“Immigrant” in Russian and French Print Media (Linguistic and Visual Composition Analyses).

Permyakova, Tatiana M.; Antineskul, Olga L.

This study addresses the representation of the linguistic and cultural type “immigrant” in French and Russian media discourse. Linguistic analysis of selected sources shows, on the one hand, signs of tolerance towards immigrants and, on the other hand, evidence of rejecting immigrants, which demonstrates the ambiguity of the matter and indirectly provokes conflicts. Visual composition analysis complements these results by revealing the following: the purpose of immigration – employment – is often socially rejected; immigrants’ sense of community is a specific cultural code in a host culture; and the cultural transfer of an “immigrant” into a different space creates uncertainty or ambiguity.

LINGUISTICS research; SOCIOLINGUISTIC research; MASS media research; VISUALIZATION

Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, 2016, Vol 45, Issue 4, p319

1747-5759

Academic Journal

10.1080/17475759.2016.1194309