Alternative truths and delegitimization pragmatic strategies around the 2018 Italian elections

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ID21235317
AuthorsBárbara Baldi (0000-0001-5531-6561, University of Florence), Benedetta Baldi (Università di Firenze, Italy), Luis Franco (0000-0002-8261-4748, University of Florence), Ludovico Franco (Università di Firenze, Italy), Leonardo M Savoia (0000-0002-5388-5629, University of Florence)
Year2019
Volume7
Issue2
Pages293-320
Publication date2019-11-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Language Aggression and Conflict (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2213-1272 • E-ISSN: 2213-1280
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/jlac.00029.bal
OpenAlexW2965340286
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited56

In this paper we aim at analysing, from a pragmatic viewpoint, the rhetoric of delegitimization of the opponent in new media insofar as it triggers individual, uncontrolled and deep-rooted forms of communications. The communicative context is that of the political controversies and the propaganda around the Italian elections of March 2018. Accusations of fake news, hate speech and other delegitimizing rhetorical tools occur within the messages distributed on social media by politicians. We are specifically interested in illustrating and examining the disposition/standpoint of public social actors, of politicians in particular, toward the (delegitimizing) effects of the spreading of foul language, hate speech and fake news as instruments for re-shaping reality and introducing an alternative reading of facts

Adversary · Computer security · Linguistics · Media studies · Political communication · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Rhetoric · Rhetorical question · Social media · Sociology · Computer Science · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Law · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Social Media and Politics

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