Abstract In 2016 the UK held a divisive referendum on its membership of European Union. aftermath, difference and division were rife in politics everyday life. This article explores how such play out through interaction examining citizen ‘picking fight’ with politician over Brexit has been handled. Drawing categorisation analysis we show antagonism is interactionally accomplished. The focuses t...

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Many people claim that politicians use fear to manipulate citizens. Using a model, we examine how select attributes of fear affect a politician’s ability to scare citizens into supporting policies that they would otherwise reject. In the model, the politician can alert citizens to the presence of a threat. But his claim need not be true. How citizens respond to this claim differs from most game...

The implications of the causal and ubiquitous use, by doctors health-workers and politicians, of the word 'patient' are here discussed. Given that the many implications of this noun do not include health or normality (rather the contrary), it is questionable who, if anyone, profits from its indiscriminate use--and its use, even, at all.

In the operation of a health care system, defining the limits of medical care is the joint responsibility of many parties including clinicians, patients, philosophers and politicians. It is suggested that changes in the potential for prolonging life make it necessary to give doctors guidance which may have to incorporate certain features of utilitarianism, individualism and patient-autonomy.

Abstract Populist politicians increasingly accuse opposing media of spreading disinformation or “fake news.” However, empirical research on the effects these accusations is scarce. This survey experiment (N = 1,330) shows that reduce audience members’ trust in accused news outlet and perceived accuracy message, while accusing politician largely unaffected. only individuals with strong populist ...