Rhetorical Analysis of Joe Biden’s Inauguration Address

The inaugural speeches mark the beginning of a new term in office for a community or government leader, such as the president. This reaction must persuade the people to believe in the government and the programs will be enacted. This research aims at finding the rhetorical appeals of President Joe Biden's inaugural address on his inauguration as the 46th President of the United States. The research is based on Aristotle's theory called a rhetorical theory. The resercher employs descriptive qualitative as a methodology to analyze the data from the spoken utterances of the speech. The result shows that Joe Biden uses all of the Aristotelian rhetoric strategies in his inaugural address, which are: ethos, pathos, and logos. The data shows that Joe Biden uses pathos as 55% of his speech, followed by ethos 37%, and logos 8%.. Joe Biden skillfully used and implied Aristotle's rhetorical theory in his inauguration address to engage and build trust with the American people. From the analysis, the researcher has concluded that a good speaker can use all of the three elements of the rhetorical theory and imply them in the speech or writing.

Assessing adolescents’ critical health literacy: How is trust in government leadership associated with knowledge of COVID-19?

This study explored relations between COVID-19 news source, trust in COVID-19 information source, and COVID-19 health literacy in 194 STEM-oriented adolescents and young adults from the US and the UK. Analyses suggest that adolescents use both traditional news (e.g., TV or newspapers) and social media news to acquire information about COVID-19 and have average levels of COVID-19 health literacy. Hierarchical linear regression analyses suggest that the association between traditional news media and COVID-19 health literacy depends on participants’ level of trust in their government leader. For youth in both the US and the UK who used traditional media for information about COVID-19 and who have higher trust in their respective government leader (i.e., former US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson) had lower COVID-19 health literacy. Results highlight how youth are learning about the pandemic and the importance of not only considering their information source, but also their levels of trust in their government leaders.

POWER RELATION IN ‘IF HE WANTS TO COME HOME, JUST COME HOME’: JOKOWI AIDE SAYS ABOUT RIZIEQ BY THE JAKARTA POST

This research investigated the power relation which exists in Rizieq’s homecoming case in The Jakarta Post by doing Foucauldian genealogical discourse analysis proposed by Carabine (2001). The research was also supported by evidence gained using linguistics theory, Systemic Functional Grammar, focusing on transitivity. An article entitled ‘If he wants to come home, just come home’: Jokowi Aide Says about Rizieq written in the Jakarta Post is the main discourse analyzed supported by other discourses to show an inter-relationship between discourses and counter-discourses. The findings indicate that the absence of Habib Rizieq in Indonesia is the effect of power existing around him. There are some Actors mentioned in the discourse: the government, leader of FPI, presidential chief of staff, deputy secretary-general of NU, spokesman of the 212 Alumni Association, and Prabowo. The use of transitivity evokes the position possessed by them in which they have a connection around Rizieq’s case.

Viral social media videos can raise pro-social behaviours when an epidemic arises

Access to information via social media is one of the biggest differentiators of public health crises today. During the early stages of the Covid-19 outbreak in January 2020, we conducted an experiment in Wuhan, China to assess the impact of viral social media content on pro-social and trust behaviours and preferences towards risk taking with known and unknown probabilities. Prior to the experiment, participants viewed one of two videos that had been widely and anonymously shared on Chinese social media: a central government leader visiting a local hospital and supermarket, or health care volunteers transiting to Wuhan. In a control condition, participants watched a Neutral video, unrelated to the crisis. Viewing one of the leadership or volunteer videos leads to higher levels of pro-sociality and lesser willingness to take risks in an ambiguous situation relative to the control condition. The leadership video, however, induces lower levels of trust. We provide evidence from two post-experiment surveys that the video’s impact on pro-sociality is modulated by influencing the viewer’s affective emotional state.

Analysis of News Coverage of Kashmir Crisis by Global News Channels After the Abolition of Article 370

This study analyzes the Kashmir conflict by little empirical work on Kashmir News after the abolition of Article 370. The purpose here is to identify the nature of news coverage by the global news media. For this purpose, 193 new stories were selected which were appeared at the web sources of three global news channels BBC, CNN, Aljazeera. This study primarily focusses on Content analysis of how CNN, BBC and AL JAZEERA designed Kashmir in their online news broadcasting with time frame of from 5 August to 30 September 2019 soon after the revocation of Article 370 while determining the difference in storytelling and the search for stories of information about Kashmir. By using an original coding program that extract on the coverage of Kashmir conflict, media effects and agenda-setting theories, the analysis is found that AL JAZEERA has heavily relied on episodic coverage and focued on international condemnation frame in its coverage than CNN which heavily focused on the Human-interest frame as well as BBC relied on the responsibility frame in its coverage related Kashmir. The study investigates the sources of the stories where AL JAZEERA cited government leader and official statements; CNN added journalists’ views whereas BBC heavily relied on their correspondents’ version. However, the investigation provides the insight into the worldwide media coverage of the issue and their view

PENGARUH NILAI- NILAI KEARIFAN LOKAL TERHADAP GAYA KEPEMIMPINAN TRANSFORMASIONAL PADA PEMERINTAH DAERAH KABUPATEN BONE

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bentuk pengaruh nilai – nilai kearifan lokal pada kepemimpinan transformasional pemerintah daerah kabupaten Bone. Metode pendekatan yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah kualitatif, dimana data diperoleh melalui observasi di lapangan, wawancara mendalam dengan beberapa informan serta melalui analisis dokumen dan studi pustaka. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat pengaruh nilai – nilai kearifan lokal terhadap gaya kepemimpinan transformasional pemerintah daerah kabupaten Bone. Hal Ini ditandai dengan semakin besar pemahaman dan aktualisasi nilai – nilai lokal oleh seorang pemimpin pemerintahan, maka akan semakin tinggi gaya kepemimpinan transformasional yang dia terapkan khsuusnya dalam indikator stimulasi intelektual. Kepemimpinan pemerintah daerah harus selalu berbasis pada nilai – nilai kearifan lokal yang diwariskan sebagai wujud identitas aparatur yang berpihak pada masyarakat dan sebagai bentuk refleksi sebuah relevansi atas budaya kerja yang berkembang di Kabupaten Bone. The Purpose of this research is to determine the influence of local wisdom values on the transformasional leadership of the Government of Bone Regency. The approach uses qualitative research. The data is obtained through direct observation in the field, deep interviews with informants and document analysis. The research results are presented descriptively. The results show that the values of local wisdom influence the transformasional leadership style of the Government of Bone Regency. This is indicated by the greater understanding and actualization of local values ??by the government leader, the higher the transformational leadership style that he applies specifically in indicators of intellectual stimulation. Local government leadership must always be based on the values ??of wisdom which is inherited as an expression of the identity of the authorities in favor of the community and as a form of reflection of the relevance of the work culture that has developed in Bone Regency.

Military and Diplomatic History of the Khalkhin Gol War of 1939: New Concept of Mongolian Historian and Government Leader - R. Bold (Review of R. Bolds book «Limited War: The Military-Diplomatic History of the Battle at the Khalkhin Gol River». Moscow, The whole world, 2019. 568 p.)

More than 80 years have passed since notorious military events on the Khalkhin-Gol river in which four states took part: on the one hand, Japan and Manchukuo, on the other, the USSR and Mongolia. International scientific conferences were timed to coincide with this event, a lot of research was done, and relevant scientific papers were published. One of them was the book of Doctor of Historical Science R. Bold, «Limited War: The Military Diplomatic History of the Battle of the Khalkhin-Gol River», published by the Whole World Publishing House (2019 - 568 pp.), which proposed a slightly different interpretation of the historical battles at the Khalkhin-Gol river (May-September 1939). This article is a brief analysis of this book and a kind of review of it.

Market response towards different types of politically connected firms during political events: evidence from Malaysia

PurposeThis paper investigates the market responses towards four types of politically connected (PCON) firms during two political events – general election and change of leader in Malaysia.Design/methodology/approachThe authors capture the market response using cumulative abnormal return and further test it using regression analysis. The authors use a sample of 376 politically connected (PCON) and non-politically connected (non-PCON) firms from 2002 to 2013.FindingsThe market reacted negatively towards government-linked companies (GLC) during both events, showing that GLCs are negatively perceived by the market during political instability. On the other hand, the reaction of the market towards firms connected by businessmen does not differ from other firms. When compared to the findings of past literature, it shows the decreasing influence that businessmen have over the government leader. In further analysis, this study finds firms that are connected to the incoming government leader recorded a higher CAR as compared to firms connected to the outgoing government leader.Practical implicationsThe authors’ study offers several practical implications. Knowing how the market responds to the different types of political connections might prove beneficial to investors. With this information, investors can recognize stocks with potential returns before the event date and may consider buying or selling them to capture a short-term profit. The authors’ findings may also have important implications for the management of PCON firms in terms of implementing an effective risk management and asset allocation plan to safeguard their value during political events that may disrupt the stability of their firms.Originality/valueThis paper provides an insight on how the markets have a different perception towards different types of politically connected firms during short-run political events. Past studies usually categorize political connection into a single category. With this separation, the authors are able to see how their individual CAR differs from other types of PCON.

Sinergitas Ulama dan Umara

This article aims to elaborate on the response to the process of resolving the blasphemy case that occurred in one of the hotels in Jambi. There was found the installation of Allah's label on the floor of the Christmas tree ornaments. Based on studies in the field, it was found that this case included ethnicity, race, religion and class nuance cases (SARA) and it had to be resolved immediately, because it could potentially lead to religious conflict and mass amok. The results of the study show that Firstly, the Government (leader) along with its ranks and Ulama (clerics) together with Islamic Organizations responded quickly to the blasphemy event by holding meetings and agreeing that the case should be resolved immediately so as not to cause religious conflict. Secondly, both Ulama and Umara (leader) worked together and discuss (sit and talk) a quick step in resolving the case and trying to calm the public so that they did not commit vigilante acts. The synergy pattern that is intertwined and articulated here has resulted in a swift, accurate solution to the resolution of the case and can immediately restore a supportive atmosphere for the people of Jambi.