Essays about: "Rhetorical political analysis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 46 essays containing the words Rhetorical political analysis.

  1. 1. The suffocating enjoyment of the Other: An ideology critique of enjoyment in the mediatisation of the climate crisis

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Gabriel Bintley; [2024]
    Keywords : Enjoyment; Jouissance; the Other; Climate Crisis; Lacan; Žižek; Environmental Politics; Ideology Critique; Njutning; Jouissance; Den Andre; Klimatkrisen; Lacan; Žižek; Miljöpolitik; Ideologikritik;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how the Lacanian concept of ‘the enjoyment of the Other’ (la jouissance de l’Autre) can be applied to break open normative understandings of the political factors shaping the climate crisis deadlock. The principal aim is to investigate how ostensibly disconnected environmental debates may be regarded as linked by an economy of enjoyment, more precisely by the promise of enjoyment by which the subject is libidinally attached to an ideology. 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. Promises, promises Mr. President : A study of commissive speech act usage in 21st century American presidential inaugural addresses.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Erik Marklund; [2023]
    Keywords : President of the United States of America; Inauguration speech; Speech act theory; Commissive speech act; Promises; Pragmatics; Political discourse analysis.;

    Abstract : Abstract The American president’s serving period always begin with an iconic inaugural address. It is a function wherein the president can unify the audience, ratify the ceremony, and present his political and administrative direction for his term. READ MORE

  4. 4. The Battle of Words. Uncovering the Narratives of the Conflict in Ukraine

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Anneli Perijäinen; [2023]
    Keywords : narrative criminology; presidential speech; conflict; war; emotion; threat; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : What if the true battleground lies not in the physical confrontations but in the complex realm of narratives? This study explores the use of narratives employed by Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy while shedding light on their techniques and the construction of competing narratives in the context of the conflict in Ukraine. Drawing on narrative theory and Philip Smith's narrative genres, the study aims to examine the leaders’ competing understandings and their use of emotions and notions of threat in relation to the Ukrainian conflict. READ MORE

  5. 5. From Periphery to Centre: Ukraine’s European Union Candidacy in the Shadow of War

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Christoffer Nielsen; [2023]
    Keywords : Ukraine-EU relationship; Volodymyr Zelensky; enlargement; interactionist role theory; critical discourse analysis; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The full-scale Russian invasion fundamentally changed the context of the Ukraine-EU relationship and moved Ukraine closer to its European partners, culminating with candidate status in June 2022. This move is addressed within this thesis by looking into how President Zelensky used his speeches to claim the role of Ukraine as a rightful EU candidate and how the EU responded to this role claim before acknowledging Ukraine as an EU candidate. READ MORE