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This article focuses on the manifestations of Islamophobia of Czech politicians and political parties on the social networking service Twitter during the 2015 migration crisis. It utilizes the securitization theory of Copenhagen school as a theoretical framework, and through content analysis of relevant tweets aims to provide more data on what role Islamophobia played in the securitization of incoming migrants. We find that although securitization, and much more politicization, of migrants took place, obvious Islamophobia, similar to the one of the Czech Islamophobic movement, happened only in some cases. A number of those politicians who politicized or migrants and Islam usually raised their voices against radical Islamophobes.

Islamophobic Discourse of Czech Politicians and Political Parties on Twitter during the 2015 Migration Crisis

Department of Politics and European Studies, Faculty of Arts

Department of General Linguistics, Faculty of Arts

Journal of Nationalism, Memory & Language Politics

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This article focuses on the manifestations of Islamophobia of Czech politicians and political parties on the social networking service Twitter during the 2015...

Islamophobic Discourse of Czech Politicians and Political Parties on Twitter during the 2015 Migration Crisis

Published Online: Dec 31, 2020

Page range: 152 - 176

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jnmlp-2020-0009

Keywords
Islamophobia, migration crisis, Czech politics, Twitter, securitization theory, securitization

© 2020 Zbyněk Vallo et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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Islamophobic Discourse of Czech Politicians and Political Parties on Twitter during the 2015 Migration Crisis

Published Online: Dec 31, 2020

Page range: 152 - 176

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jnmlp-2020-0009

KeywordsIslamophobia, migration crisis, Czech politics, Twitter, securitization theory, securitization

© 2020 Zbyněk Vallo et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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Keywords
Islamophobia, migration crisis, Czech politics, Twitter, securitization theory, securitization