Bases of Power and Influence Tactics in Obama's Political Discourse: A Critical Discourse Analysis
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This paper presents an investigation to determine the bases of power in Obama's political discourse and the forms of identifying them in relation to power influence tactics. It attempts to describe the relations between these two variables and the benefits of determining such relations. This paper focuses on Obama's political discourse in American late night talk shows. The study draws a comparison between his style and use of linguistic structures and gestural aspects to present his values, attitudes and experiences before and after elections and particularly the 2008 presidential elections. Dealing with power and ideological perspectives required a critical discourse analysis (henceforth, CDA) to be carried out to analyze Obama's interviews in the American late night talk show: The Late Show with David Letterman. Accordingly, this paper presents a qualitative content analysis of Obama's interviews to identify the bases of power and their influence tactics.
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