Some Internet genres, in particular Weblogs and discussion fora, have a dubious reputation
for giving voice to strongly polemical discourses or hate-speech. This chapter investigates …

The notion that the media's principal role regarding public opinion is reinforcement of pre-
existing attitudes–and that this idea is relative inconsequential politically–is pervasive …

America, rock musician T. Nugent tried to rally support for the Republican candidate at a
National Rifle Association meeting in St. Louis by announcing a vigorous campaign against …

In case of doubt we have put a limit on the presumptuousness of the powerful and have
strengthened the back of citizens. Although the ruling class has never forgiven us for this, the …

In this article, we build on previous critical discursive research concerning the deployment of
nationalist rhetoric in the negative representation of asylum seekers to also consider the …

Studies of crisis communication have increasingly used a critical approach to shift the focus
of research from how crises are managed to the role of social power and ideology, but little …

The construct of Britishness, as with nationalism elsewhere in the world, although
amorphous and permeable over time, continues to be used by politicians and the media as …

The metaphorical description of the city as an eyesore is an efficient rhetorical move that kills
several communication birds with one stone: it shifts the attention from military action with all …

This paper investigates migrant representation patterns according to media political
orientation, analyzing the coverage of key-events by liberal/conservative online newspapers …

The new communicative affordances of online spaces have transformed the ways and
domains we build and negotiate meaning. At the same time, they have introduced diverse …