Discourses on Somali Piracy Intervention and Legitimacy

dc.contributor.author Way, Lyndon C. S.
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dc.date.issued 2014
dc.description.abstract Piracy off Somalia's coast has gained the imagination of the public and the attention of the media. Using critical discourse analysis, this paper considers stories about Somali piracy on the international BBC news website. A twin analysis is undertaken to determine how those involved in piracy and their actions are represented as well as how macro-discursive strategies of legitimation are employed. An historical contextualisation of Somalia and piracy complements the analysis. These analyses reveal how news stories do not focus on Somalis but on negative representations of pirates and positive representations of Western military powers. A number of linguistic strategies are identified that emphasise Western powers and articulate discourses that legitimate the continuing presence and actions of Western militaries. These discourses are drawn upon at the expense of discourses sympathetic to the plight of Somalis. These findings not only call into question the BBC's claims to objectivity, but also highlight the fact that stories do not promote conditions suitable for an end to piracy. en_US
dc.identifier.doi 10.1080/17512786.2013.778606
dc.identifier.issn 1751-2786
dc.identifier.issn 1751-2794
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2013.778606
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14365/1777
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd en_US
dc.relation.ispartof Journalısm Practıce en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess en_US
dc.subject BBC en_US
dc.subject critical discourse analysis en_US
dc.subject legitimation en_US
dc.subject pirates en_US
dc.subject Somalia en_US
dc.subject website en_US
dc.title Discourses on Somali Piracy Intervention and Legitimacy en_US
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gdc.description.department İzmir Ekonomi Üniversitesi en_US
gdc.description.departmenttemp [Way, Lyndon C. S.] Izmir Univ Econ, Media & Commun Dept, Izmir, Turkey en_US
gdc.description.endpage 95 en_US
gdc.description.issue 1 en_US
gdc.description.publicationcategory Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı en_US
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gdc.description.startpage 80 en_US
gdc.description.volume 8 en_US
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