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<p>The aim of the present study is to analyze the framing of the group of citizens referred to as “desolates” in the Czech nationwide media. Using the method of discourse analysis on a sample of media texts from the period October 2022 – March 2023, we identified two types of framing present in media discourse: (i) frame of desolates as disobedient citizens, (ii) frame of desolates as concerned citizens. Meanwhile, the basic nodal point of this discourse is the enforcement of the social norm of the “correct” and “suitable” citizen, on which both identified frames are based. The two frames interact simultaneously with each other – the former functions to define “desolates” as a socially and politically undesirable phenomenon, while the latter reactively defends “desolates” as “concerned ordinary citizens”.</p>
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The aim of the present study is to analyze the framing of the group of citizens referred to as “desolates” in the Czech nationwide media. Using the method of discourse analysis on a sample of media texts from the period October 2022 – March 2023, we identified two types of framing present in media discourse: (i) frame of desolates as disobedient citizens, (ii) frame of desolates as concerned citizens. Meanwhile, the basic nodal point of this discourse is the enforcement of the social norm of the “correct” and “suitable” citizen, on which both identified frames are based. The two frames interact simultaneously with each other – the former functions to define “desolates” as a socially and politically undesirable phenomenon, while the latter reactively defends “desolates” as “concerned ordinary citizens”.

The Framing of the “Desolate” in Czech Nationwide Media

Politics in Central Europe

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The aim of the present study is to analyze the framing of the group of citizens referred to as “desolates” in the Czech nationwide media. Using the method of...

The Framing of the “Desolate” in Czech Nationwide Media

Publié en ligne: 20 sept. 2023

Pages: 409 - 421

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2023-0019

Mots clés
media framing, discourse analysis, desolate, antigovernment demonstration, Czech media

© 2023 Michaela Fikejzová, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The Framing of the “Desolate” in Czech Nationwide Media

Publié en ligne: 20 sept. 2023

Pages: 409 - 421

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2023-0019

Mots clésmedia framing, discourse analysis, desolate, antigovernment demonstration, Czech media

© 2023 Michaela Fikejzová, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
media framing, discourse analysis, desolate, antigovernment demonstration, Czech media