This article examines the construction of political legitimacy and authority in discourses democratic leaders by attempting to distinguish between two often confused notions, identify discursive argumentative procedures that put them place. It takes stock a body work devoted subject proposes an original approach emphasizes centrality argumentation process legitimation leader’s authority. Using ...

The article examines the topic of manipulation and its manifestations in various types discourse: political, mass media, advertising. author also investigates manipulative potential text space Internet comments, using classifications types, strategies tactics manipulation, as well typical techniques language available scientific literature. Public opinion, which is formed discursive space, an i...

This paper examines the political nature of library leadership and acknowledges consistent problems within the management and leadership literature. The political nature of leadership is offered as an insight versus the usual imitation of business management discourse. A critical theory of library leadership is offered. The paper proceeds by examining what we mean by “leadership” and “political...

To what extent do online discussion spaces expose participants to political talk and to cross-cutting political views in particular? Drawing on a representative national sample of over 1000 Americans reporting participation in chat rooms or message boards, we examine the types of online discussion spaces that create opportunities for cross-cutting political exchanges. Our findings suggest that ...

This paper offers an approach to analyzing political rhetoric in videogames intended to carry ideological bias, based on cognitive linguist George Lakoff’s notion of metaphor and frame as the principle organizers or political discourse. I then argue for three ways games function in relation to ideological frames: reinforcement, contestation, and exposition through examples of political games (T...

This article reviews six decades of studies regarding the presentation of violent crime on American television, and its impact. We critically discuss the major findings and analyze the political-public discourse regarding the macro-social effects of fictional and non-fictional televised violent crime. The claim made here is that this discourse created “too much fuss over not too much blame” in ...

it is near seventy years that the question of palestine and its occupation by the zionists has drawn attentions in iran. since the establishment of the zionist regime in palestine, many iranian politicians, intellectuals and even common people with various political backgrounds have paid attention to this question and have shaped several discourses in this regard. supporting the palestinian cau...