On the Impossibility of Discursive-material closures: A Case of Banned TV channels in Ukraine
Drawing on the ideas of Laclau and Mouffe (1985) and Carpentier (2017), this paper shows how, on the one hand, discursive-material assemblages within the digital environment of interconnected information networks prevent the possibility of final discursive closures, while, on the other hand, they ma...
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| description | Drawing on the ideas of Laclau and Mouffe (1985) and Carpentier (2017), this paper shows how, on the one hand, discursive-material assemblages within the digital environment of interconnected information networks prevent the possibility of final discursive closures, while, on the other hand, they may weaken discourses, preventing them from serving as a mobilizing force for social change. To illustrate this, the paper discusses the case of Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, who banned oppositional television channels in a bid to shut down oppositional discourse by both discursive (the reduction of oppositional arguments) and material means (the physical closure of the studios). Discourse-material analysis presented in the paper draws on the discourse theory of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe and Nico Carpentier’s Discursive-Material Knot. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bf33793c33dd4f3fbfb8cbae21d697732022-12-22T04:16:29ZengElsevierSocial Sciences and Humanities Open2590-29112022-01-0161100329On the Impossibility of Discursive-material closures: A Case of Banned TV channels in UkraineOlga Baysha0National Research University Higher School of Economics, Department of Media, Khitrovsky Pereulok 4 Structure 10 Office, T-101D, Moscow, RussiaDrawing on the ideas of Laclau and Mouffe (1985) and Carpentier (2017), this paper shows how, on the one hand, discursive-material assemblages within the digital environment of interconnected information networks prevent the possibility of final discursive closures, while, on the other hand, they may weaken discourses, preventing them from serving as a mobilizing force for social change. To illustrate this, the paper discusses the case of Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, who banned oppositional television channels in a bid to shut down oppositional discourse by both discursive (the reduction of oppositional arguments) and material means (the physical closure of the studios). Discourse-material analysis presented in the paper draws on the discourse theory of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe and Nico Carpentier’s Discursive-Material Knot.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590291122000833Discursive closureDiscourse theoryDiscursive-material knotErnesto laclauChantal MouffeVolodymyr Zelensky |
| spellingShingle | Olga Baysha On the Impossibility of Discursive-material closures: A Case of Banned TV channels in Ukraine Social Sciences and Humanities Open Discursive closure Discourse theory Discursive-material knot Ernesto laclau Chantal Mouffe Volodymyr Zelensky |
| title | On the Impossibility of Discursive-material closures: A Case of Banned TV channels in Ukraine |
| title_full | On the Impossibility of Discursive-material closures: A Case of Banned TV channels in Ukraine |
| title_fullStr | On the Impossibility of Discursive-material closures: A Case of Banned TV channels in Ukraine |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the Impossibility of Discursive-material closures: A Case of Banned TV channels in Ukraine |
| title_short | On the Impossibility of Discursive-material closures: A Case of Banned TV channels in Ukraine |
| title_sort | on the impossibility of discursive material closures a case of banned tv channels in ukraine |
| topic | Discursive closure Discourse theory Discursive-material knot Ernesto laclau Chantal Mouffe Volodymyr Zelensky |
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