Macropropositions and legitimacy: the debate about the Law SB 1070 in the anglo-saxonic and hispanic press in the United States

Authors

  • Doris Martinez Vizcarrondo Professora Associada na Universidad de Porto Rico, Porto Rico

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18568/cmc.v14i41.1578

Keywords:

Immigration, Press, Speech, United States

Abstract

The issue of immigration and the discourse of the press is a recurring theme in the ACD’s investigation. In this paper we study the discourse of four American newspapers about the debate that Arizona Law SB 1070 raises. Law that criminalizes the undocumented. we examined 100 texts: first of all, we study the journalistic texts (news and editorials)and after we apply the theory of the actants associate to the semantic macropropositional analysis. The synchronous cut was from April 23, 2010, date of the approval until July 29 date in which it was put into effect.We find that the debate among the participants focuses on the constitutionality or not of the measure and that it leaves out of the discussion those involved, the undocumented immigrants.

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Author Biography

Doris Martinez Vizcarrondo, Professora Associada na Universidad de Porto Rico, Porto Rico

Doutora em Letras e Filosofia pela Universidade Autônoma de Madrid e Mestre em Comunicação pela Universidad de Porto Rico. Professora associada na Universidade de Porto Rico, onde atua também como professora adjunta do Programa de Lingüística no campus Río Piedras. Presidente e representante da Associação Latino-americana de Estudos do Discurso. Áreas de especialização: teorias da comunicação, lingüística, análise do discurso, semântica, semiótica e discurso dos meios de comunicação.

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Published

2017-12-15

How to Cite

Vizcarrondo, D. M. (2017). Macropropositions and legitimacy: the debate about the Law SB 1070 in the anglo-saxonic and hispanic press in the United States. Comunicação Mídia E Consumo, 14(41), 84–101. https://doi.org/10.18568/cmc.v14i41.1578

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Vol. 14 No. 41 (2017): SETEMBRO/DEZEMBRO

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