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Communicative silences in political communication

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dc.contributor.authorMateus, Samuel
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dc.date.available2020-09-25T13:43:52Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractTraditionally, silence has been related to citizen disengagement and disempowerment. Indeed, at first light, the growth of silence is linked to deficits in democracy since silence is understood as passivity while action and speech are the dominant, and sometimes exclusive, modes of political praxis. But silence can mean different things to politics. It can assume a coercive dimension when it is imposed over marginalized groups (the powerless); nevertheless, it can also assume a form of resistance and empowerment when it condenses self-assertion and becomes a form to navigate relations of power. In this paper, we contribute to a politics of silence by examining how silence can be a factor of empowerment and liberty. Focusing on the notion of “communicative silences”, we posit that silence is not a dysfunction of political communication but a significant element of democracy. Far from being a pathology, silence can also be another mode of communication, one that it is separate from speech.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationMateus, Samuel (2020),” Communicative silences in political communication” In Correia JC, Gradim A, Morais R, (eds.), Pathologies and dysfunctions of democracy in the media context, Covilhã, Labcom, 2020, pp.109-134. ISBN: 978-989-654-642-7pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/2898
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.publisherLabcompt_PT
dc.subjectPolitical communicationpt_PT
dc.subjectSilencept_PT
dc.subjectDemocracypt_PT
dc.subjectPoliticspt_PT
dc.subjectSilent citizenshippt_PT
dc.subject.pt_PT
dc.subjectFaculdade de Artes e Humanidadespt_PT
dc.titleCommunicative silences in political communicationpt_PT
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oaire.citation.conferencePlaceCovilhãpt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage134pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage109pt_PT
oaire.citation.titlePathologies and dysfunctions of democracy in the media contextpt_PT
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person.givenNameSamuel
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person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-1034-6449
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