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AUTOR(ES) Astrid Schütz , Robert Körner , Jennifer R. Overbeck , Erik Körner , R. Körner R , Faleh a Jabar , Renad Mansour
AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) Department of Psychology, Otto-Friedrich-University of Bamberg, Department of Psychology, Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg, Melbourne Business School, Institute of Computer Science, University of Leipzig, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
ANO 2022
TIPO Book
PERIÓDICO Journal of Language and Social Psychology
ISSN 0261-927X
E-ISSN 1552-6526
EDITORA SAGE Publications
DOI 10.1177/0261927X221085309
CITAÇÕES 1
ADICIONADO EM 2025-08-14
MD5 1B56AE7A03D28C7E181880241DAC7EBA

Resumo

Can theories of power be used to explain differences in the linguistic styles of Donald Trump and Joe Biden? We argue that the two candidates possess and use different forms of power—and that this is associated with typical language patterns. Based on their personal history, news reports, and empirical studies, we expect that Trump's approach to power is characterized by coercive power forms and Biden's by collaborative power forms. Using several LIWC categories and the moral foundations dictionary, we analyzed over 500 speeches and 15,000 tweets made during the 2020 election battle. Biden's speeches can be described as analytical and frequently relating to moral values, whereas Trump's speeches were characterized by a positive emotional tone. In tweets, Biden used more social words and words related to virtue, honesty, and achievement than Trump did. Trump's coercive power and Biden's collaborative power were more observable in tweets than speeches, which may reflect the fact that tweets are more spontaneous than speeches.

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