A construção da imagem de sujeitos “terroristas jihadistas franceses” reforçada pela mídia: uma análise discursiva da designação

Abstract

This research aims to reflect upon and analyze the construction of discourses produced in and by the journalistic sphere regarding “French jihadist subjects” of immigrant origin. To this end, the corpus comprises articles from the online newspaper Radio France Internationale (RFI), produced and disseminated between 2015 and 2023, to examine the production of the media narrative surrounding these subjects. Grounded in the theoretical framework of Discourse Analysis (DA) as formulated by Eni Orlandi, and inspired by Michel Pêcheux, the study scrutinizes the designations, imaginary formations, and the effects of meaning that shape the verbal textuality of these articles. This work seeks to contribute to the dismantling of stigmas and prejudices in social circulation that are perpetuated by and through the discourses of a media representative of certain social knowledge, since AD enables the analyst to develop a critical view of language, regarding the production of meanings about symbolic objects and of power relations that permeate social reality.