Authoritarianism on the Front Page : Multimodal Discourse and Argumentation in Times of Multiple Crises in Greece

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911008981603321
• Autore: Serafis Dimitris
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2023; ©2023
• ISBN: 9789027253279; 9789027213488
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (197 pages)
• Collana: Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture ; ; v.99
• Disciplina: 079.495
• Soggetti: Greek language - Political aspects; Persuasion (Rhetoric); Authoritarianism - Greece; Greek language - Discourse analysis; Newspapers - Language
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Authoritarianism on the Front Page -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication page -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of figures -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Authoritarian politics and crises -- 1.2 Constructing 'crises' in Southern EU -- 1.3 The mediatization of crises -- 1.4 'Crises' on the front page -- 1.4.1 Newspapers' front pages -- 1.4.2 An argumentative perspective in multimodal critical discourse studies -- 1.5 Data collection along an unprecedented continuum of 'crises' in the Eurozone's core -- 1.6 Organization of the book -- Part I -- Chapter 2 Authoritarian statism, hegemony, and intellectuals -- 2.1 Authoritarian tendencies in turbulent terrains -- 2.2 Authoritarian statism -- 2.2.1 A strategic response in times of crisis -- 2.3 Embracing an authoritarian response in times of crises -- 2.3.1 Ideology as practice and struggle in polarized societies -- 2.3.2 Ideological state apparatuses -- 2.4 Hegemony in a crisis-ridden public sphere -- 2.4.1 Consensus in the public sphere -- 2.5 Making authoritarian statism hegemonic -- 2.5.1 ; Traditional intellectuals and hegemony -- Chapter 3 Critical perspectives on multimodal discourse analysis and argumentation -- 3.1 (Multimodal) critical discourse analysis -- 3.1.1 The principle of a macro- versus a micro-level approach -- 3.2 Argumentation in discourse -- 3.3 A polylogical insight into (multimodal) argumentation -- 3.4 An analytical synergy for a micro-argumentative analysis of multimodal discourses -- 3.4.1 A social semiotic micro-approach to the analysis of newspaper front pages -- 3.4.2 A micro-level study of argumentative inferences on front pages -- 3.5 The AMT and the Discourse-historical Approach (DHA) -- Part II -- Chapter 4 'Suppressing resistance' -- 4.1 The December 2008 uprising.; 4.2 Zooming in on representations of social agency, objects, and settings -- 4.3 In need of an 'effective' state -- 4.4 The protests aggravate the global economic 'crisis' -- 4.5 Suppress December 2008 -- Chapter 5 'Implementing austerity' -- 5.1 The Greek referendum of 2015 -- 5.2 Emotions (pathos) in discourse -- 5.2.1 Semiotization of emotions in (multimodal) discourse -- 5.3 Opposing the Greek government -- 5.4 Favoring a "Yes" answer -- 5.5 Implement austerity -- Chapter 6 'Preventing migration' -- 6.1 The mobilization of migrant populations towards Europe -- 6.2 Framing strategies -- 6.3 At the beginning of the 'crisis' -- 6.4 River Evros 2020 -- 6.5 Prevent migration -- Chapter 7 Conclusions -- 7.1 Authoritarianism on the front page -- 7.1.1 December 2008 -- 7.1.2 The Greek referendum of 2015 -- 7.1.3 The 'refugee crisis' -- 7.2 The present methodological endeavor in light of the analysis -- 7.2.1 Beyond multimodal meaning potential - argumentation in multimodal discourse -- 7.3 Concluding remarks -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.