Politically speaking: Ethnic language and audience opinion in Southeast Asia

• Main Author: RICKS, Jacob I.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: Ethnicity; Language; Political communication; Indonesia; Philippines; Thailand; Javanese; Tagalog; Isan; Asian Studies; Political Science; Social Influence and Political Communication
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3687; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4945/viewcontent/Ricks2022_PoliticallySpeaking.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Language is one of the quintessential markers of ethnicity. It allows co-ethnics to easily identify one another and underscores in-group and out-group boundaries. Recognizing this, politicians frequently employ ethnic tongues to enhance their political appeal. To what extent does this shape the opin...