Research Article
Media and Anti-Semitic Discourse in France
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.27-4-2019.2286864, author={Lavenia Rahmadina Nurzaman and Suma Riella Rusdiarti}, title={Media and Anti-Semitic Discourse in France}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st Seminar and Workshop on Research Design, for Education, Social Science, Arts, and Humanities, SEWORD FRESSH 2019, April 27 2019, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={SEWORD FRESSH}, year={2019}, month={9}, keywords={antisemitism discourse french film media}, doi={10.4108/eai.27-4-2019.2286864} }- Lavenia Rahmadina Nurzaman
Suma Riella Rusdiarti
Year: 2019
Media and Anti-Semitic Discourse in France
SEWORD FRESSH
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.27-4-2019.2286864
Abstract
France is one of the countries in Europe with the highest number of anti-semitism cases This paper discusses the existence of anti-semitism discourse in the film 24 Jours: La Vérité sur l'Affaire Ilan Halimi (2014). The focus of this paper is on the analysis of three narration; Ruth's narration, kidnapper’s narration, and the narration of the police. These three different focalizations reveal the trace of anti-semitism discourse and the power of the media to influence public opinion. Using the concept of Michel Foucault on the discourse of power, the results of the analysis show that in addition to turn Ilan as a martyr of anti-semitism crime in France, the film also becomes a media of criticism to spread anti-semitism discourse by police officers as a strategy to cover their failure in saving Ilan.
