In the beginning was the word: The argumentative dimension of press news coverage of discourse of mercy towards refugees

Zawadzka-Paluektau, Natalia

doi:10.17651/SOCJOLING.33.5

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Title: In the beginning was the word: The argumentative dimension of press news coverage of discourse of mercy towards refugees

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This article explores the critical dimension of news coverage of Pope Francis’s speech on refugees in market-leading newspapers from three countries — Spain, Poland and the UK — using Critical DiscourseAnalysis methods. As hypothesised, it revealed bias and fallaciousness in the arguments against refugeesin the tabloid press. The daily broadsheets’ news articles from the three countries expressed the same positivestance towards accommodating refugees in Europe, which was to be expected. Surprisingly, though, theirargumentation was almost identical, weak and scarce, especially when compared to tabloid argumentationon the topic. None of the news articles presented the issue from the point of view of refugees. Given the influenceof media discourse, this study discusses important, real-life implications of racially biased discourseon the cognitive, affective and behavioural levels.

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Socjolingwistyka

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10.17651/SOCJOLING.33.5 ; oai:rcin.org.pl:164507

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refugees critical discourse analysis media discourse news argumentation

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Socjolingwistyka 33

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In the beginning was the word: The argumentative dimension of press news coverage of discourse of mercy towards refugees / Zawadzka-Paluektau, Natalia	Mar 5, 2021