Humor as a branding strategy in political discourse: A case study from Romania

In this paper we discuss the construction and consolidation of the political brand ‘The Tribune-Jester’ in relation to the use of ethnic humor in the form of joking in Romanian parliamentary discourse by a controversial political figure of Romanian politics, Corneliu Vadim Tudor. The data come from...

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Autores principales: Săftoiu,Răzvan, Popescu,Carmen
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Instituto de Literatura y Ciencias del Lenguaje 2014
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-093420140002000072014-08-08Humor as a branding strategy in political discourse: A case study from RomaniaSăftoiu,RăzvanPopescu,Carmen Joking mode political brand parliamentary discourse ethnic humor In this paper we discuss the construction and consolidation of the political brand ‘The Tribune-Jester’ in relation to the use of ethnic humor in the form of joking in Romanian parliamentary discourse by a controversial political figure of Romanian politics, Corneliu Vadim Tudor. The data come from transcripts of the meetings from the internet section ‘Parliamentary Debates’ of the Senate and are analyzed using concepts from discourse analysis, pragmatics and conversation analysis. Under the guise of humor, the Member of Parliament (MP) profits by the rules of parliamentary politics and succeeds in portraying himself as a populist politician, in rebelling against the establishment and in voicing his nationalistic attitudes.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Instituto de Literatura y Ciencias del LenguajeRevista signos v.47 n.85 20142014-08-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-09342014000200007en10.4067/S0718-09342014000200007
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topic Joking mode
political brand
parliamentary discourse
ethnic humor
spellingShingle Joking mode
political brand
parliamentary discourse
ethnic humor
Săftoiu,Răzvan
Popescu,Carmen
Humor as a branding strategy in political discourse: A case study from Romania
description In this paper we discuss the construction and consolidation of the political brand ‘The Tribune-Jester’ in relation to the use of ethnic humor in the form of joking in Romanian parliamentary discourse by a controversial political figure of Romanian politics, Corneliu Vadim Tudor. The data come from transcripts of the meetings from the internet section ‘Parliamentary Debates’ of the Senate and are analyzed using concepts from discourse analysis, pragmatics and conversation analysis. Under the guise of humor, the Member of Parliament (MP) profits by the rules of parliamentary politics and succeeds in portraying himself as a populist politician, in rebelling against the establishment and in voicing his nationalistic attitudes.
author Săftoiu,Răzvan
Popescu,Carmen
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Popescu,Carmen
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title Humor as a branding strategy in political discourse: A case study from Romania
title_short Humor as a branding strategy in political discourse: A case study from Romania
title_full Humor as a branding strategy in political discourse: A case study from Romania
title_fullStr Humor as a branding strategy in political discourse: A case study from Romania
title_full_unstemmed Humor as a branding strategy in political discourse: A case study from Romania
title_sort humor as a branding strategy in political discourse: a case study from romania
publisher Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Instituto de Literatura y Ciencias del Lenguaje
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