scholarly journals Printed Space: Critically Exploring the (Re)production of Meaning in Architecture

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Matthieu Mereau
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Le Corbusier ◽  
Culture Industry ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Cultural Products ◽  
Built Form ◽  
Media Space ◽  
The Media

<p>This research is an exploration of meaning in architecture, considering architectural meaning as cultural production. My thesis expands the notion of architecture from the mere design and implementation of built forms to include consideration of the cultural context in which they are produced. It considers architecture to encompass not only built forms but the interpretations and cultural representations which are assigned to them. These cultural products – images, artworks, and media discourse – contribute to the wider social meanings people use to make sense of the world around them. Meanings in architecture are social creations. They are placed on artefacts by people situated within specific social contexts, and within their frames of thought and experience. My main premise is that institutions of architectural mass media, to a certain extent, shape the frames of reference for mainstream views of architecture, playing a significant role in influencing the meanings people attribute to the various cultural products that make up the field of architecture. From this premise, this research proposes that the 'media space' of architecture – a space which people abstractly construct as they interpret architectural print media – has potential for architects interested in dealing with the cultural substance of architecture, that is, with architectural meaning. To explore this idea, this thesis uses theoretical discussions on three themes ('Meaning in Architecture', 'Architectural Media and Representation', and 'the Architecture Culture Industry') to develop a particular understanding of the production of meaning in architecture. Parts of this understanding are strengthened and further developed by case studies of particular works of three architects: the journal L'Esprit Nouveau (1920-1925) produced by Le Corbusier; the Sala O exhibit at the Exhibition of the Fascist Revolution (1933) designed by Giuseppe Terragni; and the German Pavilion at the Barcelona International Exposition (1929) designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The way these architects engaged with architectural print media to develop the meanings of their work is used as the rationale for a series of architectural design explorations, which attempt to create an architecture open to post-structuralist understandings of meaning. This conceptual 'reconstruction' of Mies' much-publicised Barcelona Pavilion and the accompanying self-critique becomes my own contribution to the critical media discourse surrounding (or as I argue, constituting) the pavilion. This research finishes with some conclusions towards a philosophy of meaning in architecture. Its findings critique conventional understandings of the nature of architectural interpretation, and challenge the hegemony of the built form as the site of architectural meaning. Revealing the special focus of the architecture culture industry to be the stimulation of architectural meanings and the spread of particular interpretations in society, my study starts to reassess the role of the architect in contemporary, 'mediatised' culture. Through approaching architectural print media in more astute ways, architects may begin to explore new forms of architectural meaning, beyond the limits of built form and material existence, and create work within the 'media space of architecture'.</p>

scholarly journals Printed Space: Critically Exploring the (Re)production of Meaning in Architecture

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Matthieu Mereau
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Le Corbusier ◽  
Culture Industry ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Cultural Products ◽  
Built Form ◽  
Media Space ◽  
The Media

<p>This research is an exploration of meaning in architecture, considering architectural meaning as cultural production. My thesis expands the notion of architecture from the mere design and implementation of built forms to include consideration of the cultural context in which they are produced. It considers architecture to encompass not only built forms but the interpretations and cultural representations which are assigned to them. These cultural products – images, artworks, and media discourse – contribute to the wider social meanings people use to make sense of the world around them. Meanings in architecture are social creations. They are placed on artefacts by people situated within specific social contexts, and within their frames of thought and experience. My main premise is that institutions of architectural mass media, to a certain extent, shape the frames of reference for mainstream views of architecture, playing a significant role in influencing the meanings people attribute to the various cultural products that make up the field of architecture. From this premise, this research proposes that the 'media space' of architecture – a space which people abstractly construct as they interpret architectural print media – has potential for architects interested in dealing with the cultural substance of architecture, that is, with architectural meaning. To explore this idea, this thesis uses theoretical discussions on three themes ('Meaning in Architecture', 'Architectural Media and Representation', and 'the Architecture Culture Industry') to develop a particular understanding of the production of meaning in architecture. Parts of this understanding are strengthened and further developed by case studies of particular works of three architects: the journal L'Esprit Nouveau (1920-1925) produced by Le Corbusier; the Sala O exhibit at the Exhibition of the Fascist Revolution (1933) designed by Giuseppe Terragni; and the German Pavilion at the Barcelona International Exposition (1929) designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The way these architects engaged with architectural print media to develop the meanings of their work is used as the rationale for a series of architectural design explorations, which attempt to create an architecture open to post-structuralist understandings of meaning. This conceptual 'reconstruction' of Mies' much-publicised Barcelona Pavilion and the accompanying self-critique becomes my own contribution to the critical media discourse surrounding (or as I argue, constituting) the pavilion. This research finishes with some conclusions towards a philosophy of meaning in architecture. Its findings critique conventional understandings of the nature of architectural interpretation, and challenge the hegemony of the built form as the site of architectural meaning. Revealing the special focus of the architecture culture industry to be the stimulation of architectural meanings and the spread of particular interpretations in society, my study starts to reassess the role of the architect in contemporary, 'mediatised' culture. Through approaching architectural print media in more astute ways, architects may begin to explore new forms of architectural meaning, beyond the limits of built form and material existence, and create work within the 'media space of architecture'.</p>

scholarly journals Games of Belonging: Football, Boundaries and Politics between Germany and Turkey

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 737-751
Author(s):  
Stefan Metzger ◽  
Özgür Özvatan
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
National Belonging ◽  
Team Diversity ◽  
National Team ◽  
Football Team ◽  
The Media

Abstract International football is a field for national identity performances in which narratives of national belonging are articulated. Games of belonging capture discourses on and debates over national belonging. Up-and-coming national football team diversity, and its public promotion, was expected to facilitate boundary blurring in the politics of belonging; however, it caused highly contentious debates revolving around the question of who belongs to Germany and Turkey and who does not. For this reason, we ask how (ethnoculturally) diverse national football teams challenge established narratives of national belonging and, thereby, trigger debates over national belonging across time and space. We compared the media discourse on national team diversity in Germany and Turkey with a special focus on players who disrupt conceptions of ethnic and cultural homogeneity, namely Mesut Özil and Nuri Şahin. Our study illustrates that upcoming international football events constitute games of belonging. Actors from the media, football associations, and politics largely demanded unilateral national belonging from the disrupters, Özil and Şahin. Both players’ reactions, however, draw on conceptions of (trans-)national belonging which challenge and conflict with established narratives of (ethno-)national belonging.

scholarly journals Media discourse on receiving funds for financing of the elections’2019 in Ukraine

2021 ◽  
pp. 145-163
Author(s):  
Liudmyla Iuzva
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Campaign ◽  
Parliamentary Election ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Election Campaigns ◽  
Media Campaign ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Media Space ◽  
The Media ◽  
Campaign Financing ◽  
The Eu

One of the most important indicators of democracy is electoral transparency, which is characterised by the legitimacy of campaign financing. Since Ukraine declares its desire to join the European Union, it should demonstrate the compliance with the values common to the EU, one of which is democracy. In 2019, Ukraine held «double» elections, around which, traditionally, a multi-vector discourse unfolded in the media space. One of the areas covered was the financing of election campaigns. The author applied one of the basic sociological methods of document analysis – content analysis of the discourse devoted to financing the 2019 presidential and parliamentary election campaigns in Ukraine. The results of empirical study demonstrated that funding for these two campaigns was reported differently. Thus, in the coverage of the presidential campaign considerable attention was paid to the coverage of its various aspects. Moreover, the attention was paid to the type of voter bribery, known as direct. The parliamentary media campaign received less attention than the presidential campaign. The most frequent attention was paid to indirect voter bribery. The tone of the discourse was quite difficult to capture, however, if we evaluate the correlation between the negative and positive contexts of describing the financing of election campaigns, then, of course, the negative ones were much more prevalent.

scholarly journals Zu Benennungsstrategien von Migranten im polnischen (und deutschen) Migrationsdiskurs im Kontext der Hassrede und des Konzepts semantischer Kämpfe

2018 ◽  
pp. 227-254
Author(s):  
Marta Smykała
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Contrastive Analysis ◽  
Semantic Level ◽  
Lexical Semantic ◽  
The Media

The purpose of the paper is to present the results of a contrastive analysis of the media discourse in Poland (and Germany) that took place at the beginning of the so-called refugee crisis. The main concern of the article is to analyse the statements about the migrants in the conservative print media Wprost and Gazeta Polska occurring between August and October 2015. Particular attention is paid to the way the image of migrants is linguistically constructed in those media. The study concentrates on the lexical-semantic level. The findings are contrasted with the results of an analysis of German and Polish print media that can be described as left-wing or liberal (Die Zeit, Polityka). The article is empirically oriented and lies in the field of linguistic discourse analysis.

International high finance against the nation?

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 428-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Stögner ◽  
Karin Bischof
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Conspiracy Theories ◽  
Modes Of Presentation ◽  
The People ◽  
The Media ◽  
Economic And Financial Crisis

Abstract This article analyses antisemitic elements in the Austrian print media discourse about the 2008–2010 economic crisis. The relevant discursive statements are examined in the light of a theoretical understanding of antisemitic discursive threads as found in the prevalent modes of presentation of the economic and financial crisis in the media. The first main finding is the broad avoidance of openly antisemitic stereotypes, with the exception of the Neue Kronen Zeitung. The second main finding is that structurally antisemitic discursive elements appear above all where (a) specific groups (“high finance”, “financial sharks”, “speculators”) are singled out as the main culprits, (b) these are opposed to a homogeneously constructed “us” (the “Volk”), and (c) where the formers’ greed is stressed and where they are accused of harming the people. Here we find nationalistic and latent antisemitic discourses, the stereotypical contrasting of finance and production, conspiracy theories and anti-Americanism closely interwoven.

scholarly journals Constructing the Ideal Future in Foreign Military Media Discourses of The World War II Period

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 762-783
Author(s):  
Olga A. Solopova ◽  
Maria S. Saltykova
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
World War ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Discourses ◽  
The Ideal

The major objective of the paper is to establish functions of modeling the ideal future in the British, American and French military media discourses of World War II period. The authors argue that military media discourse is a hybrid type that combines the components of military, political, military-political, and media discourses whose concentration and interpenetration can vary greatly. The military media discourse is a mode of organizing knowledge, ideas, or experience of war that are rooted in the media and influenced by historical, geopolitical, social, and cultural context. The approach taken in this study is a mixed methodology of linguistic political prognostics that integrates fundamentals of philosophy, future studies, cognitive linguistics, and political linguistics. The samples from the digitized archives of the UK, the USA, and France (24 695 samples) are investigated through a number of methods: corpus, descriptive, cognitive and discourse analyses, cultural, metaphorical modeling, and comparative analyses. Being a basic value of military media discourse, the ideal future is determined by its nature: the idea of a better world inherent in human nature is intensified in transformative moments, war being one of them; representing the present, the media model both the past and the future. The ideal future integrates the key features of utopia and prognosis differing from them in certain specific characteristics. Its basic functions are prognostic, constructive, modeling, critical, provocative, and visualizing ones that complement one another in con-structing an ideal projection of the postwar world and the future of the USSR as a geopolitical ally of Great Britain, the USA, and France.

scholarly journals Dynamics of non-specialised nouns in new economic journalism

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 229-236
Author(s):  
Tetiana Prudnykova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Media Discourse ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Semantic System ◽  
Text Type ◽  
Economic News ◽  
Abstract Nouns ◽  
Media Space ◽  
The Media ◽  
Linguistic Units

The process of close interconnection between stability and variability in the Ukrainian language system is reflected in economic news of Ukraine, financial reports of organisations, government, ministries, etc., where, along with the established terms, some nouns which are not characteristic of that specific text type are used, therefore, it makes the research more comprehensive and enables to achieve in-depth understanding of the problem. The purpose of the paper is systematic description of non-specialized nouns, and explanation of their semantic and functional-stylistic potential. The research objectives are to differentiate words with direct and abstract meanings, to identify new semantic colouring of analysed lexical items and to determine the features of derivative nominations. The dynamics of lexical-semantic system of the Ukrainian language reflects the use of nouns with a new meaning that has developed on the basis of non-derivative words with direct semantics. Such linguistic units that are used in economic paperss form two groups. The first one includes those that, like their correlate, are remained as specific nominations: бики, монстр, моцарт. The second one is formed by the substantives that, in the non-specialised functioning in the texts on economic content, show the transition to the sphere of the abstract ones: коридор, стеля, шторм. Enrichment of the media space on economic topics is achieved by nouns that are related to the derivative words. Usually, they mark different subject processes, rarely states and specific subjects. Such nominations have occurred as a result of reinterpretation of the meaning of the substantives for which the spoken verbs and the verbs that are used in figurative meaning serve as formative ones. The role of the formant falls on the suffixes -енн-, -інн-, -нн-, rarely – -тв-, -ок-, -ація: зміцнення, ослаблення, падіння, оготівковування, гонитва, стрибок, тінізація. Non-specialised nouns that function in the texts on economic topics have occurred as a result of reinterpretation of words formed by zero suffixation: розворот, відтік, навар, відкат. Limited efficiency in economic topics is shown by substantives formed from nouns by suffixation: бізнесюк, парасолька, as well as composites (банкопад) and juxtaposites (маски-шоу). The Ukrainian media discourse of the early XXI century is too sensitive to linguistic changes. The dynamics is characteristic of direct and abstract nouns that are used in economic papers and correlate with non-derivative and derivative substantives.

scholarly journals NEW MASS MEDIA DISCOURSE IN JAPAN: NATURE, FEATURES AND DEVELOPMENT

2019 ◽  
pp. 38-45
Author(s):  
Р. К. Махачашвілі ◽  
А. О. Сидоркіна
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Web 3.0 ◽  
Digital Space ◽  
Digital Discourse ◽  
New Type ◽  
The Media

The article is devoted to new media discourse in Japan. Considering the fact that new technologies, such as Web 1.0, Web 2.0, Web 3.0, phygital space, big data, etc. have changed the media landscape dramatically, we now are talking about a new type of discourse: digital discourse. The principles of identifying and excluding new media discourse are analyzed in this article. The article reviews the main theoretical and conceptual approaches to studying new media discourse in its dynamic and overlooks its special aspects comparing to TV and print media discourse. A case study is Japanese new media analyzed as a complex open system prone to fluctuations and capable of transformations. This article attempts to provide a better understanding of the new phenomenon of digital space and the way media discourse can develop in its framework. As the modes of communication are changing and media discourse is fluctuating as well, it is opening new perspectives to further media studying that will consider not only new parameters of the phenomenon but also its socio-cultural context.

News discourse and ideology: critical analysis of Copenhagen gang wars’ online news

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pınar Yazgan ◽  
Deniz Eroğlu Utku
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Ethnic Discrimination ◽  
Online News ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Media Messages ◽  
News Discourse ◽  
The Media

Gang warfare is one of the social problems that draw attention in Denmark and it occupies an important place in the media discourse. However, the discriminatory and exclusionary effects of this discourse have been largely overlooked in many of the previous studies focusing on this problem. Taking this into account, this study examines the discriminatory aspects of the online news discourse covering these gang wars. In this way, it uncovers the forms of anti-immigrant bias in the news discourse in Denmark by examining articles from two online news articles of the newspaper Politiken’s and the news quoted from the same newspaper. Specifically, this study aims to demonstrate that the discriminatory and exclusionist discourse on the gang wars in Denmark may cause ethnic discrimination by producing negative social capital. The chosen sample of news articles have been analysed by devoting special focus on the concepts of ‘racism’, ‘exclusion’, ‘marginalisation’ and ‘negative social capital’ which are based on the critical discourse analysis of Teun A. van Dijk, who argues that news and media messages are ideological. The results of the analysis of the chosen news articles revealed that gang wars are not racism based wars as was claimed by the dominant media discourse

Key Communication Strategies of Creating the Image of an Immigrant in the Spanish Media Discourse (on the Publications of El País)

2021 ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
Mariya Simonova
Keyword(s):  
Immigration Policy ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Linguistic Analysis ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Spanish Society ◽  
Negative Image ◽  
Interesting Fact ◽  
Media Space ◽  
The Media ◽  
Spanish Press

The article is devoted to the peculiarities of coverage of the issue of immigration to Spain on the material of the daily social–political newspaper El País which refers to the quality Spanish press. The research carried out within the framework of Media Linguistics using the method of linguistic analysis of the text and the method of cognitive analysis demonstrated a very interesting fact of imbalance between the actual immigrants’ perception in the Spanish society and a certain image artificially created in the media space. The analysis of publications, more than 300 during the year 2019, that were selected according to the theme of publication: national immigration policy, immigration, crimes involving immigrants, immigrants and the Spanish society revealed two key strategies for covering the topic of immigration – the strategy for creating a negative image of the immigrant and the strategy of solidarity. The author managed to identify a sharp dissonance between the real perception in Spain of immigrants and the image of the «enemy» spread by the Spanish media.   

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