way for their …
'Italians locked at home, illegal migrants free to disembark': How populist parties re-contextualized the anti-immigration discourse at the time of COVID-19 pandemic
By drawing on a Critical Discourse Studies perspective, we analyze language and
discursive strategies used by 36 Italian populist right-wing politicians in constructing the …
discursive strategies used by 36 Italian populist right-wing politicians in constructing the …
The use of metaphors to construct crisis discourses in describing COVID-19 vaccines in the Chinese and the American news media: A corpus-assisted critical …
There have been limited studies comparing Chinese and American news media in their
descriptions of vaccines, especially their use of metaphors in the context of COVID-19 …
descriptions of vaccines, especially their use of metaphors in the context of COVID-19 …
Conceptual Flipsiding in/and Illiberal Imagination: Towards a Discourse-Conceptual Analysis
This article highlights the increasingly prevalent process of so-called “conceptual flipsiding”:
that is, of strategic reversal of notions once closely associated with liberal democracy, and of …
that is, of strategic reversal of notions once closely associated with liberal democracy, and of …
Demarcating rights in divided social worlds: An introduction to the moral economy of constitutional struggles
This article outlines a framework for studying practices of boundary-making as pivotal to the
various ways in which “rights” become objects of contention and sources of narrativization in …
various ways in which “rights” become objects of contention and sources of narrativization in …
From Barack Obama to Donald Trump: The evolution of moral appeals in national conventions
J Lin - Journal of Language and Politics, 2024 - jbe-platform.com
Abstract Do Democrats and Republicans appeal to different sets of moral foundations in
their national convention speeches? Do they make efforts to frame their messages so that it …
their national convention speeches? Do they make efforts to frame their messages so that it …
The institutionalization of hatred politics in the mediterranean: studying corpora of online news portals during the European 'Refugee Crisis'
This paper aims to study the argumentative basis on which the prevention of migration is
justified and hatred politics is institutionalised in three Mediterranean settings, namely …
justified and hatred politics is institutionalised in three Mediterranean settings, namely …
“No longer the haven of tolerance”? The press and discursive shifts on immigration in Sweden 2010–2022
M Krzyżanowski, H Ekström - Social Semiotics, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The article explores key trajectories of Swedish press discourse on immigration in the period
2010–2022 which covers a variety of socio-economic and political developments including …
2010–2022 which covers a variety of socio-economic and political developments including …
Branding the white nation: Platform capitalism and the semiotics of far-right organizing
This article focuses on the branding of Patriotic Alternative (PA), a British fascist organization
and business, in three analytic steps:(i) branding as circulating ideologies as …
and business, in three analytic steps:(i) branding as circulating ideologies as …