Parry, K orcid.org/0000-0003-3654-6489 and Johnson, B orcid.org/0000-0001-7808-568X (2021) Humbug and outrage: A study of performance, gender and affective atmosphere in the mediation of a critical parliamentary moment. The British Journal of Politics and International Relations. ISSN 1369-1481
Abstract
In a Parliament called back following its unlawful prorogation in September 2019, Prime Minister Boris Johnson touched a raw nerve by stating that the ‘best way to honour Jo Cox’s memory is to get Brexit done’. Johnson had earlier dismissed concerns about threats to Members of Parliament which echoed his inflammatory language as ‘humbug’. We examine this critical parliamentary moment in the context of broader discussions about emotionality, toxic discourse and polarisation in the United Kingdom. The study combines performance analysis of the Hansard transcripts and UK Parliament YouTube coverage of the debate, with discourse analysis of national and local newspaper coverage from 25 September to 1 October 2019. We contend that in-depth examination of this moment, alongside the subsequent journalistic commentary, contributes an original case study which works to illuminate the intersections of political performance, affective atmospheres and gender in contemporary mediated political culture.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2021. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) |
Keywords: | Boris Johnson; Brexit; emotionality; gender; Jo Cox; performance; political culture; toxic discourse |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Media & Communication (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 16 Dec 2021 15:07 |
Last Modified: | 16 Dec 2021 15:07 |
Published Version: | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/136914812... |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | SAGE |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/13691481211062933 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:181457 |