When harm becomes a dilemma: Discourse, ideology, and alliance politics in U.S. briefings on Gaza
Published online on July 04, 2026
Abstract
Discourse & Society, Ahead of Print.
This study examines how harm is discursively constructed and politically managed in U.S. foreign policy press briefings on the Gaza war. Drawing on van Dijk’s discourse semantics and its account of how semantic mechanisms encode and legitimize ideological ...
This study examines how harm is discursively constructed and politically managed in U.S. foreign policy press briefings on the Gaza war. Drawing on van Dijk’s discourse semantics and its account of how semantic mechanisms encode and legitimize ideological ...