Umlčený diskurz: mediální reprezentace tzv. „namibijských
dětí“ mezi lety 1985-1992 v československém tisku
Silenced Discourse: Media Representation of Namibian Children between 1985–1992 in Czechoslovak Press
Author(s): Monika AbrhámováContributor(s): Johana Kotišová (Editor)
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Communication studies
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Fakulta sociálních věd
Keywords: namibian children; namibian Czechs; media analysis; critical discourse analysis; socialist press; othering; exoticization
Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on how the stay of the group of 56 Namibian children in Czechoslovakia between 1985 and 1992 was represented in the print at the time. It reflects the discourse produced by both national and regional journals and compares their approaches to the topic.Using the method of critical discourse analysis, the article highlights authoritative practices of the socialist press behind the rhetoric of education and care for the group of Namibian refugees. It also points to some narrative strategies in the analyzed texts, commonly used in the production of media discourses about minority groups, such as othering, exoticization or labelling.
Journal: Mediální studia
- Issue Year: 14/2020
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 342-362
- Page Count: 21
- Language: Czech