Parliamentary discourse in newspaper articles

Abstract

The present paper aims, first, at analysing how and why parliamentary debates are transformed into newspaper articles with a narrative-like format; and, second, at proposing a model for integrating this kind of material and analysis into a literacy-based language teaching programme. Our data consists of Greek parliamentary proceedings and newspaper articles on parliamentary debates. Based on the critical discourse analysis framework and the social constructionist paradigm, we support the claim that the linguistic construction of social events in the press aims at creating and/or maintaining a bond between the newspapers and the readers sharing the same political and ideological standpoints. In this context, we suggest that getting familiar with the linguistic resources and discourse practices used in parliamentary and media discourse is crucial for developing a critical awareness of these genres. Finally, specific tasks are proposed aiming at reinforcing students’ critical awareness of newspaper articles on parliamentary debates.

Liquid racism in Greek online satirical news

“…3 It is exactly in this context that the present study sets out to investigate how liquid racism emerges from satirical news referring to migrants and targeting majority people for the racist ways they treat or perceive migrants. The texts examined here could be described not only as intended to produce humour but also as antiracist in the sense that they attempt to defend migrants and to denigrate racist values and practices prevailing among majority members (see among others van Dijk, 2021;Archakis & Tsakona, 2024a). Simultaneously, it will be demonstrated that humour resulting in or constituting liquid racism functions as a means of trivialising migrants and migrant-related affairs: it may create fictionalised contexts or represent social events in such a way that the humorous fictionalisation or representation ends up not only satirising racist majority members but also trivialising migrants' lives.…”

“…This Section draws on extracts fromArchakis & Tsakona (2022;2024a) with appropriate modifications so as to suit the purposes of the present paper.…”