PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC DISCOURSE IN THE CURRENT SECURITY CONTEXT
PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC DISCOURSE IN THE CURRENT SECURITY CONTEXT

Author(s): Ştefan DUMITRU, Veronica-Marinela PĂSTAE
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Security and defense
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: public discourse; persuasive mechanisms; regional security.
Summary/Abstract: Given the cavalcade of events happening in the area of both national and international security, the current period is heated and highly dynamic. Various courses of action which can decisively influence the geopolitical configuration are often based on public speeches delivered by decision-makers. Discourses are meant to persuade audiences (wide or narrow, specialized or diverse) to adhere to a precise strategy. In the present article, we shall address those aspects that are relevant and illustrative of the way in which successful persuasion draws upon the mechanisms of the most efficient form of public communication – the discourse. Its internal structure, the sequence of arguments, the various discursive strategies constitute the leverage through which a modern orator can have an impact on public expectations, thus revealing the relevance of discourse in both communication and action. Just as in the era when it represented the fundamental instrument of mass influence, public discourse today is, par excellence, the modality of influencing through informing.

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