French mainstream online press covering a Hollywood pacifist war drama: The case of Tu ne tueras point

La presse française grand public en ligne couvrant un drame de guerre pacifiste hollywoodien: le cas Tu ne tueras point

Mihaela Alexandra Tudor (1)

1 CORHIS - Communication, Ressources Humaines et Intervention Sociale

This article outlines and discusses two aspects of the French mediatization of Tu ne tueras point (Hacksaw Ridge) film: the relationship between media, normative secularism and religion in the context of the hegemony of mediatization as ‘media and communication-centered’ phenomenon. Based on the content analysis and discursive strategies of the biographical war drama chronicles, the contribution points out less developed empirical aspects in France regarding the relation between religion and media: (a) the media discourse is dependent on a normative narrative of secularism, (b) the media discourse represents and expresses a confusion between the sacred, religion and faith, deliberately created and maintained by the journalists, and (c) the media discourse is based on a conception of violence with modern origins.

Mots clés: cathodic clergy; culture; mediatization; normative secularism; symbolic violence; Tu ne tueras point

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société; Sciences de l'information et de la communication; Sociologie; Anthropologie sociale et ethnologie; Religions

Mihaela Alexandra Tudor. French mainstream online press covering a Hollywood pacifist war drama: The case of Tu ne tueras point. French Cultural Studies, 2020, pp.095715582097493. ⟨10.1177/0957155820974930⟩. ⟨halshs-03080653⟩