The use of the Macedonian name dispute on the candidates’ websites in Northern Greece’s regional and municipal elections of 2019

This research paper employed Ideological Discourse Analysis (IDA) to study the use of Macedonian Name Dispute (MND) on websites eight most prominent candidates regional and municipal elections 2019 in Thessaloniki Central Macedonia. MND is one oldest territorial name disputes world, as it connected Question dating back end 19th century. For almost 30 years, has been used Greece’s political competition, more recently 2018 due ratification Prespes (or Prespa) Agreement between Greece country now-named North revealed that politicians a communication tool provoke powerful emotions linked with Greek identity. After all, MND, like other (e.g., South China Sea, Persian/Arabian Gulf, Kuril Islands/Northern Territories, Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh, Western Sahara), seems preserve dominant discourse which emotional factor dictates truth goes against those who oppose this existing reality.