Constructing threat through proximization in digital news: a multimodal analysis

This paper explores the multimodal realization of social polarization in European digital news through the construction of threat. Drawing from both media and communication studies and cognitive critical discourse analysis, this study investigates how media framing and event-construal operations sha...

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Autores: Porto Requejo, María Dolores|||0000-0003-0111-9356, Alonso Belmonte, Isabel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/65561
https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09579265251333449
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Palabra clave:Construal operations
Framing
Digital news
Proximization
Polarization
Filología
Philology
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spelling Constructing threat through proximization in digital news: a multimodal analysisPorto Requejo, María Dolores|||0000-0003-0111-9356Alonso Belmonte, IsabelConstrual operationsFramingDigital newsProximizationPolarizationFilologíaPhilologyThis paper explores the multimodal realization of social polarization in European digital news through the construction of threat. Drawing from both media and communication studies and cognitive critical discourse analysis, this study investigates how media framing and event-construal operations shape news interpretations through a proximization strategy. For this purpose, a multilingual sample of 73 European newsbites about the attack on Brazilian congress by the followers of former president Jair Bolsonaro was collected. The analysis reveals several framing devices and construal operations that present the events in Brazil as relevant and potentially threatening to European audiences. Findings indicate that media framing encourages European readers to sympathize with Brazil’s current government under Lula da Silva, while portraying Bolsonaro’s supporters as an imminent threat, thereby reflecting and reinforcing polarization in public perception. These results offer valuable insights for media discourse analysts, cognitive linguists, and researchers examining polarized discourse.Agencia Estatal de Investigación20252025-05-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10017/65561https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09579265251333449reponame:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcaláinstname:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)InglésengAgencia Estatal de Investigación http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020 PID2020-119102RB-I00 POLARIZACION Y DISCURSOS DIGITALES: PERSPECTIVAS CRITICAS Y SOCIO-COGNITIVASopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/655612026-06-18T11:13:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Constructing threat through proximization in digital news: a multimodal analysis
title Constructing threat through proximization in digital news: a multimodal analysis
spellingShingle Constructing threat through proximization in digital news: a multimodal analysis
Porto Requejo, María Dolores|||0000-0003-0111-9356
Construal operations
Framing
Digital news
Proximization
Polarization
Filología
Philology
title_short Constructing threat through proximization in digital news: a multimodal analysis
title_full Constructing threat through proximization in digital news: a multimodal analysis
title_fullStr Constructing threat through proximization in digital news: a multimodal analysis
title_full_unstemmed Constructing threat through proximization in digital news: a multimodal analysis
title_sort Constructing threat through proximization in digital news: a multimodal analysis
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Porto Requejo, María Dolores|||0000-0003-0111-9356
Alonso Belmonte, Isabel
author Porto Requejo, María Dolores|||0000-0003-0111-9356
author_facet Porto Requejo, María Dolores|||0000-0003-0111-9356
Alonso Belmonte, Isabel
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author2 Alonso Belmonte, Isabel
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Construal operations
Framing
Digital news
Proximization
Polarization
Filología
Philology
topic Construal operations
Framing
Digital news
Proximization
Polarization
Filología
Philology
description This paper explores the multimodal realization of social polarization in European digital news through the construction of threat. Drawing from both media and communication studies and cognitive critical discourse analysis, this study investigates how media framing and event-construal operations shape news interpretations through a proximization strategy. For this purpose, a multilingual sample of 73 European newsbites about the attack on Brazilian congress by the followers of former president Jair Bolsonaro was collected. The analysis reveals several framing devices and construal operations that present the events in Brazil as relevant and potentially threatening to European audiences. Findings indicate that media framing encourages European readers to sympathize with Brazil’s current government under Lula da Silva, while portraying Bolsonaro’s supporters as an imminent threat, thereby reflecting and reinforcing polarization in public perception. These results offer valuable insights for media discourse analysts, cognitive linguists, and researchers examining polarized discourse.
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