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Diametic variation and institutional political communication The “politician-journalist” interaction in Bolsonaro’s Brazil between old and new forms of dialogue
Fecha
2022-12-22Autor
Morleo, Francesco
Institución
Resumen
This contribution proposes an analysis of the political language of Jair Bolsonaro, the
current Brazialian president. Starting from the diamesic dichotomy between written written and spoken-spoken (Nencioni, 1976) and considering the scheduled interviews
(interactions via videocall) and the questions of journalists in the public interventions of
the Brazilian president (face-to-face interactions), it is possible to observe how, in cases
like those here mentioned, the medium does not influence communication, only allowing a distinction between planned and unplanned communication. Furthermore, in line
with the scientific research on conversation analysis, an analysis of the dialogue between
Brazilian politicians and journalists is proposed as a form of unequal communication:
in all cases, the asymmetry of social positions between the speaker and his interviewers
is evident