A pragma-dialectical approach to governmental crisis communication

Abstract To explore an argumentative approach to governmental crisis communication, this research adopts the pragma-dialectical framework to analyze and evaluate a local Chinese government’s crisis discourse concerning disputes over a proposed chemical project. The discourse is collected from the popular local online forum Mengxi Forum. By reconstructing from the discourse the four stages of a critical discussion, analyzing the embedded strategic maneuverings and evaluating the argumentation in view of institutional preconditions, it is shown that in its use of co-ordinative argumentation structures and causal argument schemes, the local government’s crisis discourse is not dialectically reasonable enough to convince the other stakeholders of the necessity to implement the proposed project. The results also shed some light on the necessity for governments’ crisis information management to ensure in its crisis discourse both dialectical reasonableness and rhetorical effectiveness.

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A Pragma-Dialectical Approach to Political Discourse Analysis: A Case Study of the Former United State Trade Representative Ron Kirk’s Remarks on the Poultry Case

Sinología hispánica ◽

10.18002/sin.v3i2.5260 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 53

Author(s):

Shi Wen

Keyword(s):

Discourse Analysis ◽

Political Discourse ◽

Critical Evaluation ◽

Critical Discussion ◽

Background Information ◽

The Political ◽

United State ◽

Dialectical Approach ◽

Political Discourse Analysis

Under the research framework of Pragma-Dialectics, this paper analyses and evaluates theformer United State trade representative RonKirk’s remarks on the trade conflict of poultry.Through this case study, I intend to develop apragma-dialectical approach to the politicaldiscourse. Based on the argumentativereconstruction, strategic maneuvering analysisand critical evaluation of the remarks, thispaper finds that even if Ron Kirk’s remarks lookreasonable apparently, there are still somefallacies hidden in them. In order to make theUS government benefit most from the tradeconflict, after considering comprehensively ofthe potential topics, audience demands, andpresentational devices, Ron Kirk maneuversstrategically by choosing beneficial startingpoints and arranging argumentative schemestechnically. By doing so, he can transmit Anti-China ideology to the international societyimperceptibly. In addition, by taking intoconsideration the background information ofthe poultry case and the Ten Commandments ofa critical discussion, this paper reveals that, theaccepted starting points and the argumentschemes are abused in Ron Kirk’s remarks.Through the case study, this paper tries to studypolitical discourse from Pragma-Dialecticalapproach and provide feasible analyticalmethods and reasonable evaluative standardsfor the political discourse analysis, so that anew perspective will be offered for researcheson political discourse.

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Argument Schemes: Extending the Pragma-Dialectical Approach

Argumentation Library - From Argument Schemes to Argumentative Relations in the Wild ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-28367-4_2 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 11-23 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Frans H. van Eemeren ◽

Bart Garssen

Keyword(s):

Argument Schemes ◽

Dialectical Approach

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Post-crisis communication and renewal: Expanding the parameters of post-crisis discourse

Public Relations Review ◽

10.1016/j.pubrev.2006.11.015 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 33 (2) ◽

pp. 130-134 ◽

Cited By ~ 113

Author(s):

Robert R. Ulmer ◽

Matthew W. Seeger ◽

Timothy L. Sellnow

Keyword(s):

Crisis Communication ◽

Crisis Discourse

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Wings for Hummingbirds to Fly With

War Owl Falling ◽

10.5744/florida/9780813056555.003.0002 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Markus Eberl

Keyword(s):

The Other ◽

Ancient Maya ◽

Symbolic Model ◽

Knowledge Domains ◽

Dialectical Approach ◽

The World ◽

Human Capacity ◽

Key Aspects ◽

Constituent Elements

This chapter employs the famous rabbit-duck illusion to develop a dialectical approach to change. While individuals perceive only rabbit or duck at a given moment, most, if not all, can also see the other. Switching back and forth between the rabbit and the duck creates consciousness about knowledge. This dialectical approach is applied to a symbolic model of creativity. The latter refers to the human capacity to question interpretations of the world and to find new relationships among constituent elements. Metonyms and metaphors are fundamental to human discourse and link knowledge domains in newbutincomplete ways. By hovering between domains, they build meta-awareness. The ancient Maya creator, the god Itzamnaaj, helps to illustrate key aspects of this model of creativity.

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Online-Communication Forums

Technical Writing, Presentational Skills, and Online Communication ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-0237-3.ch003 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 19-34

Keyword(s):

Online Communication ◽

The Other ◽

It Professionals ◽

Online Forum ◽

Online Writing

This chapter takes a close look at online-communication forums. IT professionals often have to prepare information for an online forum. Writing for an online audience (what the author calls online writing) is a vastly different activity than writing for an offline audience (called offline writing here), and being good at one form of writing does not ensure that one will be effective at the other form. Thus it is worth carefully exploring the differences in these two styles. The chapter begins by making a comparison between online and offline writing.

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Chapter 16. A pragma-dialectical approach to governmental crisis communication

Argumentation in Context - Contextualizing Pragma-Dialectics ◽

10.1075/aic.12.16yan ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 281-308

Author(s):

Yan Linqiong

Keyword(s):

Crisis Communication ◽

Dialectical Approach

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A critical discussion of the use of film in participatory research projects with homeless young people: an analysis based on case examples from England and Canada

Qualitative Research ◽

10.1177/1468794120965374 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 146879412096537

Author(s):

Alastair Roy ◽

Jacqueline Kennelly ◽

Harriet Rowley ◽

Cath Larkins

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Participatory Research ◽

Research Process ◽

Critical Discussion ◽

The Other ◽

Symbolic Violence ◽

Research Projects ◽

Case Examples ◽

Key Aspects ◽

Distinct Role

The focus of this paper is on the complex and sometimes contradictory effects of generating films with and about young people who have experienced homelessness, through participatory research. Drawing on two projects – one in Ottawa, Canada, and the other in Manchester, UK – we scrutinise two key aspects of participatory research projects that use film: first, how to appropriately communicate the complexity of already-stigmatised lives to different publics, and second, which publics we prioritise, and how this shapes the stories that are told. Through a theoretical framework that combines Pierre Bourdieu’s account of authorised language with Arthur Frank’s socio-narratology, we analyse the potential for generating justice versus reproducing symbolic violence through participatory research and film with homeless young people. In particular, we scrutinise the distinct role played by what we are calling first, second and third publics – each with their own level of distance and relationship to the participatory research process.

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Crisis Communication Characteristics & Errors: A Case Study

Public Communication Review ◽

10.5130/pcr.v2i1.2518 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 16

Author(s):

Martial Pasquier ◽

Etienne Fivat

Keyword(s):

Information Management ◽

Crisis Communication ◽

Political Reform ◽

Public Trust ◽

Executive Board ◽

Important Impact ◽

Media Communications ◽

The University ◽

Personal Harm

In 2006, events surrounding the University of Geneva led to the resignation of its executive board, and a political reform of the institution. This case constitutes a typical example of where a crisis is strengthened, and even created, by inappropriate information-management. Such situations, in which material damages and personal harm are generally quite limited, are increasingly frequent and have a particularly important impact on public trust in political and administrative institutions. The main aim of this paper is to identify the characteristics of this type of crisis, and errors linked to it from a media-communications perspective. This will be done through an analysis of publications in four different newspapers, as well as of official documents and statements from the period during which the crisis took place and in the months that followed.

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A Hybrid SWIM Data Naming Scheme Based on TLC Structure

Future Internet ◽

10.3390/fi12090142 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (9) ◽

pp. 142

Author(s):

Zhijun Wu ◽

Bohua Cui

Keyword(s):

Information Management ◽

Search Time ◽

The Other ◽

Bloom Filters ◽

Content Structure ◽

Inconsistent Data ◽

State Aggregation ◽

Hybrid Data ◽

Better Than

Aiming at the problem of low interconnection efficiency caused by the wide variety of data in SWIM (System-Wide Information Management) and the inconsistent data naming methods, this paper proposes a new TLC (Type-Length-Content) structure hybrid data naming scheme combined with Bloom filters. This solution can meet the uniqueness and durability requirements of SWIM data names, solve the “suffix loopholes” encountered in prefix-based route aggregation in hierarchical naming, and realize scalable and effective route state aggregation. Simulation verification results show that the hybrid naming scheme is better than prefix-based aggregation in the probability of route identification errors. In terms of search time, this scheme has increased by 17.8% and 18.2%, respectively, compared with the commonly used hierarchical and flat naming methods. Compared with the other two naming methods, scalability has increased by 19.1% and 18.4%, respectively.

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Inclusion of Workers with Disabilities in Production 4.0: Legal Foundations in Europe and Potentials Through Worker Assistance Systems

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11215978 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (21) ◽

pp. 5978 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Benedikt G. Mark ◽

Sarah Hofmayer ◽

Erwin Rauch ◽

Dominik T. Matt

Keyword(s):

Industry 4.0 ◽

Manufacturing Sector ◽

People With Disabilities ◽

Critical Discussion ◽

The Other ◽

Industrial Companies ◽

Employees With Disabilities ◽

Legal Foundations ◽

Assistance Systems ◽

The One

The inclusion of employees with disabilities in production is an issue that has rarely been addressed by scientists from the manufacturing sector. In this article, we examine to what extent the trend towards Industry 4.0 offers potential for the inclusion of people with disabilities in Production 4.0. First, we examine relevant legal foundations and restrictions in Europe and in more detail in Austria, Italy, and Norway. Next, based on a literature review, we examine which technological aids in the form of worker assistance systems derived from Industry 4.0 can make jobs in the manufacturing sector accessible for people with disabilities. Three types of assistance systems have been examined: sensorial aid systems, physical aid systems, and cognitive aid systems. In a concluding discussion of the results, we finally summarize the implications on management and policies as well as the potential and limitations of identified worker assistance technologies. On the one hand, the study is intended to draw the attention of researchers and industrial companies to new technological possibilities for the inclusion of people with disabilities in production. On the other hand, difficulties and grievances due to the legal foundations are pointed out to stimulate a critical discussion here as well.

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