Defining Functions of Danish Political Commentary
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Defining Functions of Danish Political Commentary. / Bengtsson, Mette.
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of OSSA, May 18-21, 2011. Windsor, ON (CD ROM). Bepress, 2011. p. 1-8.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Defining Functions of Danish Political Commentary
AU - Bengtsson, Mette
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - In Denmark political commentary is still a relatively new phenomenon. This paper analyzes the metadiscourse in relation to political commentary to identify the different understandings that have coalesced around political commentary as a genre. I argue that people in different positions (e.g. citizens, politicians, journalists, political editors, chief editors and political commentators themselves) emphasize different explanations for the rise of the genre and thereby functions of political commentary as part of an argumentative strategy favouring their own interests.
AB - In Denmark political commentary is still a relatively new phenomenon. This paper analyzes the metadiscourse in relation to political commentary to identify the different understandings that have coalesced around political commentary as a genre. I argue that people in different positions (e.g. citizens, politicians, journalists, political editors, chief editors and political commentators themselves) emphasize different explanations for the rise of the genre and thereby functions of political commentary as part of an argumentative strategy favouring their own interests.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - political commentator
KW - function
KW - genre
KW - rhetoric
KW - persuasion
KW - democracy
KW - public debate
KW - pundit
UR - https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/ossaarchive/OSSA9/
M3 - Article in proceedings
SP - 1
EP - 8
BT - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of OSSA, May 18-21, 2011. Windsor, ON (CD ROM)
PB - Bepress
Y2 - 8 May 2011 through 21 May 2011
ER -
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