Reversing racism and the elite conspiracy: Strategies used by the British National Party leader in response to hostile media appearances
Authors: Johnson, A.J. and Goodman, S.
Journal: Discourse, Context and Media
ISSN: 2211-6958
DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2013.04.006
Abstract:This paper addresses the talk of the leader of the British National Party, Nick Griffin, when he spoke on the BBC following a surge in electoral success for the party. Inclusion in these programmes demonstrated political progress for the BNP, yet ironically facilitated breadth of criticism for the party, as his appearances were met with widespread hostility and accusations of extremism. Reactive rhetoric to these criticisms is central to Griffin rebranding the party and becoming part of mainstream UK politics. Discourse analysis is used to explore how Griffin responds to such criticism during two radio programmes and one television programme between 2009 and 2010. The analysis shows how Griffin uses two interconnected strategies of (1) presenting British people as the victims, rather than the perpetrators, of racism, and (2) blaming this racism not on outside groups, but on an ill-defined 'ruling elite'. These strategies are not independent of one another and function in response to criticism to present Griffin and the BNP as not racist aggressors but respondents to anti-white racism. The implications of this strategy for the presentation and attempted rebranding of the BNP, alongside other far right and mainstream parties, are discussed. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/23763/
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Reversing racism and the elite conspiracy: Strategies used by the British National Party leader in response to hostile media appearances
Authors: Johnson, A.J. and Goodman, S.
Journal: DISCOURSE CONTEXT & MEDIA
Volume: 2
Issue: 3
Pages: 156-164
ISSN: 2211-6958
DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2013.04.006
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/23763/
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Reversing racism and the elite conspiracy: Strategies used by the British National Party leader in response to hostile media appearances
Authors: Johnson, A. and Goodman, S.
Journal: Discourse, Context, and Media
Volume: 2
Pages: 156-164
DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2013.04.006i
Abstract:This paper addresses the talk of the leader of the British National Party leader, Nick Griffin, when he spoke on the BBC following a surge in electoral success for the party. Inclusion in these programmes demonstrated political progress for the BNP, yet ironically facilitated breadth of criticism for the party, as his appearances were met with widespread hostility and accusations of extremism. Reactive rhetoric to these criticisms is central to Griffin rebranding the party and becoming part of mainstream UK politics. Discourse analysis is used to explore how Griffin responds to such criticism during two radio programmes and one television programme between 2009 and 2010. The analysis shows how Griffin uses two interconnected strategies of (1) presenting British people as the victims, rather than the perpetrators, of racism, and (2) blaming this racism not on outside groups, but on an ill-defined 'ruling elite'. These strategies are not independent of one another and function in response to criticism to present Griffin and the BNP as not racist aggressors but respondents to anti-white racism. The implications of this strategy for the presentation and attempted rebranding of the BNP, alongside other far right and mainstream parties, are discussed.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/23763/
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Reversing racism and the elite conspiracy: Strategies used by the British National Party leader in response to hostile media appearances.
Authors: Johnson, A.J. and Goodman, S.
Journal: Discourse, Context and Media
Volume: 2
Issue: 3
Pages: 156-164
ISSN: 2211-6958
Abstract:This paper addresses the talk of the leader of the British National Party, Nick Griffin, when he spoke on the BBC following a surge in electoral success for the party. Inclusion in these programmes demonstrated political progress for the BNP, yet ironically facilitated breadth of criticism for the party, as his appearances were met with widespread hostility and accusations of extremism. Reactive rhetoric to these criticisms is central to Griffin rebranding the party and becoming part of mainstream UK politics. Discourse analysis is used to explore how Griffin responds to such criticism during two radio programmes and one television programme between 2009 and 2010. The analysis shows how Griffin uses two interconnected strategies of (1) presenting British people as the victims, rather than the perpetrators, of racism, and (2) blaming this racism not on outside groups, but on an ill-defined 'ruling elite'. These strategies are not independent of one another and function in response to criticism to present Griffin and the BNP as not racist aggressors but respondents to anti-white racism. The implications of this strategy for the presentation and attempted rebranding of the BNP, alongside other far right and mainstream parties, are discussed.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/23763/
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