(In)congruities between Political Messages and Popular Music: An Analysis of Campaign Songs in U.S. Presidential Elections

Retooled by social media and new communication technologies, the cultural politics of dissent in Kenya has become bolder and more open since the return of multi-party politics in the early 1990s. Tracing such changes, this chapter highlights lively domains of creative expression that disrupts political messages and unmasks political power in ways that upstage dominant news media. Satire, popular music, graffiti art, and cartoons capture rulers’ excesses and vices, as well as citizens’ desires for change. Political humor in post-1980s Kenya does not simply toy with power or inadvertently reinforce it. Instead, the Kenyan case affirms cultural ideologies of satire that value it as subversive or potentially liberatory.

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CANDIDATES IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN ROMANIA (2014): THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN POLITICAL MARKETING

STUDIES AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES ECONOMICS EDITION ◽

10.29358/sceco.v0i21.309 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Monica Patrut

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Presidential Elections ◽

Virtual Communities ◽

Political Marketing ◽

The Political ◽

Content Creation ◽

Parliamentary Elections ◽

Political Actors ◽

Political Messages ◽

Use Of Social Media

The phenomenon of social media has drawn the attention of the specialists from the political marketing because it contributes quickly and efficiently to the increase of the political product’s visibility and appeals to its supporters for content creation and viral promotion of the political messages. In addition, the candidate can communicate directly with the citizens and may involve them in creating virtual communities. In our study we briefly present the way in which social media was used, timidly at first, during the campaign for the 2008 parliamentary elections, for the 2009 presidential elections and for the 2012 local and parliamentary elections. The importance of social media increased during the 2012 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum and contributed decisively to rallying voters to go to the polls and, implicitly, to the Klaus Iohannis’s victory in the 2014 presidential elections. We have focused especially on Facebook, as social network, because it has managed to attract the largest number of users in Romania. The success of the 2.0 political actors does not imply (only) to use the network as an alternative news channel, but especially to establish the bidirectional connection and constant interaction with virtual friends.

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The Song #2019GantiPresiden and Political Communication in Simulacra Analysis

Jurnal ASPIKOM ◽

10.24329/aspikom.v6i2.935 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 292

Author(s):

Dani Fadillah ◽

Jian Chang

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Political Communication ◽

Presidential Elections ◽

Qualitative Method ◽

Mass Movement ◽

Jean Baudrillard ◽

Political Actors ◽

Political Messages ◽

The World ◽

Great Mass

This research aims to find out how the hashtag #2019GantiPresiden, which was initially just a common hashtag on Twitter, has triggered a massive mass movement in Indonesia. Moreover, the hashtag incarnated into various souvenirs, even into a song that shouted the need for Indonesia to have a new president. The Hashtag #2019GantiPresiden became a medium of communication to convey political messages from political actors and those interested in the Indonesian presidential elections in 2019. Qualitative method was used in the drafting of this paper by collecting data relating to the topic of discussion and then using the Simulacra logic initiated by Jean Baudrillard in data analysis. The study concluded that in 2019, the #2019GantiPresiden hashtags showed the world that a voice on social media could become a great mass power in the real world.

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Analisis Wacana Politik Debat Publik Calon Presiden dan Calon Wakil Presiden Republik Indonesia

Journal of Education, Humaniora and Social Sciences (JEHSS) ◽

10.34007/jehss.v3i1.177 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 31-38

Author(s):

Farid Iskandar

Keyword(s):

Research Methods ◽

Political Communication ◽

Political Discourse ◽

Presidential Elections ◽

Analytical Techniques ◽

Vice President ◽

Political Messages ◽

Functional Strategy ◽

Primary Means ◽

The Media

This study discusses to examine the phenomenon of political communication during the presidential and vice-presidential elections in 2019. From cases that occur during the campaign period, there are often symptoms of lack of argumentation, lack of credibility, and lack of ability to communicate through debate. This research uses The Functional Debate Campaign theory stated by William, L. Benoit. It is including the use of research methods and analytical techniques developed by Benoit. From the results of this study it is known that all candidates for President and Vice President mostly direct their political discourse into policy rather than turn up their characters, but in conveying their political messages still have shortcomings from verbal and nonverbal aspects. Whereas in terms of functional strategy it is considered to be sufficient because it has used several techniques, but it has not been evenly displayed by all candidates. There is also a weakness that appears in all candidates seen from the debate strategy which is less able to build good acclaim to build election by candidates by trying to attack and defend when attacked. The implications of the research on this candidate's debate, show that the use of candidate debates on television as a political communication forum was attracted the media and voters, however, it has not yet an ideal primary means for voters to see the credibility and capability of the prospective leader.

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Imagens meméticas e a comunic(ação) na web: um experimento analítico, reflexões e aplicabilidades acerca do discurso multimodal do Facebook

Texto Livre Linguagem e Tecnologia ◽

10.17851/1983-3652.8.2.54-68 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 54-68

Author(s):

Claudia dos Santos Gomes

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Political Discourse ◽

Presidential Elections ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Integrative Approach ◽

Dimensional Model ◽

Three Dimensional Model ◽

Political Messages ◽

The Relationship ◽

The Web

RESUMO:Ampliando-se nosso foco de estudo sobre a relação entre História e imagens, passa-se, a partir deste trabalho, a observar como as imagens vêm se prestando a externar mensagens de cunho político, desde as eleições presidenciais de 2014 no Brasil, quando se nota o aumento das mensagens de caráter dicotômico entre “direita e esquerda”. Tendo em vista a importância das imagens para a comunicação, busca-se analisar essa manifestação do discurso político imagético nas redes sociais, mais especificamente no Facebook, no âmbito de um evento digital disseminado na Web, a partir de uma proposta de análise de orientação linguística (SOUZA JÚNIOR, 2015a; 2015b; 2015c; 2015d). Nesse sentido, a partir do estudo de duas unidades de propagação (imagens disseminadas), este artigo propõe a análise desse tipo de mensagem dentro dos eventos digitais identificados por nós como “Coxinha” e “Petralha”. Utilizou-se o Modelo Tridimensional de Análise (FAIRCLOUGH, 2003; SOUZA JÚNIOR, 2013; 2015c) como metodologia, associado à Abordagem Integradora (SOUZA JÚNIOR, 2015a; 2015b). Os resultados da análise das imagens evidenciaram disputas político-ideológicas como uma prática propagada por meio de recursos tecnológicos e discursivo-imagéticos.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: discurso; política e propagação digital; imagens meméticas e multimodalidade; ensino de História e imagens meméticas. ABSTRACT:Expanding our focus of study on the relationship between History and images, this article observes how images have been expressed political messages since the 2014 Brazilian presidential elections, when it is possible to observe the increase of dichotomous messages between "right” and “left". Given the importance of images for communication, this article analyzes this pictorial way of manifesting political discourse on social networks, specifically on Facebook, regarding the spread of such manifestations as a digital event disseminated on the Web. This study makes use of a Linguistics-oriented proposal of analysis (SOUZA JUNIOR, 2015a; 2015b; 2015c; 2015d). Accordingly, by examining two units of propagation (disseminated images), the article suggests the study of this type of message within the scope of the digital events identified as "Coxinha” and “Petralha". This investigation uses the Three-dimensional Model of Analysis (FAIRCLOUGH, 2003; SOUZA JUNIOR, 2013; 2015c) as a methodology in association with the Integrative Approach (SOUZA JUNIOR, 2015a; 2015b). Results of analysis revealed political-ideological dispute as a propagated practice through technological and discursive-pictorial resources.KEYWORDS: discourse; politics and digital propagation; memetic images and multimodality; teaching of History and memetic images.

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