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Analyzing Presidential Debates Functional Theory and Finnish Political Communication Culture
One of the most used theories in the research of political debates is the functional theory of campaign discourse. However, the theory has been criticized for being too culturally limited. In the present article, a Finnish presidential debate is analyzed from the perspective of functional theory. The goal is to critically evaluate the applicability of functional theory to the analysis of Finnis...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nordicom Review
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2001-5119
DOI: 10.1515/nor-2017-0103