Individual moral otherness as a means to underscore sectoral otherness

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ID6084716
AuthorsPnina Shukrun-Nagar (0000-0002-5238-0952)
Year2019
Volume18
Issue2
Pages161-183
Publication date2019-04-18
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Language and Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1569-2159 • E-ISSN: 1569-9862
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/jlp.19012.shu
OpenAlexW2914718058
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited19

This study examines the news broadcasts of the Israeli TV Channel 2. It focuses on coverage of instances in whichHaredi‘Jewish ultra-Orthodox’ individuals are accused of committing immoral acts such as child abuse, hit and run accident and rape. I argue that in all of these instances, the moral otherness of these individuals is linked to theirHarediidentity, thus intensifying the negative-sectoral otherness of the entireHaredicommunity.I discuss tagging, visual devices and especially discursive strategies used to link individual moral otherness to sectoral otherness at various levels of directness. Additionally, I analyze online comments written by viewers of the items discussed, which indicate the identification and interpretation of implications and implicatures conveyed by this rhetorical linkage

Aesthetics · Identification (biology · Identity (music · Interpretation (philosophy · Judaism · Linguistics · Linkage (software · Rhetorical question · Sociology · Theology · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Psychology · Philosophy · Social Psychology

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