Evaluations of appropriateness through impoliteness in political discourse reframed for entertainment purposes

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ID21826041
AuthorsMariya Chankova (0000-0003-3017-125X, South-West University "Neofit Rilski", corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume19
Issue2
Pages279-299
Publication date2023-12-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLodz Papers in Pragmatics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1895-6106 • E-ISSN: 1898-4436
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/lpp-2023-0015
OpenAlexW4389627102
LanguageEN
References cited16

This contribution takes a look at video-sharing platforms to highlight a popular entertainment format which consists in re-framing political discourse for the purposes of entertaining the audience and, at the same time, providing an evaluation of that discourse. Evaluations of political discourse uncover the role and importance imputed to it by those who are outside of the political system, but who are directly impacted by it, that is, the people. A sample of French-language data, collected from YouTube, is examined for the categories of evaluation which are used by the authors, which are conjectured to represent the ideas ordinary citizens have about political discourse. Reframing political discourse carries these evaluations through offensive language and humor. Teasing out the relevant parameters of evaluation can provide a basis for understanding how regular citizens gauge political discourse. Appropriateness appears to be an important evaluation criterion pertaining to the characteristics of political discourse, occurring in a particular context

Cognitive reframing · Discourse analysis · Entertainment · Linguistics · Media studies · Offensive · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Law · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology

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