Different Faces of the Unknown: The Media and the Semiotics of Fear

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Different Faces of the Unknown: The Media and the Semiotics of Fear
Original language description
The present chapter focuses on the semiotics of fear in the context of migration and current refugee crisis. The question it addresses is that of the role of semiotic resources, as they are used by the media, in generating fear of the unknown and thus potentially shaping public attitudes towards migrants. Selected media representations from two central European countries, namely the Czech Republic and Poland, known for their anti-refugee sentiment, will be discussed here in terms of their potential for crisis and threat construction. In particular, we will focus on the role of “myth”, along with its visual instantiations, and “recontextualization” in constructing the image of the dangerous Other and, as a result, constructing the situation of “axiological urgency”.
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Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name
Current Perspectives in Semiotics. Texts, Genres, and Representations
ISBN
978-3-631-74431-4
Number of pages of the result
31
Pages from-to
261-291
Number of pages of the book
300
Publisher name
Peter Lang
Place of publication
Warsyawa
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