WHO IS GRETA THUNBERG? ECHOES OF THE WORLD CLIMATE DISCUSSION IN THE DISCOURSE OF MOROCCAN INDEPENDENT MEDIA
WHO IS GRETA THUNBERG? ECHOES OF THE WORLD CLIMATE DISCUSSION IN THE DISCOURSE OF MOROCCAN INDEPENDENT MEDIA
Author(s): Agnieszka Pałka-LasekSubject(s): Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwa AGH
Keywords: discourse analysis; Greta Thunberg; Moroccan media; Hespress; climate debate;
Summary/Abstract: The article is an attempt to present the response drawn in the Arabic independent media by the world discussionon the figure of the Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2019.Using the tools for discourse analysis, the research focuses mainly on the way the activist’s image is createdin the context of the social role assumed by the Internet press media as news publishers, covering the plane oflanguage, transmitting ideas and social interactions. Articles from the Moroccan Internet journal Hespress (forseveral years one of the most often visited website among the Moroccan e-community), come from the periodfrom 27 September to 29 December 2019, were used as the research material.
Journal: Studia Humanistyczne AGH
- Issue Year: 19/2020
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 61-74
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English