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Bc. Petr Hans

Master's thesis

On National TV? In Front of My Salad? or: A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of Tucker Carlson's Takes on the January 6 U.S. Capitol Attack on Fox news

On National TV? In Front of My Salad? or: A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of Tucker Carlson's Takes on the January 6 U.S. Capitol Attack on Fox News
Abstract:
Jedním z nejsledovanějších pořadů, který obhajoval demonstranty útoku na Kapitol Spojených států 6. ledna 2021, v amerických populárních médiích byl Tucker Carlson Tonight na kanálu Fox News. Cílem této práce je analyzovat diskurz v tomto pořadu s využitím postupů Kritické analýzy diskuzu pro odhalení použitých diskurzivních taktik. V práci je navíc provedena mutimodální analýza, která se zaměřuje …more
Abstract:
One of the most notable outliers in defending and siding with the protestors of the January 6 U.S. Capitol attack in popular American news media was the Fox News program Tucker Carlson Tonight. The aim of this thesis is to examine the discourse on the show, surveying ten video clips covering the topic of January 6, utilizing Critical Discourse Analysis in order to reveal the discursive tactics employed …more
 

Keywords

Critical Discourse Analysis Multimodality Political discourse Fox News fear discursive tactics January 6 Capitol attack
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 20. 5. 2024
Identifier: https://is.muni.cz/th/hggnw/

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 19. 6. 2024
  • Supervisor: Mgr. Jana Pelclová, Ph.D.
  • Reader: prof. Mgr. Jan Chovanec, Ph.D.

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