The Language of Pandemic Leaderships: Mapping Political Rhetoric during the COVID-19 Outbreak

• Main Authors: Montiel, Cristina J, Uyheng, Joshua, Dela Paz, Erwine
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: political rhetoric; leadership; COVID-19 pandemic; cultural cognition; populism; corpus linguistics; mixed methods; Psychology; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/283; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/psychology-faculty-pubs/article/1282/viewcontent/PDF_The_Language_of_Pandemic_Leaderships__1_.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This paper maps political rhetoric by national leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic. We identify and characterize global variations in major rhetorical storylines invoked in publicly available speeches (N = 1201) across a sample of 26 countries. Employing a text analytics or corpus linguistics appro...