The shadow, the tyrant and the insane: the east and west dualism in the visual journalism

Authors

  • Alberto Klein

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-7114.sig.2014.83427

Keywords:

Middle East, orientalism, demonization.

Abstract

This paper explores the East and West dualism considering three images: the shadow, the tyrant and the insane, respectively linked to Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. These representations, given their occurrence in the media, appear as stereotypes in the visual journalism, being in total opposition to western values, such as illuminism, democracy and reason. From the perspective of the concept of Orientalism, the text also analyzes semiotic procedures which constitute the process of demonization, according to the contribuitions of Ivan Bystrina, Gilbert Durand and Stuart Clark.

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Author Biography

  • Alberto Klein

    Professor do Programa de Mestrado em Comunicação da Universidade
    Estadual de Londrina. Doutor em Comunicação e Semiótica pela
    Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo. Email: betoklein@yahoo.
    com.br.

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Published

2014-07-31

Issue

Vol. 41 No. 41 (2014): Dossiê: Crítica Audiovisual

Section

Articles

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Copyright (c) 2014 Alberto Klein

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How to Cite

The shadow, the tyrant and the insane: the east and west dualism in the visual journalism. (2014). Significação: Journal of Audiovisual Culture, 41(41), 198-217. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-7114.sig.2014.83427