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In:Greece in Crisis: Combining critical discourse and corpus linguistics perspectives
Edited by Ourania Hatzidaki and Dionysis Goutsos
[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 70] 2017
► pp. 331–374

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Chapter 10
Golden Dawn in the media during the Greek crisis

Realities, allusions and illusions

Published online: 26 July 2017
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https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.70.10mou
Abstract
This is a corpus-driven study of the perception of Golden Dawn and its discourse by the Greek and European mainstream Press. More specifically, we examine the main traits attributed to Golden Dawn by eleven Greek and European newspapers, the causes to which its rise is linked, expecially with respect to the current crisis, and the suggested ways of addressing the phenomenon. Key lexemes are analysed and their co-articulation into meaningful discourse units is critically and contrastively discussed in the journalistic corpus. Overall, the study attempts to address the question of how the traits and political aims of Golden Dawn, as well as its discourse, are perceived by society through media.
Article outline
  • 1.The historical and political context
  • 2.Corpus and methodology
  • 3.Golden Dawn in the Greek press
    • 3.1 Kathimerini
    • 3.2 Ta Nea, To Vima
    • 3.3 Avgi, Efimerida ton Syntakton, Eleftherotypia
    • 3.4 Rizospastis
  • 4.Golden Dawn in the foreign press
    • 4.1 The Economist
    • 4.2 The Guardian
    • 4.3 Le Monde
    • 4.4 Libération
  • 5.Discussion and conclusions
  • Notes
  • References
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