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This book presents a collection of studies on political interviews in a variety of broadcast media worldwide. Following the growing scholarly interest in media talk as a dominant form of political communication in contemporary society, a number of eminent international scholars analyze empirical material from the discourse of public figures and interviewer–journalists to address questions related to the characteristics, conduct, and potential effects of political interviews. Chapters span a varied array of cultural contexts: the U.S.A., U.K., Israel, Japan, Italy, Turkey, Greece, Australia, Philippines, Finland, Brazil, Malaysia, Spain, Venezuela, Montenegro, and the European Community, enabling a comparison of the different structures and contents of political interviews in societies from West to East. Authors bring an interest in discourse and conversation analysis, as well as in rhetorical techniques and strategies used by both interviewers and interviewees, from different disciplinary viewpoints including linguistic, political, cultural, sociological, and social–psychological. In doing so, the book develops a framework to assess the extent to which media political interviews and talk shows, and regular news programs, play a central role in transmitting accurate and genuine political information to the general public, and how audiences can make sense of these programs’ output.

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Chapter 1: Humor and Politics in the Media: A Conceptual Introduction.- Part I: Humor in Political Cartoons.- Chapter 2: The Relationship between Culture and Political Humor in Japanese Manga.- Chapter 3: A Tale of Two Presidents: Indonesian Humor As Depicted in Political Cartoons.- Chapter 4: Mocking the Inept: Brazilian Cartoons and Criticism of the Jair Bolsonaro Government.- Chapter 5: How Political Cartoons Reveal Türkiye's Cultural Dynamics: An Analysis of Three Satirical Magazines.- Chapter 6: Spanish Humor and Political Culture through Cartoons: Multimodal Discursive Analysis of Forges's Socio-Political, Graphic Universe.- Chapter 7: Far-Right Political Humor in Australia: Culture, Coloniality, and Exclusion.- Part II: Political Humor in the Broadcast Media.- Chapter 8: Televised Political Satire in Poland: Historical Roots and Social Implications of Stereotypical Representations of Politicians and Politics.- Chapter 9: Sexist Humor in Public Facebook Comments Delegitim

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This timely book details the theoretical and practical elements of political rhetoric and their effects on the interactions between politicians and the public. Expert contributors explore the issues associated with political rhetoric from a range of disciplinary perspectives, including political science, linguistics, social psychology and communication studies. Investigating critical emerging topics, such as invited behavior, political public relations, artificial intelligence and 'chatbots', this book offers a comprehensive overview of the current state of the field. Empirical data gathered from around the globe facilitates comparison of the different structures, practices and effects of political rhetoric employed across various cultural contexts. Chapters examine what makes a speech effective, politicians' use of moral appeals in political advertising, political attacks on social media, and gender and emotion in political discourse. The Rhetoric of Political Leadership will be a key resource for scholars and students of political science, communication studies and social psychology, particularly those focusing on cross-cultural perspectives. It will also appeal to those working in leadership and politics that are seeking an in-depth understanding of the importance and use of discourse in the political arena. Contributors include: M. Asano, C.S. Ben-Porat, I.J. de Sousa, O. Feldman, A. Gayoso, M. Hameleers, I. Joathan, C. Johnson, M.A. Krasner, S. Lehman-Wilzig, F.P.J. Marques, B. Mendelski, M.S. Teer, A. Walter, J. Wang

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