Beyond the state as the 'cold monster': the importance of Russian alternative media in reconfiguring the hegemonic state discourse

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2021.1999283" target="_blank" >10.1080/17405904.2021.1999283</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Beyond the state as the 'cold monster': the importance of Russian alternative media in reconfiguring the hegemonic state discourse

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The article brings Laclau and Mouffe&apos;s discourse theory into the empirical context of contemporary Russia to analyse the complex relationships between the state and alternative media. In contrast to the mainstream narrative that paints the picture of a strong authoritarian state with a grip over democratic liberties and civil society, we suggest a more nuanced perspective on the subject that focuses on the struggle over the articulation of the identity of the state. Through an ethnography (combined with interviews and textual analysis) of three Russian alternative media outlets - Avtonom, Discours and DOXA - this article demonstrates how they critique the hegemonic state discourse, how they evade it through their practices, and how they perform counter-hegemonic alternatives. Even if their resistance is severely countered by the state, their practices are seen to de-naturalise the nodal points of centrality and unity which constitute the hegemonic state discourse. As these practices contain alternative articulations of the state discourse, the importance of alternative media for rethinking the state (and resisting it) should not be underestimated.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Beyond the state as the 'cold monster': the importance of Russian alternative media in reconfiguring the hegemonic state discourse

Popis výsledku anglicky

The article brings Laclau and Mouffe&apos;s discourse theory into the empirical context of contemporary Russia to analyse the complex relationships between the state and alternative media. In contrast to the mainstream narrative that paints the picture of a strong authoritarian state with a grip over democratic liberties and civil society, we suggest a more nuanced perspective on the subject that focuses on the struggle over the articulation of the identity of the state. Through an ethnography (combined with interviews and textual analysis) of three Russian alternative media outlets - Avtonom, Discours and DOXA - this article demonstrates how they critique the hegemonic state discourse, how they evade it through their practices, and how they perform counter-hegemonic alternatives. Even if their resistance is severely countered by the state, their practices are seen to de-naturalise the nodal points of centrality and unity which constitute the hegemonic state discourse. As these practices contain alternative articulations of the state discourse, the importance of alternative media for rethinking the state (and resisting it) should not be underestimated.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50802 - Media and socio-cultural communication

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Critical Discourse Studies

ISSN

1740-5904

e-ISSN

1740-5912

Svazek periodika

20

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

17

Strana od-do

166-182

Kód UT WoS článku

000715198100001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85118623769