Discourse on the Website of a Slovak Radical Right-Wing Party, LSNS: Euroscepticism or Not?

• In Event: ICA Plenary Interactive Paper/Poster Session I
  In Interactive Paper Session: Political Communication Interactive Poster Session

Abstract

The attitudes towards the European Union, expressed on the website of a Slovak radical right party, LSNS, are examined by this critical discourse analysis. Combination of securitization, agenda setting, and framing theories is employed. LSNS maneuvers between opportunist use of Euroscepticism as well as unexpectedly favorable statements about integration of “developed” European nations. Cooption of integration efforts is fortifying prejudiced views of ethnic, racial, and national superiorities. New media, primarily the internet, are used to disseminate such discriminatory outlooks.
Keywords: critical analysis, qualitative - textual/discourse analysis, agenda setting, framing, internet/new technology

Author

• Marta Natalia Lukacovic, Wayne State University