In:Authoritarianism on the Front Page: Multimodal discourse and argumentation in times of multiple crises in Greece
Dimitris Serafis
[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 99] 2023
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Published online: 16 March 2023
https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.99.toc
https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.99.toc
Table of contents
Acknowledgments
List of figures
Chapter 1.Introduction
1.1Authoritarian politics and crises: Setting the terrain
1.2Constructing ‘crises’ in Southern EU: Politicizing and mediatizing social events
1.3The mediatization of crises
1.4‘Crises’ on the front page
1.4.1Newspapers’ front pages: An argumentative genre?
1.4.2An argumentative perspective in multimodal critical discourse studies
1.5Data collection along an unprecedented continuum of ‘crises’ in the Eurozone’s core
1.6Organization of the book
Part I
Chapter 2.Authoritarian statism, hegemony, and intellectuals: A critical discourse-analytical perspective
2.1Authoritarian tendencies in turbulent terrains: At the intersection of dominant institutions and society
2.2Authoritarian statism: Maneuvering in contexts of crises
2.2.1A strategic response in times of crisis: The paradox of an authoritarian tendency
2.3Embracing an authoritarian response in times of crises
2.3.1Ideology as practice and struggle in polarized societies
2.3.2Ideological state apparatuses: Securing a dominant ideology
2.4Hegemony in a crisis-ridden public sphere: A discourse-oriented perspective
2.4.1Consensus in the public sphere
2.5Making authoritarian statism hegemonic: Newspapers as intellectuals
2.5.1Traditional intellectuals and hegemony: The function of newspapers
Chapter 3.Critical perspectives on multimodal discourse analysis and argumentation
3.1(Multimodal) critical discourse analysis: An interdisciplinary integrationist approach
3.1.1The principle of a macro- versus a micro-level approach
3.2Argumentation in discourse: A (critical) multimodal perspective
3.3A polylogical insight into (multimodal) argumentation
3.4An analytical synergy for a micro-argumentative analysis of multimodal discourses
3.4.1A social semiotic micro-approach to the analysis of newspaper front pages
3.4.2A micro-level study of argumentative inferences on front pages: The Argumentum Model of Topics (AMT)
3.5The AMT and the Discourse-historical Approach (DHA): Deepening the discussion in CDS
Part II
Chapter 4.‘Suppressing resistance’: Argumentation in portrayals of actors, objects, and settings
4.1The December 2008 uprising: At the dawn of the global ‘financial crisis’
4.2Zooming in on representations of social agency, objects, and settings
4.3In need of an ‘effective’ state
4.4The protests aggravate the global economic ‘crisis’
4.5Suppress December 2008: The standing standpoint
Chapter 5.‘Implementing austerity’: The argumentative power of emotions in discourse
5.1The Greek referendum of 2015: At the peak of the Eurozone ‘debt crisis’
5.2Emotions (pathos) in discourse
5.2.1Semiotization of emotions in (multimodal) discourse
5.3Opposing the Greek government
5.4Favoring a “Yes” answer: Embracing (neo-liberal) austerity
5.5Implement austerity: The standing standpoint
Chapter 6.‘Preventing migration’: A framing that facilitates argumentative inferences
6.1The mobilization of migrant populations towards Europe: The ‘refugee crisis’
6.2Framing strategies: Sharpening meaning – argumentative inferences on the front page
6.3At the beginning of the ‘crisis’: Towards the EU-Turkey agreement
6.4River Evros 2020: The ‘crisis’ at the Greek-Turkish border
6.5Prevent migration: The standing standpoint
Chapter 7.Conclusions
7.1Authoritarianism on the front page: Main lines of reasoning in front pages’ multimodal discourse – studying the past in light of the present
7.1.1December 2008: A State to suppress resistance
7.1.2The Greek referendum of 2015: A State to implement austerity
7.1.3The ‘refugee crisis’: A State to prevent migration
7.2The present methodological endeavor in light of the analysis: Rigor in contexts of ‘crises’
7.2.1Beyond multimodal meaning potential – argumentation in multimodal discourse: An argumentative proposal in multimodal critical discourse studies
7.3Concluding remarks: Implications for future critical research
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