(In)Security and terrorism: a comparative study between the online media BBC and Dabiq Magazine from the attacks in Paris

Abstract

From a comparative perspective and a Foucauldian reflection, this article¹ aims to analyze the discursive constructions about international (in)security, produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Dabiq Magazine journalistic reports, in a way that it destabilizes itself. It is worth noting that the historical fact investigated corresponds to the November 13, 2015 attacks in Paris, in view of the media audience then produced. Thus, the article seeks to reflect on the following question: how did the BBC and Dabiq Magazine construct their discourses on international (in)security on the subject of terrorism? In face of this questioning, we have, as a reflection, that the discursive constructions of the online media occur according to two questions. On one hand, there is the transmission of ideas and values through the logic of “security”, “solidarity” and return to “normality”; In turn, from another spectrum, there is the construction of a sense of insecurity, tragedy and despair. In this sense, in order to undertake this study, methodologically were used bibliographical references on the topic of critical studies of international (in)security, terrorisms, discourse analysis. Thus, a detailed study was conducted comparing the layers of the online media, since both are based on their respective regimes of truth, power and knowledge.

Key-words
CSS; Terrorism; IE; Dabiq; BBC