1887
Volume 22, Issue 2
  • ISSN 1569-2159
  • E-ISSN: 1569-9862
USD
Buy:$35.00 + Taxes

Abstract

Abstract

The notion of is applied in the paper to argue that the Serbian ruling party’s press releases introduce . Within the framework of critical (political) discourse analysis postulating that social actors’ use of language is vested with interests that need to be linguistically managed, the paper focuses on how the proposed strategies in political discourse – coercion, legitimisation and (mis)representation – manage the interest of the authors of press releases in realization of sycophancy. The analysis shows that the shameless normalization of sycophancy is realized by coercing the recipients to accept the exclusive right of the leader to represent the homogenized people of Serbia (the ingroup). This exclusive right is legitimized through positive representation of the leader as the self of the ingroup. Such legitimisation is enabled by misrepresentation both in terms of quality and quantity of the information conveyed.

Loading

Article metrics loading...

/content/journals/10.1075/jlp.21071.jef
2022-11-08
2024-12-12
Loading full text...

Full text loading...

References

  1. Bešić, Miloš
    2020 ”Vrednosne orijentacije i partijske preferencije u Srbiji“ [Value Orientations across the Party Spectrum in Serbia], 175–197. InTrideset godina obnovljenog višepartizma u Srbiji – (ne)naučene lekcije, Zbornik sa konferencije [Thirty Years of Renewed Multipartysm in Serbia – Lessons (Un)Learned, Conference Proceedings]. Beograd: Fakultet Političkih nauka, Centar za demokratiju; Hanns Seidel Stiftung.
    [Google Scholar]
  2. Bieber, Florian
    2018The Rise of Authoritarianism in the Western Balkans. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
    [Google Scholar]
  3. 2018a “Patterns of Competitive Authoritarianism in the Western Balkans.” InEast European Politics34 (3): 337–354. 10.1080/21599165.2018.1490272
    https://doi.org/10.1080/21599165.2018.1490272 [Google Scholar]
  4. Cammaerts, Bart
    2018 “The Mainstreaming of Extreme Right-Wing Populism in the Low Countries: What Is to Be Done?” InCommunication, Culture and Critique11 (1): 7–20. 10.1093/ccc/tcx002
    https://doi.org/10.1093/ccc/tcx002 [Google Scholar]
  5. Cap, Piotr
    2008 “Towards the Proximization model of the analysis of legitimization in Political Discourse.” InJournal of Pragmatics401: 17–41. 10.1016/j.pragma.2007.10.002
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2007.10.002 [Google Scholar]
  6. Catennacio, Paola
    2008 “Press Releases as a Hybrid Genre: Addressing the Informative/Promotional Conundrum.“. InPragmatics – March 2008: 9–31.
    [Google Scholar]
  7. Chen, Gina Masullo
    2017Nasty Talk: Online Incivility and Public Debate. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 10.1007/978‑3‑319‑56273‑5
    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56273-5 [Google Scholar]
  8. Chilton, Paul and Christina Schaffner
    1997 “Discourse and Politics”. InDiscourse Studies: A Multidisciplinary Introduction21: 206–231.
    [Google Scholar]
  9. Chilton, Paul
    2004Analysing Political Discourse: Theory and Practice. London: Routledge. 10.4324/9780203561218
    https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203561218 [Google Scholar]
  10. Jeftić, Ljerka
    2019 “Jezičko tkanje politike straha: Kognitivno-kritička studija stranačkih saopštenja“ [Linguistic Crafting of the Politics of Fear: A Cognitivist and Critical Study of a Political Party’s Press Releases]. InRadovi Filozofskog fakulteta, Broj 21 [Journal of the Faculty of Philosophy, Vol 21]: 103–119. Pale: Filozofski fakultet Pale
    [Google Scholar]
  11. Jowett, S. Garth, and Victoria O’Donnell
    2015Propaganda & Persuasion. Sixth Edition. London: Sage.
    [Google Scholar]
  12. Krzyżanowski, Michal
    2020 “Normalization and the Discursive Construction of “New“ Norms and “New“ Normality: Discourse in the Paradoxes of Populism and Neoliberalism.“ Social Semiotics30 (4): 431–448. 10.1080/10350330.2020.1766193
    https://doi.org/10.1080/10350330.2020.1766193 [Google Scholar]
  13. 2020a “Discursive Shifts and the Normalisation of Racism: Imaginaries of Immigration, Moral Panics, and the Discourse of Contemporary Right-Wing Populism.“ Social Sermiotics30 (4): 503–527. 10.1080/10350330.2020.1766199
    https://doi.org/10.1080/10350330.2020.1766199 [Google Scholar]
  14. Mladenov Jovanović, Srđan
    2018 “’You’re Simply the Best’: Communicating Power and Victimhood in Support of President Aleksandar Vučić in the Serbian Dailies Alo! and Informer”. InJournal of Media Research112 (31): 22–42. 10.24193/jmr.31.2
    https://doi.org/10.24193/jmr.31.2 [Google Scholar]
  15. Mudde, Cas
    2007Populist Radical Right Parties in Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 10.1017/CBO9780511492037
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511492037 [Google Scholar]
  16. Mudde, Cas, and Cristobal R. Kaltwasser
    2017Populism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 10.1093/actrade/9780190234874.001.0001
    https://doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780190234874.001.0001 [Google Scholar]
  17. Ottaway, Marina
    2003Democracy Challenged: The Rise of Semi-Authoritarianism. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
    [Google Scholar]
  18. Pelinka, Anton
    2013 “Right-Wing populism: Concept and Typology”. InRight-Wing Populism in Europe: Politics and Discourse, ed. byRuth Wodak, Majid KhosraviNik, and Brigitte Mral, 3–22. London: Bloomsbury Collections. 10.5040/9781472544940.ch‑001
    https://doi.org/10.5040/9781472544940.ch-001 [Google Scholar]
  19. Radeljić, Branislav
    2017 “Semi-Authoritarianism Accepted: The European Union’s Problematic Involvement in Serbia”, 35–51. InChallenges in Contemporary Society II: Proceedings from the International Conference. Skopje: “Ss Cyril and Methodious” University of Skopje, Institute for Sociological, Political and Juridical Research.
    [Google Scholar]
  20. Reisigl, Martin, and Ruth Wodak
    2001Discourse and Discrimination. Rhetorics of Racism and Antisemitism. London: Routledge.
    [Google Scholar]
  21. Reyes, Antonio
    2011 “Strategies of Legitimization in Political Discourse: From Words to Actions.“ InDiscourse & Society22 (6): 781–807. 10.1177/0957926511419927
    https://doi.org/10.1177/0957926511419927 [Google Scholar]
  22. Sauer, Birgit, Anna Krassteva, and Aino Saarinen
    2018 “Post-Democracy, Party Politics and Right-Wing Populist Communication.” InPopulism and the Web: Communicative Practices of Parties and movements in Europe, ed. byMojca Pajnik, and Birgit Sauer, 14–36. London: Routledge.
    [Google Scholar]
  23. Van Dijk, Teun
    1997 “What is Political Discourse Analysis?” InPolitical Linguistics, ed. byJan Blommaert, and Chris Bulcaen, 11–52. Amsterdam: Benjamins. 10.1075/bjl.11.03dij
    https://doi.org/10.1075/bjl.11.03dij [Google Scholar]
  24. 1985 “Structures of News in the Press.“ InDiscourse and Communication: New Approaches to the Analysis of Mass Media Discourse and Communication, ed. byTeun van Dijk, 69–93. Berlin: De Gruyter. 10.1515/9783110852141.69
    https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110852141.69 [Google Scholar]
  25. 1988News as Discourse. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
    [Google Scholar]
  26. Van Leeuwen, Theo
    2008Discourse and Practice: New Tools for Critical Discourse Analysis. New York: Oxford University Press. 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195323306.001.0001
    https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195323306.001.0001 [Google Scholar]
  27. Wodak, Ruth
    2015The Politics of Fear: What Right-Wing Populist Discourses Mean. London: Sage. 10.4135/9781446270073
    https://doi.org/10.4135/9781446270073 [Google Scholar]
  28. Wodak, Ruth, and Michal Krzyżanowski
    2017 “Right-Wing Populism in Europe & USA: Contesting Politics & Discourse Beyond ‘Orbanism’ and ‘Trumpism.’” Journal of Language and Politics: 1–14. 10.1075/jlp.17042.krz
    https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.17042.krz [Google Scholar]
  29. Wodak, Ruth
    2020 “Shameless Normalization of Impoliteness: Berlusconi’s and Trump’s Press Conferences.” InDiscourse & Society: 1–25.
    [Google Scholar]
  30. 2021The Politics of Fear: The Shameless Normalization of Far-Right Discourse, 2nd edition. London: Sage. 10.4135/9781529739664
    https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529739664 [Google Scholar]
/content/journals/10.1075/jlp.21071.jef
Loading
/content/journals/10.1075/jlp.21071.jef
Loading

Data & Media loading...

  • Article Type: Research Article
Keyword(s): antagonism; coercion; legitimization; misrepresentation; shameless normalization; sycophancy
This is a required field
Please enter a valid email address
Approval was successful
Invalid data
An Error Occurred
Approval was partially successful, following selected items could not be processed due to error