How Malthusian ideology crept into the newsroom: British tabloids and the coverage of the ‘underclass’
How Malthusian ideology crept into the newsroom: British tabloids and the coverage of the ‘underclass’
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马尔萨斯意识形态如何悄悄进入新闻编辑室：英国小报和对“下层阶级”的报道
DOI：
10.1080/17405904.2015.1074594
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发表时间：
2016
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
J. Lugo
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作者：
S. Harkins;J. Lugo
本文认为，马尔萨斯主义作为维多利亚时代发展起来的一系列话语体系，在紧缩时期再现了精英对社会排斥的理解，在这种理解中，处于贫困状态的人应该为自己的处境负责。它强调马尔萨斯主义存在于公共话语中，成为所谓“下层阶级”新闻报道的一个突出特征。我们的研究结果与新闻业“对权力说真话”的规范说法大相径庭，相反，作为一种政治实践，新闻业倾向于复制和加强权力的霸权话语。这篇文章是基于批判性话语分析，它已经应用于英国小报发表的新闻文章的重要样本，这些文章关注的是“下层阶级”的概念。通过观察证据，作者认为，“下层阶级”是一些记者用来形容生活在贫困中的人“不值得”得到公共和国家支持的一个概念。在这样做的过程中，这些记者帮助创造了一种支持削减福利规定和对一些最脆弱的社会成员采取额外惩罚措施的叙述。
ABSTRACT This article argues that Malthusianism as a series of discursive regimes, developed in the Victorian-era, serves in times of austerity to reproduce an elite understanding of social exclusion in which those in a state of poverty are to blame for their own situation. It highlights that Malthusianism is present in the public discourse, becoming an underlining feature in news coverage of the so-called ‘underclass’. Our findings broadly contradict the normative claim that journalism ‘speaks truth to power’, and suggest instead that overall as a political practice, journalism tends to reproduce and reinforce hegemonic discourses of power. The piece is based on critical discourse analysis, which has been applied to a significant sample of news articles published by tabloid newspapers in Britain which focussed on the concept of the ‘underclass’. By looking at the evidence, the authors argue that the ‘underclass’ is a concept used by some journalists to cast people living in poverty as ‘undeserving’ of public and state support. In so doing, these journalists help create a narrative which supports cuts in welfare provisions and additional punitive measures against some of the most vulnerable members of society.
电视企业家：社会变革和公众对商业的理解
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发表时间：
2012
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影响因子：
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作者：
Boyle Raymond
通讯作者：
Boyle Raymond