On the social construction of democracy: Modal rhetoric in former East & West German journalists’ post-reunification editorials
Posted on 2018-04-15 - 12:00
We report differences in political rhetoric within former East- and West-German journalists’ editorials written during the 7 years immediately following reunification. Whereas the former evoked frames inconsistently and disproportionately conveyed citizens’ possibilities during the 1994–1995 provincial, national, and European election period; the latter framed their rhetoric consistently and did so in overwhelmingly political terms. From these findings, we draw inferences on citizens’ mutual interpretations within authoritarian societies (what is permitted) versus functioning democracies (what is legal), suggesting that only the latter affords the basis for the social construction of democracy.
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Roberts, Carl W; Zuell, Cornelia; Popping, Roel (2018). On the social construction of democracy: Modal rhetoric in former East & West German journalists’ post-reunification editorials. SAGE Journals. Collection. https://doi.org/10.25384/SAGE.c.4071767.v1
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Carl W Roberts
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Cornelia Zuell
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Roel Popping