Moral Discrepancy and Political Discourse: Accountability and the Allocation of Blame in a Political News Interview

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 18-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Housley ◽  
Richard Fitzgerald
Keyword(s):  
Government Policy ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Social Organisation ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political News ◽  
Structure And Agency ◽  
The Social ◽  
Public Ethics ◽  
The Uk ◽  
News Interview

During the course of this article we intend to explore some issues surrounding government policy and actions and the moral organisation of political discourse surrounding the recent enquiry into the BSE crisis and the publication of the Phillips Report in the UK. More specifically, we wish to develop the concept of moral discrepancy and it's use in politically accountable settings, in this case the political interview. The paper, through the use of membership categorisation analysis, explores issues surrounding the social organisation of interview settings, the discursive management of policy decisions and ‘bureaucratic mistakes’ and the allocation of blame in situated media/political formats. The paper then relates these issues to notions of democracy-in-action, public ethics and the respecification of structure and agency as a members phenomenon.

“So my position is…”

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 563-582
Author(s):  
Ian Hutchby
Keyword(s):  
Conversation Analysis ◽  
Discourse Structure ◽  
The Political ◽  
Epistemic Authority ◽  
Political Discussion ◽  
Political News ◽  
Interactional Functions ◽  
News Interview

Abstract This article examines the interactional functions of the so-prefaced answer, when used by interviewees in news and other political discussion broadcasts. Using the methods of conversation analysis, based on a data corpus of recent broadcasts from British mainstream television, the analysis shows that the so-preface functions in a cluster of related ways within the question-answer discourse structure of the political news interview. Specifically, it is used to reset or reframe the prior question from a standpoint of epistemic authority, enabling the interviewee to answer on their terms rather than the interviewer’s.

scholarly journals Managing Agenda Setting in Pakistani Political TalkShows: A Functional Analysis of Interruptions

2019 ◽  
Vol IV (I) ◽  
pp. 43-54
Author(s):  
Saira Asghar Khan ◽  
Samina Amin Qadir ◽  
Rizwan Aftab
Keyword(s):  
Conversation Analysis ◽  
Functional Performance ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political News ◽  
The Public ◽  
Qualitative Exploration ◽  
News Interview ◽  
Level Of Analysis ◽  
News Interviews

This study aims to investigate the functional performance of interruptions in political news interviews. The selected sample for this study consists of approximately 200 minutes of recordings of political news interviews from the public state owned channel PTV World. The methodological framework for this study comes from Conversation Analysis. The analytical framework for the analysis has been developed from a study of literature pertaining to interruptions. At the initial level of analysis all interruptions are identified for their function (cooperative, disruptive and neutral), finally a qualitative exploration is carried out to see what purpose these serve in the specific format of news interviews. The findings reveal that a significant number of interruptions (80%) are of the disruptive nature. This result implicates that the interruptions by anchor are being used for controlling talk and significantly setting the agenda of the discussion within the political news interview and impacting the political view of the audience.

scholarly journals 21.I. Round table: Comparing and designing the politics and policies for better economic and social welfare

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Social Determinants Of Health ◽  
Health Inequalities ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
Determinants Of Health ◽  
Recent Book ◽  
The Political ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Uk

Abstract While the political and social determinants of health have become accepted among academic researchers, health inequalities in the health policy and political arenas are still predominantly addressed as outcomes of citizens' lifestyle and behavioural choices. The rise of populist radical parties across Western countries brings renewed urgency to communicating with elected leaders and policy makers about the importance of tackling the social (as well as behavioral and medical) determinants of health. Recent publications such as 'Health in Hard Times. Austerity and Health Inequalities' (Clare Bambra, 2019) and 'Health Equity in England: The Marmot Review 10 Years On' (Marmot et al, 2020) find that financial and economic policies in large part contribute to stagnating and even reversing population health trends in the UK and across Western countries. The underlying political system of decision-making needs to be clarified in order to effectively engage and exert influence. This workshop aims to strengthen countervailing power and competence in understanding the policy trajectories that effectively target the larger ambitions of economic and social welfare including reduced health inequalities. We provide participants with basic knowledge, methods and tools to carry out practice-based comparative analysis of public health politics and policies across different countries. The workshop consists of: A 20-minute mini-lecture by Julia Lynch, who will present key findings and the underlying methodology of her recent book Regimes of inequality: The political economy of health and wealth. This book systematically used historical institutionalist-methods and process tracing to compare the policies and politics aimed at reducing health inequalities in Finland, France and the UK from the 1990s to the present.A 15-minute panel reflection: The panel, consisting of Clare Bambra, Karien Stronks, and Holly Jarman, will relate this to their own key research and impact.A 25-minute plenary discussion of examples, questions and contributions to tackling inequalities in political and social determinants of health. Examples are labour market participation policies, progressive fiscal policies or policies resolving illiteracy or household financial debt. Key messages Health inequalities are a political choice. Learning by comparison increases capacity to improve policies on the social determinants of health as well as capacity to increase political influence.

How are emotions about COVID-19 impacting society? The role of the political elite and grassroots activism

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tommaso Gravante ◽  
Alice Poma
Keyword(s):  
Support Groups ◽  
Political Elite ◽  
The Political ◽  
Mutual Support ◽  
Grassroots Activism ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Spectrum ◽  
The Uk

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the role of emotions in the polarization that emerged during the first months of the pandemic. So, the authors will analyze the social response of two opposing social actors: political elites that have minimized the risks of the pandemic and grassroots groups that have promoted mutual support for vulnerable people suffering from the various effects of the pandemic.Design/methodology/approachFor the analysis, the authors will primarily refer to Hochschild's proposal and the recent literature on emotions and protest. The method is to analyze official statements by politicians from the UK, USA, Mexico, Brazil, Spain and Italy and the social responses that have emerged from different mutual support groups and solidarity networks in those countries, as well as in Chile and Argentina.FindingsThe authors will show how the conflicting responses can exacerbate social polarization in our societies. This polarization goes beyond the political spectrum, and in some cases even social classes, and reaches into the realms of values, emotions and practices. The authors will also show how the response from grassroots activism makes it possible to overcome guilt, shame and other emotions of trauma, among other things.Originality/valueAn analysis of the emotional dimension of two opposing responses to the pandemic will show how these responses have a deep impact on society, ranging from demands for values and practices that legitimize a status quo, to discussing, breaking away from or overcoming social behavior based on individualism and social determinism.

scholarly journals An analysis of the deinstitutionalization of inflation-adjusted accounting practices in Brazilian companies

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (58) ◽  
pp. 33-51
Author(s):  
Amaury José Rezende ◽  
Reinaldo Guerreiro ◽  
Flávia Zóboli Dalmácio
Keyword(s):  
Social Action ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Us ◽  
Theoretical Assumptions ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Political Character ◽  
One Way Anova ◽  
Sociological Interpretation

This article aims to analyze the deinstitutionalization of the inflation-adjustment accounting practices used by large Brazilian companies. The theoretical assumptions used were based on institutional theory, which provides a sociological interpretation of human behavior that recognizes the phenomenon of limited rationality and the political character of social action. Analyses were based on the empirical approach that was proposed by Oliver (1992). The research strategy consisted of questionnaires and interviews conducted in a population of 118 large Brazilian companies from Exame Magazine's list of the 500 largest companies. The primary respondents were accountants and controllers. Factor analysis, one-way ANOVA and the Kruskal-Wallis test were conducted using the approach proposed by Oliver (1992), and the research included 22 variables comprising 12 constructs and 6 qualitative hypotheses regarding the pressures that motivate the deinstitutionalization of inflation-adjusted accounting practices. Therefore, with regard to the constructs assessed, emphasis was placed on identifying the political pressures (the environment) and the functional pressures in both the organizational and environmental dimensions. However, the social pressures did not prove to be significant. We conclude that the process of deinstitutionalization results from a distinct combination of institutional factors, and these results are consistent with the findings from research conducted in the US market and in the UK.

scholarly journals “Se fingiu de morto, se fez de invisível”: Trabalho e mobilidade social em textos de Rubens Figueiredo

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-104
Author(s):  
Enrique Rodrigues-Moura
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Social ◽  
Civic Virtues

Resumo: Com base nos valores ou virtudes burgueses descritos e comentados por Otto Friedrich Bollnow (1958), tais como ordem, economia regrada, pontualidade e aplicação ou dedicação ao trabalho, fundamentais para a consolidação teórica e prática do estado de bem-estar meritocrático, investiga-se, em textos ficcionais de Rubens Figueiredo, a aplicação deste discurso político no Brasil, levando em consideração o conceito de “ideias fora do lugar”, enunciado por Roberto Schwarz, em 1977. Os romances Barco a seco (2001) e Passageiro do fim do dia (2010) são interpretados como uma indagação sobre a desigualdade social e econômica brasileira e vêm demonstrar que os nascidos no meio subalterno ou mais baixo da escala social – a “ralé brasileira”, segundo o sociólogo Souza, em 2009 – não têm voz nem chance de ascensão social, tanto do ponto de vista da apropriação de capital cultural, como do ponto de vista econômico.Palavras-chave: Rubens Figueiredo; literatura; trabalho; mobilidade social.Abstract: The objective of this paper is to investigate the political discourse found in the fictional texts written by Rubens Figueiredo, taking into account Roberto Schwarzes concept of “out-of-place ideas” introduced in 1977. Such analysis is based on the values or civic virtues Otto Friedrich Bollnow (1958) described and commented upon, such as order, thriftiness, punctuality and industriousness or dedication to work, which are fundamental for a theoretical and practical consolidation of the meritocratic well-fare state. The novels Barco a seco (2001) and Passageiro do fim do dia (2010) are interpreted as inquiries into Brazilian social and economic injustices. Both novels show that those born on the lowest rung of the social ladder – the “Brazilian riff-raff” (ralé brasileira), according to the sociologist Souza in 2009 – do not have a voice and have no chances of climbing the social ladder, neither from the standpoint of acquiring cultural capital nor from an economic viewpoint.Keywords: Rubens Figueiredo; literature; work; social mobility.

scholarly journals "BATTLE FOR TAVRIA": A HISTORICAL REGION IN POLITICS AND IN THE MARKET OF GOODS AND SERVICES

2019 ◽  
pp. 20-26
Author(s):  
Mykola HOMANYUK
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Social Perception ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
The Political ◽  
The South ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
The Social ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Definition Of

This article deals with the process, and with the main factors and mechanisms contributing to the modification of mental boundaries among people on the South of Ukraine in regard to the definition of what was and is the South Ukrainian’s historical region of Tavria/Tauride. A conclusion is drawn that in the social perception of this historical region has been more and more frequently perceived as divided into two separate ones. The mainland part of the region has beenexpanded and became known as Tavria, while Crimea became known mostly as Tauride. This process of diversification of Tavria/Tauride toponyms coming into the political discourse of both Ukraine and Russian Federation that might allow some political manipulation and even legitimization of aggression.

scholarly journals Penggunaan Akun Bot Media Sosial untuk Mempengaruhi Opini Publik : Sebuah Tinjauan Hukum Di Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-68
Author(s):  
Devi Rahma Fatmala ◽  
Amanda Amelia ◽  
Fitri Agustina Trianingsih
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Democratic Theory ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Actor ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Law

Today’s political discourse can’t be disattached from the usage of social media. There are plenty of political actors using it to campaign their issues and attack their political rival in order to influence public opinion. One of the instruments used by the political actor in using the social media is bot accounts. Bot accounts are an automated online account where all or substantially all of the actions or posts of that account are not the result of a person. The usage of bot accounts are viewed as harmful for democracy by many experts on law and democracy. However, a lot of states have no regulation regarding the usage of bot accounts, including Indonesia. This article is intended to bring legal review on the usage of bot accounts to influence public opinion in Indonesia. Using deliberative democratic theory, this article views that the usage of bot accounts could prevent the objective achievement of democracy based on UUD 1945. The authors recommend the regulation of bot accounts through the revision of UU No. 19 Tahun 2019 about Informasi dan Transaksi Elektronik with bringing up various important argumentations regarding the law implementation. Keywords : Bot Accounts; Social Media; Public Opinion; Democracy; Legal Review.

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