GENERATING CONCERN AND APPREHENSION ABOUT IMMIGRATION IN THE TELEGRAPH NEWSPAPER REPORTS
GENERATING CONCERN AND APPREHENSION ABOUT IMMIGRATION IN THE TELEGRAPH NEWSPAPER REPORTS
Author(s): Bledar ToskaSubject(s): Media studies, Evaluation research, Migration Studies
Published by: Filološki fakultet, Nikšić
Keywords: concern; fear; immigration; Romania; Bulgaria; the UK; ideological viewpoints;
Summary/Abstract: Following a critical discursive approach, this short article investigates frequent and important linguistic aspects in some of the The Telegraph newspaper articles written in December 2013 to report on the right of Romania’s and Bulgaria’s citizens to work in the UK starting from 1 January 2014. The results obtained from a 12,000-word corpus and their analysis confirmed my initial hypothesis that the use of particular items in specific contexts is intended to indirectly convey ideological viewpoints and effects on readers. These citizens are represented as exploiters who will move to the UK to claim social benefits and the overall imminent situation aims at generating concern and apprehension about immigration.
Journal: Folia Linguistica et Litteraria
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 8
- Page Range: 19-30
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English