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Gestures, ideologies and meaning in TV debates: A multimodal approach
Gestures, ideologies and meaning in TV debates: A multimodal approach

Author(s): Nicolae Sorin Drăgan
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universitatii Transilvania din Brasov
Keywords: presidential debate; multimodal analysis; ideological orientation; political semiotics; political communication culture;

Summary/Abstract: In this article we will analyze how political actors - involved in the presidential TV debates - use certain semiotic strategies to manage the relationship between gestures and their ideological orientation. We developed a multimodal analysis for some relevant sequences during the presidential debates from November 2014. For this purpose, we used a Multimodal Professional Analysis Tool, ELAN, which allowed us the annotation and dynamic analysis of the semiotic behavior of the political actors involved in the analyzed sequences.

  • Issue Year: 11/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 91-108
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: English