Carola Rackete’s Sea Rescue Operation in 2019. A Narrative of Communality Stemming from Feelings of Responsibility Cover Image

„Handeln statt Hoffen“. Zur Gemeinschaftsanrufung durch Attribution von Verantwortungsgefühlen im medialen Diskurs zur Seenotrettung von Carola Rackete im Sommer 2019
Carola Rackete’s Sea Rescue Operation in 2019. A Narrative of Communality Stemming from Feelings of Responsibility

Author(s): Bettina Radeiski, Eva Steinmetz
Subject(s): Media studies, Applied Linguistics, Politics and communication, Present Times (2010 - today)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: discourse analysis; feelings community; media discourse; narrativity sea rescue; responsibility;

Summary/Abstract: The article addresses a narrative of communanlity stemming primarily from feelings of responsibility. Referencing selected media reports on Carola Rackete’s sea rescue operation in 2019, the article discusses the circumstances under which a society calls on its individual members to act in a spirit of responsibility for their community - and at which point this common hope actually results in common action. The paper focuses on what constitutes responsible communities real and imagined, i.e. the discursive processes by which a community is invoked through the attribution of feelings of responsibility. The article employs methodological elements from linguistic and social science discourse research.

  • Issue Year: 45/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 79-92
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: German