An Ideological Square Of The "First World" Versus The "Third World" In Newspaper Discourse: A Case Study Of The 2010 Haiti Earthquake
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
An Ideological Square Of The "First World" Versus The "Third World" In Newspaper Discourse: A Case Study Of The 2010 Haiti Earthquake
Original language description
The paper investigates discursive devices employed in newspaper articles on the 2010 Haiti earthquake to represent the First World, mainly the USA, and the Third World Haiti, with regard to ascription of blame for the catastrophe. It reveals that van Dijk's ideological square of US versus THEM is applied in the discourse as the First World's positive characteristics, such as help, are emphasized, while negative characteristics, such as contribution to and partial responsibility for poor socio-economic conditions in Haiti, are de-emphasized. Conversely, negative characteristics of Haitians, such as helplessness and dependence, are foregrounded. Such a portrayal implicitly establishes power asymmetry between the two groups of social actors. As its methodology, the paper employs critical discourse analysis, incorporating multimodal analysis as well. The corpus is comprised of 45 articles on the 2010 Haiti earthquake gathered from The New York Times, The Globe and Mail and The Guardian.
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Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
AI - Linguistics
OECD FORD branch
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Project
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Continuities
V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju
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Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Article name in the collection
From Theory to Practice 2012: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Anglophone Studies
ISBN
978-80-7454-276-3
ISSN
1805-9899
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Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
95-102
Publisher name
Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně
Place of publication
Zlín
Event location
Zlín
Event date
Sep 5, 2012
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
UT code for WoS article
000325381100007