scholarly journals Persuasion or Manipulation: A Political Discourse Study of Al-Aswany’s Op-ed Post-Revolution Articles

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mona A. S. AbdelFattah
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Political Opinion

The study is concerned with Al-Aswany’s political opinion articles that have been published since 2011 until 2014. The study investigates whether Al-Aswany persuades or manipulates the reader. Using VanDijk’s model, presuppositions as well as the directives in Hyland’s model of interaction, the study aims at analyzing how Al-Aswany manipulates the reader. Moreover, the study is set to find out whether a correlation between the use of directives and manipulation exists.  The data used, in this study, are drawn from Al-Aswany’s opinion articles that have been published in Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper. The researcher has selected two articles from each year: 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. All in all, eight selected articles are gathered for a qualitative analysis.

scholarly journals Exploring the Use of Covid-19 as a New Pre-Text in Trump’s Political Discourse

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 20-30
Author(s):  
Grasiella K. Harb ◽  
Youssef M. Serhan
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Political Rhetoric ◽  
Social Function ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
The Public

With the rise in the spate of deaths in America and the failure of Trump in containing coronavirus pandemic, the president is losing his hopes of winning the coming presidential election. Amidst Trump’s confusion, Covid-19 becomes a pre-text in his political rhetoric in an attempt to blame China for the pandemic, raise tension between U.S. and Beijing, and regain credibility from the public. Accordingly, the research paper aims to explore how Trump’s outrageous language unveils his ideological hegemony and contributes to the spread of xenophobia towards China. A multidisciplinary qualitative analysis was adopted to analyze one of Trump’s blunt political discourse. The analysis was based on Fairclough and Van Dijk’s Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) model, along with Halliday’s Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) Model. The findings of the study are significant in raising the public’s awareness of the manipulative social function of language in enhancing racism and inequality of power between nations.

scholarly journals Persuasion using Argumentative Strategies, Presuppositions and Directives in Al-Aswany's Political Op-ed Articles

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mona A. S. AbdelFattah ◽  
Abeer M. Refky M. Seddeek
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Old Regime ◽  
Political Opinion ◽  
Argumentative Strategies

The study is concerned with Al-Aswany’s political opinion articles that have been published since 2011 until 2014. The study is concerned with argumentative persuasion. It aims at examining how the use of argumentative strategies, presuppositions and directives persuade the reader into accepting the proposed arguments and analyzing the degree of persuasion present in the text. Moreover, the study aims at examining whether there is an attempt to manipulate the reader. The data used, in this study, are drawn from Al-Aswany’s opinion articles that have been published in Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper. The researcher has selected two articles from each year: 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. All in all, eight selected articles are gathered for a qualitative analysis. The findings of the study show that his articles are highly persuasive as he, extensively, uses cognitive directives, establishes a common ground through the use of topos of reality and presuppositions, evokes empathy towards the protesters and the revolutions through humanitarianism and justice while raising a feeling of threat/danger from Mubarak’s old regime. Furthermore, even though the texts are highly persuasive, to claim that there is a manipulation from Al-Aswany’s part , using these linguistic tools and models, can not be strongly suggested.

scholarly journals The concept of «crisis» as an instrument of articulation of political interests in the socio-political discourse (by the example of Russian federal and regional mass media)

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 56-74
Author(s):  
Mihail Martynov ◽  
D. Serdyukov
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
The Political ◽  
Symbolic Politics ◽  
The Public ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
The Mass Media ◽  
Crisis Situations

The article analyzes the concept of «crisis» as an attribute of symbolic politics, which is reflected in the socio-political discourse. The aim was to study the concept of «crisis» as a tool for the struggle of discourses depending on the political interests of actors. The most important source of modern socio-political discourse is the mass media. In this regard, the study of the manifestations of the concept of «crisis» was carried out using the tools of content analysis and qualitative analysis of the text. As a result of the analysis of the content of the Russian federal and regional mass media, the hypothesis that the concept of «crisis» is used in the struggle of discourses, taking semantic meanings determined by the political interests of actors, were confirmed. The predominance of crisis content in the federal press is recorded. It is also noted that the federal and regional media do not so much broadcast a picture of reality, as they take part in the transformation of ideas about this reality. The data and conclusions obtained as a result of the study allow us to further more objectively assess the motivational and substantive aspects of the escalation of crisis situations in the public field.

scholarly journals "Normalisierung nach rechts": Politischer Diskurs im Spannungsfeld von Neoliberalismus, Populismus und kritischer Öffentlichkeit

2015 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Wodak
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
School Children ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Basic Assumption ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
The Political ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Complete Sample ◽  
Political Spectrum ◽  
The Right

In recent years, we can observe a shift towards the right, in politics and the related political discourse. This paper analyses this development for debates on migration in Austria, while drawing on the concept of "normalisation". The basic assumption is illustrated with an example of Austrian debates following the terrorist attacks in Paris, 7.–9.01.2015. In the quantitative and qualitative analysis of a complete sample of 72 newspaper articles in the period of two weeks in January/February 2015, it becomes obvious that the notion of "unwillingness to integrate" ("Integrationsunwilligkeit"), a completely vague notion (a "floating signifier") which remains undefined and was used only by the right-wing populist party FPÖ in the 1990s, has since moved to the middle of the political spectrum and was suddenly employed by the political mainstream in 2014 and 2015. Moreover, the analysis provides some evidence for the merging of two completely unrelated arguments: an argument about how to deal with non-compliance of adolescent migrant school children with an argument about the prevention of radicalisation in society.

scholarly journals Immigrant Integration Policies in Catalonia (1993-2017)

2021 ◽  
pp. 221-247
Author(s):  
Xavier Casademont
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Integration Policies ◽  
The Way

This article analyzes the political frames of Catalan integration policies that were developed from 1993 to 2017. It explores the way some of the major political issues and concepts surrounding immigration have been constructed in a minority nation. Based on qualitative analysis of the main political documents approved by the Generalitat de Catalunya, we suggest that Catalonia has developed a coherent and inclusive political discourse, based on the recognition of immigration as a constitutive part of its population. However, we detect a utilitarian view on immigration with some elements of its philosophy of integration being unclear.

Effects on Public Perceptions of the Legitimacy of the Opposition

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana C. Mutz
Keyword(s):  
Political Discourse ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Democratic Process ◽  
Public Controversy ◽  
The Public ◽  
Political Opinion

This chapter uses additional experiments to investigate viewers' perceptions of the legitimacy of the candidates and issue positions they like least. Conflict is central to the democratic process, and it is altogether appropriate that media highlight differences of political opinion. The legitimacy of democratic outcomes requires that political options be contested, and the in-your-face style could be just another way to present conflicting ideas to the public. Televised political discourse plays an important role in familiarizing viewers with issue arguments related to matters of public controversy. If television did so for rationales for oppositional political perspectives in particular, then it could be extremely valuable in discouraging polarization and encouraging perceptions of a legitimate opposition.

scholarly journals Does Political Ideology Affect Social Bonds Among College Students in India Today?

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (08) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maheshwari Rawat ◽  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Political Ideology ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Social Bonds ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Political Opinion ◽  
Social Circle ◽  
The World ◽  
The Way

Political ideology has played a significant role in shaping humans and their interactions with other humans since the emergence of modern political systems around the world, however, it may not have been as ubiquitous as it is in today’s day and age. These days, political ideology may affect people’s everyday choices, even what kind of people they want in their social circle. In college spaces where people engage in political discourse actively; it may impact the already existing bond among peers or lead to a dissociative behaviour. It may also have no impact at all. In this research we try to study the extent to which someone’s political ideology governs their choice of selecting or dissociating from certain social circles based on similarities or differences of political opinion. The existing literature is mostly centered on people being divided into political cleavages for elections or how family and friends play a role in shaping one’s ideology. In this research we try to study how political ideology is always at work and how it can impact the way the youth bond with their peers.

scholarly journals Gesture and legitimation in the anti-immigration discourse of Nigel Farage

2021 ◽  
pp. 095792652110485
Author(s):  
Christopher Hart ◽  
Bodo Winter
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Rhetorical Tropes

Critical discourse analysis (CDA) increasingly recognises the role played by multiple semiotic modes in the discursive construction of social identities and inequalities. One embodied mode that has not been subject to any systematic analysis within CDA is gesture. An area where gesture has been extensively studied, and where it is shown to bear significant semiotic load in multimodal utterances, is cognitive linguistics. Here, we use insights from cognitive linguistics to provide a detailed qualitative analysis of gestures in a specific discursive context – the anti-immigration discourse of Nigel Farage. We describe the gestures that accompany a range of rhetorical tropes typical of anti-immigration discourses and critically analyse their role, alongside speech, in communicating prejudice and legitimating discriminatory action. Our analysis suggests that gesture is an important part of political discourse which is worthy of further investigation in future CDA research.

scholarly journals Persuasives Handeln: objektbezogen, multimodal, massenmedial. Gebrauch der „Taferln“ in österreichischen TV-Wahldebatten

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 37-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Pfurtscheller
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Video Data ◽  
General Election ◽  
Material Objects ◽  
Object Use ◽  
History Of ◽  
Formal Rules

Object-related and multimodal forms of persuasion. The case of “Taferln” small cardboard signs in Austrian TV election debatesAustrian TV debates are held as roundtable talks with little formal rules, in particular the use of documents and objects brought along is not prohibited. This paper deals with the persuasive use and situated history of “Taferln” small cardboard signs during the 15 one-on-one encounters produced live by the Austrian public service broadcaster ORF before the general election in 2013. The video data were coded in terms of object use, relevant sections further transcribed and evaluated in conjunction with the journalistic picture direction and camera work. The findings show that politicians employed “Taferln” in 12 broadcasts, usually to be seen in close-up on the TV screen, suggesting that “Taferln” are an established means in Austrian political discourse to argue and persuade. The qualitative analysis describes in detail how “Taferln” provide communicative benefits in the conversational situation: how “Taferln” can be used to refute statements of the counter party, how conversational roles are performatively constituted based on object use, and how affordances of the material objects are strategically exploited for persuasive action.

scholarly journals Persuasion or Manipulation: A Political Discourse Study of Al-Aswany’s Op-ed Post-Revolution Articles

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mona A. S. AbdelFattah ◽  
Mona Fouad Attia
Keyword(s):  
Political Discourse ◽  
Political Opinion

The study is concerned with Al-Aswany’s political opinion articles that have been published since 2011 until 2014. The study investigates whether Al-Aswany persuades or manipulates the reader. Using VanDijk’s model, presuppositions as well as the directives in Hyland’s model of interaction, the study aims at analyzing how Al-Aswany manipulates the reader. Moreover, the study is set to find out whether a correlation between the use of directives and manipulation exists.  The data used, in this study, are drawn from Al-Aswany’s opinion articles that have been published in Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper. The researcher has selected two articles from each year: 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014.

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