Dyskursywny obraz uchodźcy – studium przypadku samorządowej kampanii wyborczej w Polsce
A Discursive Image of the Refugee: A Case Study from the Municipal Election Campaign in Poland

Summary/Abstract: This article presents a discursive image of the refugee which emerges from comments of Polish Facebook users. The author applies a detailed case study method to analyse several comments on an electoral campaign spot published by one of the candidates for the Mayor of Warsaw, Patryk Jaki. Specialised institutions and organisations considered it a case of xenophobic hate speech. Using analytical tools of Critical Discourse Analysis, the article deconstructs two positions emerging in the discussion: pro- and anti-refugee. A close examination of these two standpoints reveals not only differences but also similarities between them. It seems that one feature they share is the perception of refugees’ (lack of) agency.

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