Jan Zápotocký

Charles University, Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Graduate Student

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Jan Zápotocký is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University in Prague. His research focuses on new media and
political communication. He examines affective turn in political communication in online environments and creating virtual communities around political actors. His work has been published in Social Media and Politics in Central and Eastern Europe (2017). Currently, he is a member of the project ‘Dynamics and forms of citizen online participation in the Czech Republic in response to the European migration crisis.’

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"I Am Not Racist, But ...": Rhetorical Fallacies in Arguments about the Refugee Crisis on Czech Facebook

Journal of Intercultural Communication, 2021

This paper examines the strategies of social media users commenting on the socalled refugee crisi... more This paper examines the strategies of social media users commenting on the socalled refugee crisis. This qualitative analysis of the role of passion politics discourse on social media primarily employs the concept of rhetorical fallacies. It aims to stress the interdiscursive nature of immigration as a topic. It is connected with anti-liberalism, antifeminism (or homophobia), and conservatism. For the purpose of this study, we used techniques for social-media monitoring to analyze social-media conversations related to migration on the Facebook page of Parlamentnílisty.cz news during the Czech parliamentary and presidential elections. This analysis showed that rhetorical fallacies were used in a relatively small amount of the studied material. Only 13% of all comments contained rhetorical fallacies, among which the most used was the ad hominem fallacy (55% of the total), "call for fear" (11%) and "false authority" (7%).

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Seemingly innocent pictures. Visual representations of migrants and refugees circulating through the Czech Facebook nationalistic universe

by Andrea Průchová Hrůzová and Jan Zápotocký

Visual Studies, 2021

In recent years, a growing academic interest in both the theoretical and empirical examination of... more In recent years, a growing academic interest in both the theoretical and empirical examination of visual representations of migrants has become visible in the social sciences. Scholars coming from diverse disciplines have significantly contributed to our critical knowledge of the processes (e.g. depersonalisation, dehistorisation or orientalisation) and stereotypical representations through which migrants are depicted. The article expands on this research field and it examines the practices of visual communication among Facebook users, who actively contribute to online discussions on the issue of migration by creating and sharing topical visual material drawing upon the local and the international anti-immigrant content and context. In particular, it focuses on the visuals, which actively use the figures of humour, satire or parody in order to diminish the representatives of migration. The content of Facebook posts is approached in a complex way, and therefore visual as well as textual elements are analysed and their rhetorical strategies and intertextual references are also taken into consideration.

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"I Am Not Racist, But ...": Rhetorical Fallacies in Arguments about the Refugee Crisis on Czech Facebook

Journal of Intercultural Communication, 2021

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Seemingly innocent pictures. Visual representations of migrants and refugees circulating through the Czech Facebook nationalistic universe

by Andrea Průchová Hrůzová and Jan Zápotocký

Visual Studies, 2021

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