The Role of State Rhetoric in the Conceptualisation of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Ukraine vs Belarus

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/milcc.11.09shu" target="_blank" >10.1075/milcc.11.09shu</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Role of State Rhetoric in the Conceptualisation of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Ukraine vs Belarus
Original language description
This chapter deals with metaphoric projections traced in the state rhetoric used to set up the agenda for COVID-19 in Ukraine and Belarus, mediated through the state-owned media news reports. Whether or not these countries adopted quarantine measures in the fight against the social and health implications of the pandemic influenced the rhetoric and the choice of deliberate metaphors used by the authorities and/or experts in relation to the situation. We examined and compared metaphoric mappings onto the domains COVID-19/CORONAVIRUS, COUNTRY for both countries, QUARANTINE for Ukraine, and PRESIDENT for Belarus. The results demonstrated that, in fact, a COVID-19 agenda was used in Belarus for the legitimization and strengthening of power of the president, while in Ukraine it was aimed at justifying unpopular measures taken by the government and the president, which were largely opposed by the population. Additionally, for Belarus, the agenda served to set the opposition Us/They, to portray the state policy to its best advantage.
Czech name
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Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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