Ethnicity and Racism in the Media: An Analysis on some of the Linguistic Devices Used in Some Bulgarian and British Articles
Ethnicity and Racism in the Media: An Analysis on some of the Linguistic Devices Used in Some Bulgarian and British Articles

Summary/Abstract: The goal of this paper is to analyse and compare the language used by some Bulgarian and British newspapers when talking about different ethnic groups. Various publications on the interaction with the „OTHERS‟ serve as a proof that the cultural/ ethnic/ religious Other has been a main topic in the media in the recent years. Immigrants, Muslims, Asians and other minorities have been discussed, debated, insulted but not ignored in any case. The media and the press in particular, have a huge influence on society.Defined as the fourth estate they are able to manipulate public opinion. This fact makes it extremely important for them to be responsible for the way they present information. Critical Discourse Analysis is used as the main method of analysis as well as comparative and contrastive linguistics. In most of the cases the analysis uses the types of devices described by Cheshmedzhieva-Stoycheva (2013) in her analysis of media discourse on ethnicity and identity in Bulgaria and the UK.

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