SEMIOTICS PECULIARITIES OF INTERNET MEMES IN ENGLISH POLITICAL DISCOURSE

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (15) ◽  
pp. 20-29
Author(s):  
Myroslava Zabotnova
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Election ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Selection Of

The article is devoted to semiotic specificity of Internet memes in the English political discourse. The aim of the work is to figure out the core semiotic peculiarities of Internet memes in semiotic field. The article highlights the role of Internet memes in political discourse classifying them according to their textuality; thus, revealing the value of signs in memes’ formation, and specifying types and peculiarities of signs in Internet memes in political discourse. The research unitizes the units based on the presidential election in the USA 2020. The intention of memes’ creation depends on the verbalization circumstances – in 2020 this factor is determined by the pandemic. So, this selection of Internet me

The Location of Services Involved with International Trade

1987 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 687-700 ◽  
Author(s):  
K O'Connor
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Port Development ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Producer Service ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Service Location ◽  
Statistical Record ◽  
Selection Of

Services that link buyer and seller across nations and continents have long been a part of city and port development, but have not attracted much research interest, perhaps because they remain (like their statistical record) ‘invisible’. Technical and structural change in the organisation of shipping, reflected largely in containerisation, have changed the context for these services and they have responded in a variety of ways. Data in this paper trace the location of a selection of these services in the USA and Australia, indicating a separation between services and negotiations on aspects of trade services, and new patterns of physical activity in trade. It is suggested that this separation may be facilitated by the standardisation that has come with containerisation, the importance of intercorporate linkages, the role of official markets, and the application of modern communication technology. These aspects account for the clustering of services in large cities and their separation from day-to-day trade business, and could provide insights for producer-service location in general. The paper indicates the need for survey work to test these ideas.

scholarly journals Biopolitical Populism in Poland: The Case of PiS

Populism ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-164
Author(s):  
Alexandra Yatsyk
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Institutional Framework ◽  
National Parliaments ◽  
Gender Policy ◽  
The Core ◽  
Before And After ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Democratic Principles

Abstract This paper examines the discourse of PiS party in Poland as a form of biopolitical populism. I view this phenomenon as a specific style of political discourse rather than an ideology, that, first, focuses on bodily issues, including family and gender policy, sexual behavior, etc., second—it is inherently performative and as such it appeals to emotions, and, third—it directly communicates with “people” while circumventing the existing institutional framework of the state. Based on the cases of PiS rhetoric on the Smolensk catastrophe, and its narratives on gender and anti-LGBTQ issues, I demonstrate how the latter could be used for political othering and for subverting the core democratic principles. My data includes publications in Polish media and on social platforms (Twitter and Facebook), mostly before and after elections to European and national parliaments in May and October 2019, as well as during the presidential election in spring 2020.

Otto Kirchheimer - Gesammelte Schriften

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Party Systems ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
Contemporary History ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Post War ◽  
Changing Role ◽  
Industrial Societies ◽  
Selection Of

The fifth volume in this six-volume collection of Otto Kirchheimer’s (1905–1965) works is entitled Politische Systeme im Nachkriegseuropa (Political Systems in post-war Europe) and contains 34 works by Kirchheimer, published between 1950 and 1967, on changes to political orders in modern industrial societies. Geographically, these studies focus not only on the Federal Republic of Germany but also on developments in other Western European democracies, the USA and the GDR. In these writings, Kirchheimer pays particular attention to changes in the party systems in these countries, the changing role of the parliamentary opposition, the calculated influence of associations and interest groups, the intensification of bureaucracy and the strengthening of the executive, and the political attitudes and expectations of citizens in modern democracies. In addition, this volume contains a comprehensive bibliography of all Kirchheimer’s published works plus a selection of his unpublished writings. This book will appeal to all those interested in politics, law, contemporary history and sociology.

scholarly journals The Role of Pensioners in the American Electorate

Upravlenie ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-103
Author(s):  
Лебедева ◽  
Lyudmila Lebedeva ◽  
Емельянов ◽  
E. Emelyanov
Keyword(s):  
Baby Boomers ◽  
Age Structure ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Presidential Elections ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Us History ◽  
Strong Growth ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Usa

The article examines fundamental demographic changes in the USA that have been shifting the electorate and as a result - American politics; with wide gaps between the generations on key social, economic, political issues. The US presidential elections since 1980 were dominated by baby boomers (born 1946-1964) and prior generations, who have cast the vast majority of votes in every presidential election. The 2016 electorate has been the most diverse in the US history due to strong growth of young generations, and especially among Hispanic eligible voters. Millennials (born 1981–1998) and X generation (born 1965-1980) surpassed Baby Boomers and more old generations whose choices differ significantly in many fields; but the key problem is who really votes. The age structure of the American electorate and its influence on the election results; the role of pensioners and those, who’ll retire in the nearest future, as voters at the federal and state levels are in focus.

The Network Becomes the Core of the ATM

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernardo Bátiz-Lazo
Keyword(s):  
Computer Technology ◽  
Retail Banking ◽  
Competitive Strategies ◽  
Minimum Requirement ◽  
The Core ◽  
Potential Source ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Shared Networks ◽  
Single Path

Chapter 5 (‘The Network Becomes the Core of the ATM’) traces the emergence of proprietary ATM networks and the formation of shared networks in the USA, Canada, and Britain. The formation of these networks bears witness to the transformation of the ATM and other forms of applications of computer technology from a potential source of competitive advantage to a minimum requirement for competition in retail banking. Detailed examples of all three countries exemplify alternative network configurations. These, in turn, help to illustrate different competitive strategies to implement technological change as well as show that the competitive transformation of the ATM was neither inevitable nor poised to follow a single path of development. The role of standards and particularly the encoding of messages communication between the ATM and the bank’s computer centre come to the fore. These help to elucidate some of the technological challenges of the 1980s.

Key attributes of an effective human source handler: Implications for handler selection and training

2019 ◽  
Vol 93 (4) ◽  
pp. 290-309
Author(s):  
Pamela Henry ◽  
Nikki Rajakaruna ◽  
Charl Crous ◽  
John Buckley
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
The Core ◽  
Human Source ◽  
And Training ◽  
Selection Of

Despite the importance of human source intelligence very little has been written about the selection of police officers to undertake the specialist role of handler, and approaches to training in this specialist area. This research examined the nature of handling and the core attributes of effective human source handlers as perceived by 22 experienced handlers. Participants described handling as characterised by relationship alliance, task alliance and technique. Participants also identified attributes associated with the effective handling of human sources. Findings have important implications for the selection and training of officers for the role of human source handler.

The United States and Elections in Africa (2015–2018)

2019 ◽  
pp. 58-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrey Urnov
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
The United States ◽  
African Countries ◽  
The Us ◽  
Global Leader ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Right ◽  
Selection Of

As a self-proclaimed “Global Leader” the United States have made “the assertion, advancement, support and defense of democracy” throughout the world one of the pillars of their foreign policy. This aim invariably figures in all Washington’s program documents pertaining to Africa. A major component of these efforts is an assistance to regular, free and fair elections. The selection of arguments cited to justify such activities has been done skilfully. In each specific case it is emphasized that the United States do not side with any competing party, stand “above the battle”, work for the perfection of electoral process, defend the rights of opposition and rank and file votes, render material and technical help to national electoral committees. Sounds irreproachable. However, the real situation is different. The study of the US practical activities in this field allows to conclude that Washington has one-sidedly awarded itself a role of a judge and supervisor of developments related to elections in the sovereign countries of Africa, tries to control the ways they are prepared and conducted. These activities signify an interference into the internal affairs of African states. The scale and forms of such interference differ and is subjected to tasks the USA try to resolve in this or that country on the national, regional or global levels. However, everywhere it serves as an instrument of penetration and strengthening of the US influence, enhancing the US political presence in African countries. The right of the US to perform this role is presented as indisputable. Sceptics are branded as opponents of democracy. The author explores the US positions and activities connected with elections in Africa during the last years of B.Obama and first two years of D.Trump presidencies. He shows how their policy have been implemented on the continental level and in regard to several countries – South Sudan, Libya, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Nigeria, Somali, Kenya, Uganda.

The Role of Public Opinion in the “Jackson Era” in the USA

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Татьяна Алентьева ◽  
Tat'yana Alent'eva
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Political History ◽  
The State ◽  
Political Life ◽  
The South ◽  
The North ◽  
The Usa ◽  
First Time

The monograph first explores American public opinion as the most important factor in social and political life in the "Jackson era." Of particular value is the study of the struggle of opinions within the bipartisan system, both in the South and in the North. Against the background of a broad canvas of socio-economic and political history, the first analysis of the state and development of public opinion in the USA is given, successively from the presidential election of 1824 to the defeat of the Democrats in the presidential election of 1840, when their opponents, the Whigs, came to power for the first time.

Negligent Falsehood, White Ignorance, and False News

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Saul
Keyword(s):  
Black Men ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
News Stories ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Presidential Election ◽  
White Ignorance ◽  
False News ◽  
Selection Of

There has been considerable attention in philosophy to the deliberate propagation of falsehoods, either through their assertion (as in lying); or through implicating them by way of true assertions (as in misleading). But there are other important ways that falsehoods are propagated. This chapter focuses on ways that falsehoods may be negligently propagated by true utterances, with a particular focus on what happens when this occurs in communities. The kind of case the chapter is centrally interested in is one in which a collection of true utterances may together convey a falsehood: Individual news stories of crimes committed by black men may be true, but disproportionate selection of these stories for broadcast convey significant and immensely damaging falsehoods. The chapter also discusses the role of false news in the US Presidential election in 2016.

scholarly journals Verbal means of strategy expression "aggression" in modern political debates American politicians

2020 ◽  
pp. 142-154
Author(s):  
Victoria Linnikova
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Verbal Aggression ◽  
Essential Difference ◽  
Presidential Debates ◽  
Political Debates ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Passive Aggression ◽  
Linguistic Phenomenon

The article considers verbal means of aggression expression in political debates between the USA presidential election candidates – D. Trump and H. Clinton. The research is based on the scripts of three presidential debates in 2016. The topicality of the research is stipulated by the necessity of further elaboration on the notion of verbal aggression as a linguistic phenomenon in the context of political discourse. In accordance with K. F. Sedov classification 5 types of speech aggression have been singled out and regarded in terms of verbal means used to express them. Quantitative analysis has demonstrated that verbal direct initiative aggression type reinforced by verbal means prevail in both candidates' speech. D. Trump also resorts to other types: verbal direct mediated, verbal direct emotional, verbal direct active and verbal direct passive aggression. Another essential difference between the two candidates' aggression verbalization is that H. Clinton employs 3 types of verbal means to enhance aggression: pronoun, noun and verb, while her opponent makes use of pronoun, noun, verb and adjective. However, the examples expressing aggression by verbal means in presidential debates are quite immense (180 in D. Trump's speech and 11 in H. Clinton's speech), which suggests that verbal means are often used to convey aggression in political discourse.

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