Essays about: "electoral communication"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words electoral communication.

  1. 1. Agents of Peace or Tension: Analysing Political Elites’ Electoral Rhetoric : A Qualitative Analysis of Campaign Rhetoric in the 2023 Nigerian Presidential Election

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sanna Sandehl; [2024]
    Keywords : Communal division; polarising and reconciliation rhetoric; ethnic religious and tribal affiliations; election campaign rallies;

    Abstract : How do some political elites, in unstable democracies with communal divisions, use ethnic, religious, and tribal affiliations for a rhetoric of polarisation and/or reconciliation when running for office? This thesis applies a framing analysis to explore how political elites employ these affiliations in speech acts, mainly political rallies, to construct narratives of polarisation and reconciliation during election campaigns. The theoretical framework is constructed by previous research on “Big Men” politics and the rhetoric used by ex-combatants turned politicians within a context embossed with electoral violence and division. READ MORE

  2. 2. Politisk kommunikation och sociala medier: TikTok, en politisk arena där popcornätande och öldrickande vinner

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

    Author : Edvin Kenning; Hugo Östlin; [2023]
    Keywords : Political communication; rhetoric; personalization; populism; frontstage; backstage; third act; TikTok; Instagram; democracy; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The study aims to provide insights into political communication on social media, particularly the rise of right-wing populist parties among young voters and their connection to the theories of personification, populism, and dramaturgy. It focuses on how the Moderate Party adapts and structures its communication strategies on TikTok and Instagram in preparation for the 2022 election to engage followers. READ MORE

  3. 3. TURNING TO POPULISM. A Qualitative Content Analysis If, When and How The Social Democrats and Moderate Party have adapted to populist communication

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Oscar Svanfeldt Zachrisson; [2022-06-17]
    Keywords : The Social Democrats; Moderate Party; Populist Communication; Almedalen;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes the possible development of the Social Democrats and Moderate Party and if these have adapted toward a more populist communication. This is achieved by taking the existing research on political competition, when and how parties adapt, and combine with the theoretical framework on populist communication by Jagers and Walgrave (2007). READ MORE

  4. 4. Ethnic Sentiments

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Akinbolaji Wiwoloku; [2022]
    Keywords : Ethnicity; voting behavior; Multicultural society; Election and Nigeria; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Voting behavior influences the electoral process and voting pattern in every democratic government. When it especially pertains to any multicultural society there is often this global applicability of similar tendency to have similar historical reality when it comes to voting behavior. READ MORE

  5. 5. From Global to Regional - how Political Communicators made sense of Covid-19 Crisis. Evidences from 2020 Italian Regional Elections

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

    Author : Francesco Maria Parente; [2021]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Described as a “paradigm shift” event (Michelson, 2020), the Covid-19 pandemic is challenging all humans activities worldwide. Such disruptive event can be labelled as a crisis, which is described as an episode of uncertainty threatening high priority goals (Sellnow & Seeger, 2013). READ MORE