The paper analyzes the move of discrediting the opponent as a means to persuasion in political debates. After analysis of a corpus of political debates, a typology of discrediting strategies is outlined, distinguished in terms of three criteria: the target – the feature of the opponent specifically attacked (dominance, competence, benevolence); the route through which it is attacked – topic, mode or directly the person; and the type of communicative act that conveys the attack (insult,criticism, correction…). The relevance of body signals in discrediting moves is highlighted.
Poggi, I., D’Errico, F., Vincze, L. (2011). Discrediting moves in political debates. In Proceedings of Second International Workshop on User Models for Motivational Systems: the affective and the rational routes to persuasion (UMMS 2011) Springer LNCS.pp. 84-99 (ISSN 1613-0073). NON CARTACEO!!! SOLO ONLINE http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-740/UMMS2011_paper4.pdf (pp.84-99). BERLIN : Springer.
Discrediting moves in political debates
POGGI, Isabella;D’Errico F;
2011-01-01
Abstract
The paper analyzes the move of discrediting the opponent as a means to persuasion in political debates. After analysis of a corpus of political debates, a typology of discrediting strategies is outlined, distinguished in terms of three criteria: the target – the feature of the opponent specifically attacked (dominance, competence, benevolence); the route through which it is attacked – topic, mode or directly the person; and the type of communicative act that conveys the attack (insult,criticism, correction…). The relevance of body signals in discrediting moves is highlighted.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
