Jornalistic Practice:
Discourse Strategies (cont)
nPatriotic passion for national interest
¨National Interest ideology: Key feature of oppressive discourse
nProvides imagined firm guide to situation ethics
nProvides reason for pursuing ‘sublime’ science
¨Dimensions of national interest
nEmotional: non-debatable
nEconomical: also non-debatable, because no concrete data ever existed
¨Inventing ‘Enemies’
nInternal enemies: PD Diary, whistleblower, ex-research staff etc
nExternal enemies: Framing Bio science as “Korea vs rest of the world”