Critical rhetoric and Critical Discourse Analysis in a critical pandemic world

Autor

  • Emilija Radibratovic Facylty of Philology, University of Belgrade

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29107/rr2021.4.7

Abstrakt

Niniejszy artykuł przedstawia możliwości połączenia retoryki krytycznej i krytycznej analizy dyskursu w badaniu dyskursu publicznego dotyczącego jednego z tematów związanych z koronawirusem, a mianowicie komunikacji instytucjonalnej na temat szczepionki Oxford-AstraZeneca. Zastosowanie dwóch komplementarnych ram teoretycznych ujawnia negocjowanie dyskursu oraz naturalizację władzy i ideologii w perswazyjnej praktyce dyskursywnej polegającej na wydawaniu kolejnych sprzecznych komunikatów dotyczących bezpieczeństwa szczepionki.

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Opublikowane

2021-12-27

Jak cytować

Radibratovic, Emilija. 2021. „Critical Rhetoric and Critical Discourse Analysis in a Critical Pandemic World”. "Res Rhetorica" 8 (4):119-34. https://doi.org/10.29107/rr2021.4.7.