How do right-wing populist leaders address a public health crisis? This article addresses the evo... more How do right-wing populist leaders address a public health crisis? This article addresses the evolution of right-wing populist leaders' communication tone and style during the COVID-19 pandemic. By analysing the Twitter accounts of Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and Narendra Modi, we explore how right-wing populist leaders control the portrayal of a health crisis from above, shift blame and consolidate support. We argue that while all three leaders initially downplay the pandemic, once they acknowledge the severity of the crisis, they vary in the extent to which they give importance to the coronavirus and shift blame. While Trump uses Twitter to praise himself and his policies, and to polarize the electorate, Modi and Johnson employ Twitter to inform the public and deliver solidarity messages. The frequency of Twitter use and the tone of the language leaders employ depend on the domestic context of that country. Our findings contribute to the scholarship on populist communication.
The UvA-LINKER will give you a range of other options to find the full text of a publication (inc... more The UvA-LINKER will give you a range of other options to find the full text of a publication (including a direct link to the full-text if it is located on another database on the internet). De UvA-LINKER biedt mogelijkheden om een ...
... It provides a set of primitive vods along with a set of expressive vod operations for definin... more ... It provides a set of primitive vods along with a set of expressive vod operations for defining new vods. ... Composite vods allow the definition of new vods in terms of other vods (sub-vods) which may have spa-tial constraints among them. ...
Compact size, computational power, and pervasive nature make mobile phones an interesting candida... more Compact size, computational power, and pervasive nature make mobile phones an interesting candidate for education. The capabilities and capacities of mobile phones are different from other platforms. Furthermore, the mobile nature of their use presents new challenges regarding ...
The accessibility of content for all has been a key goal of the Web since its conception. However... more The accessibility of content for all has been a key goal of the Web since its conception. However, true accessibility -- access to relevant content in the global context -- has been elusive for reasons that extend beyond physical accessibility issues. Among them are the spoken languages, literacy levels, expertise, and culture. These issues are highly significant, since information may not reach those who are the most in need of it. For example, the minimum wage laws that are published in legalese on government sites and the low-literate and immigrant populations. While some organizations and volunteers work on bridging such gaps by creating and disseminating alternative versions of such content, Web scale solutions much be developed to take advantage of its distributed dissemination capabilities. This work examines content accessibility from the perspective of inclusiveness. For this purpose, a human in the loop approach for renarrating Web content is proposed, where a renarrator creates an alternative narrative of some Web content with the intent of extending its reach. A renarration relates some Web content with an alternative version by means of transformations like simplification, elaboration, translation, or production of audio and video material. This work presents a model and a basic architecture for supporting renarrations along with various scenarios. We also discuss the potentials of the W3C specification for Web Annotation Data Model towards a more inclusive and decentralized social web.
How do right-wing populist leaders address a public health crisis? This article addresses the evo... more How do right-wing populist leaders address a public health crisis? This article addresses the evolution of right-wing populist leaders' communication tone and style during the COVID-19 pandemic. By analysing the Twitter accounts of Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and Narendra Modi, we explore how right-wing populist leaders control the portrayal of a health crisis from above, shift blame and consolidate support. We argue that while all three leaders initially downplay the pandemic, once they acknowledge the severity of the crisis, they vary in the extent to which they give importance to the coronavirus and shift blame. While Trump uses Twitter to praise himself and his policies, and to polarize the electorate, Modi and Johnson employ Twitter to inform the public and deliver solidarity messages. The frequency of Twitter use and the tone of the language leaders employ depend on the domestic context of that country. Our findings contribute to the scholarship on populist communication.
The UvA-LINKER will give you a range of other options to find the full text of a publication (inc... more The UvA-LINKER will give you a range of other options to find the full text of a publication (including a direct link to the full-text if it is located on another database on the internet). De UvA-LINKER biedt mogelijkheden om een ...
... It provides a set of primitive vods along with a set of expressive vod operations for definin... more ... It provides a set of primitive vods along with a set of expressive vod operations for defining new vods. ... Composite vods allow the definition of new vods in terms of other vods (sub-vods) which may have spa-tial constraints among them. ...
Compact size, computational power, and pervasive nature make mobile phones an interesting candida... more Compact size, computational power, and pervasive nature make mobile phones an interesting candidate for education. The capabilities and capacities of mobile phones are different from other platforms. Furthermore, the mobile nature of their use presents new challenges regarding ...
The accessibility of content for all has been a key goal of the Web since its conception. However... more The accessibility of content for all has been a key goal of the Web since its conception. However, true accessibility -- access to relevant content in the global context -- has been elusive for reasons that extend beyond physical accessibility issues. Among them are the spoken languages, literacy levels, expertise, and culture. These issues are highly significant, since information may not reach those who are the most in need of it. For example, the minimum wage laws that are published in legalese on government sites and the low-literate and immigrant populations. While some organizations and volunteers work on bridging such gaps by creating and disseminating alternative versions of such content, Web scale solutions much be developed to take advantage of its distributed dissemination capabilities. This work examines content accessibility from the perspective of inclusiveness. For this purpose, a human in the loop approach for renarrating Web content is proposed, where a renarrator creates an alternative narrative of some Web content with the intent of extending its reach. A renarration relates some Web content with an alternative version by means of transformations like simplification, elaboration, translation, or production of audio and video material. This work presents a model and a basic architecture for supporting renarrations along with various scenarios. We also discuss the potentials of the W3C specification for Web Annotation Data Model towards a more inclusive and decentralized social web.
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