Vote for Me! The Language of Persuasion Used by Philippine Presidentiables

Words are a powerful tool in persuasion. This research presents a discourse analysis of the persuasion techniques in speeches of the ten Filipino presidentiables during the 2022 national elections in the Philippines. The data were analyzed by categorizing, organizing, and interpreting the techniques...

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Main Author: Theresa Liquigan Eustaquio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta 2023-08-01
Series:Jurnal Studi Pemerintahan
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Online Access:https://jsp.umy.ac.id/index.php/jsp/article/view/318
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description Words are a powerful tool in persuasion. This research presents a discourse analysis of the persuasion techniques in speeches of the ten Filipino presidentiables during the 2022 national elections in the Philippines. The data were analyzed by categorizing, organizing, and interpreting the techniques and its implication using the three levels of language of persuasion by The New Mexico Media Literacy Project (2007). Results revealed that the presidentiables positively benefited from the utilization of the techniques un- der the Intermediate level. This implies that this level effectively persuades Filipino voters for it requires more creativity from the politicians and less complex comprehension from the voters.
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spelling doaj-art-d39a3252287e404388419c09fc7531d62025-02-03T07:37:55ZengUniversitas Muhammadiyah YogyakartaJurnal Studi Pemerintahan1907-83742337-82202023-08-0126128210.18196/jsp.v14i2.318319Vote for Me! The Language of Persuasion Used by Philippine PresidentiablesTheresa Liquigan Eustaquio0Isabela State University PhilippinesWords are a powerful tool in persuasion. This research presents a discourse analysis of the persuasion techniques in speeches of the ten Filipino presidentiables during the 2022 national elections in the Philippines. The data were analyzed by categorizing, organizing, and interpreting the techniques and its implication using the three levels of language of persuasion by The New Mexico Media Literacy Project (2007). Results revealed that the presidentiables positively benefited from the utilization of the techniques un- der the Intermediate level. This implies that this level effectively persuades Filipino voters for it requires more creativity from the politicians and less complex comprehension from the voters.https://jsp.umy.ac.id/index.php/jsp/article/view/318discourse analysislanguage of persuasionlanguage and politicsphilippine politics
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Vote for Me! The Language of Persuasion Used by Philippine Presidentiables
Jurnal Studi Pemerintahan
discourse analysis
language of persuasion
language and politics
philippine politics
title Vote for Me! The Language of Persuasion Used by Philippine Presidentiables
title_full Vote for Me! The Language of Persuasion Used by Philippine Presidentiables
title_fullStr Vote for Me! The Language of Persuasion Used by Philippine Presidentiables
title_full_unstemmed Vote for Me! The Language of Persuasion Used by Philippine Presidentiables
title_short Vote for Me! The Language of Persuasion Used by Philippine Presidentiables
title_sort vote for me the language of persuasion used by philippine presidentiables
topic discourse analysis
language of persuasion
language and politics
philippine politics
url https://jsp.umy.ac.id/index.php/jsp/article/view/318
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