Abstracts
Abstract
This article depicts an analysis of the media production of a controversial figure, Canadian professor and clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson, as a fragment of popular culture. Based on the methods of literary criticism and on the comparison, interpretation of themes and style, with the support of images and wordings circulating in the media, the proposed critical reflection does not concern his ideas, but how the media influenced their audiences by creating an enemy through their representations of this public intellectual. The text is an attempt by the author, who lived under a totalitarian communist regime, to demonstrate how propaganda techniques, such as virtue signalling, stigmatize.
Keywords:
- virtue signalling,
- public enemy,
- ideology,
- caricature
Résumé
Cet article dépeint une analyse de la construction médiatique d’un personnage controversé, le professeur et psychologue clinicien canadien Jordan Peterson, comme fragment de la culture populaire. Basée sur les méthodes de la critique littéraire et sur la comparaison, l’interprétation des thèmes et du style, avec l’appui d’images et de libellés circulant dans les médias, la réflexion critique proposée ne porte pas sur ses idées, mais la manière dont les médias ont influencé leurs audiences en créant un ennemi à travers leurs représentations de cet intellectuel public. Le texte est une tentative de l’auteure, qui a vécu en régime communiste totalitaire, de démontrer comment les techniques de propagande, telles que la vertu ostentatoire, stigmatisent.
Mots-clés :
- vertu ostentatoire,
- ennemi public,
- idéologie,
- caricature
Resumen
Este artículo describe un análisis de la construcción mediática de un personaje controvertido, el profesor y psicólogo clínico canadiense Jordan Peterson, como fragmento de la cultura popular. Basada en los métodos de la crítica literaria y en la comparación, la interpretación de los temas y del estilo, con el apoyo de imágenes y textos que circulan en los medios de comunicación, la reflexión crítica propuesta no se refiere a sus ideas, pero la forma en que los medios de comunicación han influido en sus audiencias creando un enemigo a través de sus representaciones de este intelectual público. El texto es un intento de la autora, que vivió en un régimen comunista totalitario, de demostrar cómo las técnicas de propaganda, como la virtud ostentosa, estigmatizan.
Palabras clave:
- virtud ostentosa,
- enemigo público,
- ideología,
- caricatura
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