Samuel Bennett
Biographic Data
| ID | 3838244 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samuel Bennett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samuel |
| FAMILY NAME | Bennett |
| SIGNATURE | BENNETT S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3610-5261 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 72 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Myths and Sanctioned Ignorance in British Immigration Discourse
Soft hate speech and denial of racism at Euro 2020
Mythopoetic legitimation and the recontextualisation of Europe’s foundational myth
Using the example of the European Union’s foundational myth that post-war cooperation led to peace, in this paper I attempt to develop both a theory of mythopoetic legitimation and an analytical framework for its analysis. I start from the position that mythopoesis is a form of legitimation through history or, more specifically, through selective narratives of history. I utilise Berger and Luckmann’s social constructivism to show that myths are d…
Reimagining Europe and its (dis)integration
In this article we introduce our special issue of the Journal of Language & Politics on the (de)legitimisation of Europe. We start by outlining the rationale and research that led us to the special issue. In Section 2 we set out the contextual framing of the contributions, i.e., the crisis of legitimacy that European institutions and indeed the entire European project, have faced for the last decade and a half; crises that have been brought about…
Crisis’ as a discursive strategy in Brexit referendum campaigns
The EU referendum was arguably the greatest political event in British politics since 1945 and the campaign was marked by divisive rhetoric. This paper investigates how Britain’s membership of Europe was narrated as a crisis by both sides of the discussion. I claim that this was a conscious discursive strategy by campaign actors for two reasons. Firstly, by constructing an event as a crisis implies that immediate measures need to be taken (by vot…
New "Crises," Old Habits
In this article I analyze Twitter accounts of key political actors to show that the topoi and legitimation strategies these actors employ change over time and argue that this change is in reaction to specific (mediatized) events throughout 2015. I also argue that such discourses can be seen as recontextualizations of existing discourses that have been present in the UK public sphere for a number of years. Situated within the critical discourse pa…
The Representation of Third-Country Nationals in European News Discourse
Based on semi-structured interviews with journalists in six European countries, this article examines the extent to which the findings of recent literature about the representation of migrants in European media content are reflected in the perceptions of journalists themselves about the way in which migrants are represented in the media discourses produced by their outlets. It finds that the four key findings of the literature were by and large c…
Mythopoetic legitimation and the recontextualisation of Europe’s foundational myth
Using the example of the European Union’s foundational myth that post-war cooperation led to peace, in this paper I attempt to develop both a theory of mythopoetic legitimation and an analytical framework for its analysis. I start from the position that mythopoesis is a form of legitimation through history or, more specifically, through selective narratives of history. I utilise Berger and Luckmann’s social constructivism to show that myths are d…
The Representation of Third-Country Nationals in European News Discourse
Based on semi-structured interviews with journalists in six European countries, this article examines the extent to which the findings of recent literature about the representation of migrants in European media content are reflected in the perceptions of journalists themselves about the way in which migrants are represented in the media discourses produced by their outlets. It finds that the four key findings of the literature were by and large c…
Reimagining Europe and its (dis)integration
In this article we introduce our special issue of the Journal of Language & Politics on the (de)legitimisation of Europe. We start by outlining the rationale and research that led us to the special issue. In Section 2 we set out the contextual framing of the contributions, i.e., the crisis of legitimacy that European institutions and indeed the entire European project, have faced for the last decade and a half; crises that have been brought about…
Crisis’ as a discursive strategy in Brexit referendum campaigns
The EU referendum was arguably the greatest political event in British politics since 1945 and the campaign was marked by divisive rhetoric. This paper investigates how Britain’s membership of Europe was narrated as a crisis by both sides of the discussion. I claim that this was a conscious discursive strategy by campaign actors for two reasons. Firstly, by constructing an event as a crisis implies that immediate measures need to be taken (by vot…
New "Crises," Old Habits
In this article I analyze Twitter accounts of key political actors to show that the topoi and legitimation strategies these actors employ change over time and argue that this change is in reaction to specific (mediatized) events throughout 2015. I also argue that such discourses can be seen as recontextualizations of existing discourses that have been present in the UK public sphere for a number of years. Situated within the critical discourse pa…
The Representation of Third-Country Nationals in European News Discourse
Based on semi-structured interviews with journalists in six European countries, this article examines the extent to which the findings of recent literature about the representation of migrants in European media content are reflected in the perceptions of journalists themselves about the way in which migrants are represented in the media discourses produced by their outlets. It finds that the four key findings of the literature were by and large c…
New "Crises," Old Habits
In this article I analyze Twitter accounts of key political actors to show that the topoi and legitimation strategies these actors employ change over time and argue that this change is in reaction to specific (mediatized) events throughout 2015. I also argue that such discourses can be seen as recontextualizations of existing discourses that have been present in the UK public sphere for a number of years. Situated within the critical discourse pa…
Crisis’ as a discursive strategy in Brexit referendum campaigns
The EU referendum was arguably the greatest political event in British politics since 1945 and the campaign was marked by divisive rhetoric. This paper investigates how Britain’s membership of Europe was narrated as a crisis by both sides of the discussion. I claim that this was a conscious discursive strategy by campaign actors for two reasons. Firstly, by constructing an event as a crisis implies that immediate measures need to be taken (by vot…
Mythopoetic legitimation and the recontextualisation of Europe’s foundational myth
Using the example of the European Union’s foundational myth that post-war cooperation led to peace, in this paper I attempt to develop both a theory of mythopoetic legitimation and an analytical framework for its analysis. I start from the position that mythopoesis is a form of legitimation through history or, more specifically, through selective narratives of history. I utilise Berger and Luckmann’s social constructivism to show that myths are d…
Reimagining Europe and its (dis)integration
In this article we introduce our special issue of the Journal of Language & Politics on the (de)legitimisation of Europe. We start by outlining the rationale and research that led us to the special issue. In Section 2 we set out the contextual framing of the contributions, i.e., the crisis of legitimacy that European institutions and indeed the entire European project, have faced for the last decade and a half; crises that have been brought about…
Myths and Sanctioned Ignorance in British Immigration Discourse
Soft hate speech and denial of racism at Euro 2020
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Populism, Right-Wing Movements (5 works) · European union (3 works) · European Union Policy and Governance (3 works) · Legitimation (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works)