Words of triumph : the use of rhetoric in newspapers during the Reykjavík 2014 municipal election campaign

This thesis analyses the 2014 municipal elections in Reykjavík and explores the use of rhetorical devices by candidates and political parties during the last month of the election campaign in the three biggest newspapers in Iceland. A chapter on every participating party is provided with a discussio...

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Main Author: Ari Brynjólfsson 1989-
Other Authors: Háskólinn á Akureyri
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2015
Subjects:
Fjölmiðlafræði
Kosningabarátta
Málflutningur
Dagblöð
Reykjavík
Iceland
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1946/21410
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spelling ftskemman:oai:skemman.is:1946/21410 2023-05-15T16:48:28+02:00 Words of triumph : the use of rhetoric in newspapers during the Reykjavík 2014 municipal election campaign Ari Brynjólfsson 1989- Háskólinn á Akureyri 2015-05 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1946/21410 en eng http://hdl.handle.net/1946/21410 Fjölmiðlafræði Kosningabarátta Málflutningur Dagblöð Thesis Bachelor's 2015 ftskemman 2022-12-11T06:51:12Z This thesis analyses the 2014 municipal elections in Reykjavík and explores the use of rhetorical devices by candidates and political parties during the last month of the election campaign in the three biggest newspapers in Iceland. A chapter on every participating party is provided with a discussion about its place in the political landscape before the campaign, a rhetorical analysis on campaign advertisements and an analysis of rhetorical devices used by top candidates. Ensuing the analysis is a comparison between the used rhetorics and an evaluation on their success by using the official election results. Thesis Iceland Reykjavík Reykjavík Skemman (Iceland) Reykjavík
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Kosningabarátta
Málflutningur
Dagblöð
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description This thesis analyses the 2014 municipal elections in Reykjavík and explores the use of rhetorical devices by candidates and political parties during the last month of the election campaign in the three biggest newspapers in Iceland. A chapter on every participating party is provided with a discussion about its place in the political landscape before the campaign, a rhetorical analysis on campaign advertisements and an analysis of rhetorical devices used by top candidates. Ensuing the analysis is a comparison between the used rhetorics and an evaluation on their success by using the official election results.
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