%0 Journal Article
%T Do Conservative Magazines Gazeta Polska and Najwyższy Czas! Deepen Racist on Patterns of Thinking? Polish‑ Belarusian Border Crisis in the Light of Étienne Balibar Theory
%A Nylec, Wiktoria
%J Media Research Issues
%V 2024
%R 10.4467/22996362PZ.24.016.19799
%N Volume 67, Issue 2 (258)
%P 95-115
%K content analysis, media discourse, migration, Étienne Balibar, Polish‑Belarusian border, Gazeta Polska, Najwyższy Czas!, conservative magazines
%@ 0555-0025
%D 2024
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zeszyty-prasoznawcze/article/czy-czasopisma-konserwatywne-gazeta-polska-i-najwyzszy-czas-poglebiaja-rasistowskie-schematy-myslenia-kryzys-migracyjny-na-granicy-polsko-bialoruskiej-w-swietle-teorii-etiennea-balibara
%X The aim of the research was to determine whether Polish conservative opinion magazines (Gazeta Polska and Najwyższy Czas!) may be responsible for the deepening of racist patterns of thinking. The research context included the issue of migration from the countries of the Middle East and Africa based on the example of events on the Polish‑Belarusian border. The main research method was content analysis, including discourse analysis (media framework). The research sample consisted of a total of 109 texts (GP 86 and NC 23). In formulating the research theses, the theory of the French philosopher Étienne Balibar was used, especially considerations regarding racism and the concept of border. The research results gave a positive answer to the main research problem. The comparative analysis showed similarities between both magazines in terms of the rhetoric used towards migrants (anti-immigrant narrative, the “us-them” division, linguistic treatments that are part of the exclusion strategy), as well as the multiplicity of the border topos, which is understood as: the external border of the territory of Poland, the zoopolitical border and the mental border. The element that differentiated the examined magazines was the political context – GP supported PiS policy and used the conflict to deepen internal polarization, while NC criticized the United Right government’s actions.