Majority and Immigrant Students’ Positionings towards Refugees as Represented in Media Texts

• Published in: Cahiers balkaniques (Paris) Vol. Hors-série
• Main Authors: Panagaki, Nikoletta, Archakis, Argiris, Tsakona, Villy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cahiers balkaniques 19-11-2024; Centre d'Études Balkaniques
• Subjects: humanitarian discourse; immigrants; majority; national discourse; racist discourse; refugees; national discourse; racist discourse; humanitarian discourse; refugees; discours national; discours humanitaire; majorité; πρόσφυγες/ισσες; ανθρωπιστικός λόγος; discours raciste; migrant(e)s; μετανάστες/τριες; refugié(e)s; ρατσιστικός λόγος; majority; πλειονότητα; εθνικός λόγος; immigrants
• ISSN: 0290-7402; 2261-4184
• DOI: 10.4000/12l9m

The recent immigrants’ and refugees’ movements towards western nation-states undermine symbolic national boundaries. Such movements are perceived as a threat to linguistic and cultural homogeneity, and reinforce the reproduction of national discourse. The present study focuses on how majority and immigrant students attending a Greek elementary school position themselves towards the Greek national discourse concerning refugees. Using analytical tools from Critical Discourse Analysis, we demonstrate that both majority and immigrant students reinforce Greek national discourse which takes the form of either racist or humanitarian discourse.