The Discursive Construction of National Identity in Media Sport: The Case of Greece at Euro 2004 - Softcover

Georgalou, Mariza

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3639138910 ISBN 13: 9783639138917

Publisher: VDM Verlag, 2009

Synopsis

Media sport constitutes a significant arena within which discourses about national identities are continually articulated. This monograph analyses the football commentaries of the matches in which the Greece national football team competed during Euro 2004. Its focus is on the discursive means that the sportscasters deployed with a view to constructing a national identity that promoted unification and solidarity amongst the audience. In parallel, it explores how the representatives of this national collectivity, i.e. the footballers, their coach and the fans, were depicted. Adopting a discourse- historical framework (Reisigl and Wodak 2001; Wodak et al. 1999), it becomes evident that the sportscasters show great support for their home team forging points of identification with the audience. In doing so, they confirm the ideological power that media sport has in generating, reinforcing and disseminating national identities. The study will especially benefit students, instructors and researchers in discourse analysis, media studies, and sports sociology.

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About the Author

Mariza Georgalou holds a BA in English Studies from the University of Athens, Greece, and an MA (with Honours) in Language Studies from Lancaster University, UK. She conducts research on [new] media discourse, computer-mediated communication, multimodality and virtual ethnography. She works as a copy editor at PC Magazine (Greek edition).

Edition details

• Publisher: VDM Verlag
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 3639138910
• ISBN 13: 9783639138917
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 144