New and Old Frontiers of Europe – Rhetoric of Emotion in the Media
New and Old Frontiers of Europe – Rhetoric of Emotion in the Media

Summary/Abstract: Fear or enjoyment? This paper proposes a comparing analysis of French, German and Romanian media and their discourses concerning the European integration of Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey. How does the printing press present the integration of these countries? Referring to the period of October 2005, this study will base its interest on the different levels of fear and enjoyment appearing in the national media discourses. A discourse analysis of Le Monde, Die Franfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Ziua reveals several ways of speaking about the integration and points out, at the same time, various stereotypes of emotions like fear, enjoyment, ignorance and confidence which close and open mental frontiers in Europe.

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