(De) Constructing Corona : The Language of Conspiracy, Power and Indifference in Covid-19 Health Discourses
Hameed Tunde Asiru
Bok · Engelsk · 2022
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| Opplysninger | ‘A Tag of War’ in the Conspiracy Theories during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Biopolitical Approach’ / Tobias Marevesa & Esther Mavengano ; Lockdown, Reopening and Related Metaphorical Frames of Power in Covid-19 Discourse in Kenya / Benson Oduor Ojwang ; Language of Appraisal and Power in a Pandemic / Hakeem Ogunmuyiwa and Umar Bello ; Discursive Construction of Power in Media Representation of the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Critical Discourse Analysis / Isah Adamu Latiko ; Making Sense of, and Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kenya: A Linguistic Perspective / Norah Bonareri Atambo, Emily Atieno Ogutu and Gervasio Itiri Miriti ; Legitimating Power Construction by Covid-19 Lock Downs and Curfews in Zimbabwe / Gift Masengwe ; De-constructing the Coloniality of Power and Politics of (Mis)Representation during COVID-19 Pandemic Era: A Decolonial Critical Perspective / Esther Mavengano & Tobias Marevesa ; Who is the Powerful?: Deconstructing the NCDC Directives to Nigerians on the re-opening of Religious Places of Worship / Bibian Ugoala ; Neologisms In Covid-19 Discourses: An Appraisal in (De)Constructing Corona: The Language of Conspiracy, Power and Indifference in Covid-19 Health Discourses / Deborah N. Ella ; Covid-19 induced Terminology Creation and Coinage in Tshivenda and Xitsonga Languages of Zimbabwe / Silibaziso Mulea & Steyn Khesani Madlome ; Language of Persuasion in Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories / Chioma Deborah Onwubiko ; Socially Mediated Humour as a Covid 19 Pandemic Coping Mechanism / Mika Nyoni ; Pragma-Stylistic Analysis of the Language of Power in Health Discourse of Covid-19 / Clara Unoalegie Bola Agbara. - The media have greatly played a critical role as avenue of ‘massive infodemic’ of false and accurate information about the novel coronavirus. The popular beliefs are the existence of some secret plots which the powerful elites hide from the public, purposely for political manipulation, population control and social control. These beliefs find expressions in conspiracy theories. They emerge when tragic event such as the pandemic is explained by rejecting the accepted narrative. They are, therefore, driven by a strong desire to unveil social forces that are self-relevant, important, and threatening (Reid, 2010).To further strengthen the conspiracy theories, many people across the globe have become indifferent to the pandemic. The strategies by the World Health Organization and governments of different nations to curtail the spread of the pandemic also indicate some levels of power usage. Against this backdrop, this book explores the affordances in linguistic and literary studies in unveiling the overt and covert ideological beliefs which reflect conspiracy, power and indifference in the pandemic discourse. Essentially, it interrogates various issues such as biopolitical approach to the discourse of conspiracy, lockdown and reopening, media (mis)representation of the pandemic, language of appraisal and power, coping strategies, vaccination hesitancy and many more.
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| Emner | engelsk språk COVID-19 korona diskursanalyse
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| ISBN | 9783969391341
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