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Europhobia as a trajectory to hate speech normalisation? A diachronic analysis of Brexit media propaganda

Franco Zappettini

Critical Discourse Studies2025https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2024.2446943article
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0.48

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This article provides a diachronic analysis of how Europhobic discourses (with particular reference to Brexit) have emerged, consolidated and normalised in the British public sphere (media, institutions and the networked public). Identifying a discursive chain of legitimacy articulated in three interrelated phases (pre-legitimation, institutionalisation and normalisation) this article suggests that the legacy of Brexit can be found in a normalisation of exclusionary discourses which could have also become the rational basis for legitimising further discrimination in a self-reinforcing logic. By taking a diachronic approach, this article makes the case for analysing discriminatory discourses from ‘chained’ and diachronic perspectives to capture social dynamics beyond the normative aspect.

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@article{franco2025,
  title        = {{Europhobia as a trajectory to hate speech normalisation? A diachronic analysis of Brexit media propaganda}},
  author       = {Franco Zappettini},
  journal      = {Critical Discourse Studies},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2024.2446943},
}

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0.48

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.41 × 0.4 = 0.16
M · momentum0.63 × 0.15 = 0.09
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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