Author: Rolfe, Mark

Source: The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, Volume 4, Number 3, September 2009 , pp. 261-281(21)

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, an imprint of Brill

Abstract:

The Danish cartoons' controversy of 2006-2008 was not a unique storm that has fortunately passed over the world into history. It exhibited reactions that had much in common with previous transnational disputes involving satire, such as the movie Life of Brian and Holocaust cartoons, but there is now the potential for global communications to accelerate and exacerbate such clashes. The media amplify clashes between the various actors and the taboos involved in such disputes. There is also a 'dialogue of the deaf', in which political elites are more concerned with speaking to their own constituencies or refuse to withdraw from problematic statements and policies rather than engaging in dialogue. Such discursive conflict has implications for transnational democracy and public diplomacy.

Keywords: PUBLIC DIPLOMACY; COMMUNICATION MODELS; DISCOURSE; DANISH CARTOONS' CONTROVERSY; LIFE OF BRIAN POLEMIC; RHETORIC; FREEDOM OF SPEECH; CENSORSHIP AND SELF-CENSORSHIP; SATIRE AND HUMOUR; TABOOS; DEMOCRACY

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187119109X455900

Affiliations: 1: School of Social Sciences and International Studies, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia

Publication date: 2009-09-01

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