Signals of propaganda-Detecting and estimating political influences in information spread in social networks. by Alon Sela, Omer Neter, Václav Lohr, Petr Cihelka, Fan Wang, Moti Zwilling, John Phillip Sabou, Miloš Ulman

“…We seek here to detect efforts to manipulate the spread of information in social networks, by one of the fundamental macro-scale properties of rhetoric-repetitiveness. We use 16 data sets of a total size of 13 GB, 10 related to political topics and 6 related to non-political ones (large-scale disasters), each ranging from tens of thousands to a few million of tweets. …”
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American Strategy of "Sufficient Presence" in the Middle East by I. V. Ryzhov, M. Yu. Borodina, T. V. Baranova

“…Trump's policy in the region can be considered a change in rhetoric regarding the Iranian nuclear program up to the introduction of new economic sanctions. …”
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Discussion on "Zemn-al-lafz" and "Tarjomat-al-lafz" Figurative Devices Based on the Text of the Manuscript of " Rasa'il al-Ijaz " by Maryam Afzali, Ahmad Amiri Khorasani, Mohammad Sadeq Basiri

“…The abundant use of some special and rare figurative devices, such as "Tarjomat-al-lafz" and "Zemn-al-lafz" in this work, which according to the author claims, is one of his innovations, in line with the purpose of observing proportionality, is remarkable; But with a little care and comparison with other rhetorical books, we find that these figurative of devices are sometimes mixed with some similar industries, and some of them existed before Amir Khosrow with a slight difference, and their basis in previous rhetorical books, Been. …”
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The Eurasian Space in Chinese Official and Academic Discourses by I. E. Denisov, I. A. Safranchuk

“…The 2015 document, "Vision and Actions on Jointly Building Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road," illustrates the initiative's extensive and vague geographical scope, indicating that China did not initially aim for a broad Eurasian strategy.By employing Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), we uncover how China's official rhetoric strategically frames BRI. The analysis reveals that Chinese discourse emphasizes bilateral rather than multilateral engagements within Eurasia, reflecting a «point-to-point» rather than a networked approach. …”
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The New “Other” the Endorsement of Islamophobia in American Political Discourse by Hatice Altundal Erkmen

“…Thus, the paper investigates the continuities between received Orientalism and American political rhetoric on Muslims and Islam. After the 9/11, not only did American political discourse manifest Islamophobia but also regulations and laws signed by the presidents targeted Muslims; both are indications of the continuity of accepted Orientalism. …”
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‘Empty signifier’: The concept of ‘populism’ in the contemporary mainstream political science by L. G. Fishman

“…However, identical political movements, practices and rhetoric of the Western populists are usually portrayed as a deviation from the norm, from Modernity in general and the ideals of liberal democracy in particular. …”
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Examining priorities and investments made through the Global Financing Facility for maternal and newborn health: a sub-analysis on quality by Meghan Bruce Kumar, Mary Kinney, Joël Kiendrébéogo, Donat Shamba, Joy E. Lawn, Peter Waiswa

“…This study examines whether the rhetoric of increasing coverage together with quality has informed investment strategies in MNH through a secondary analysis of 25 GFF documents from 11 African countries. …”
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Eurasian Cooperation in Science and Higher Education: Prospects of Neofunctional «Spillovers» by V. M. Fatykhova

“…However, many projects are hold up due to the lack of popularization of the ideology of Eurasianism and nationalist rhetoric rooted in the partner countries of Russia. …”
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Euroscepticism in France: Past and Present by R. I. Blagoveshchenskii

“…They adopt certain Eurosceptic slogans and strident rhetoric against the EU. The author notes, that in doing so they follow the road travelled by the Conservative Party of Great Britain, which ended up in the European Union membership referendum. …”
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Peace through Institutions: Woodrow Wilson and the Paris Peace Conference by Burak Küntay

“…Using such overt idealistic rhetoric in the foreign policymaking decision process was novel at the time, but sounds all too familiar today. …”
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The paradoxical simile, A stylistic feature in the poems of Seyyed Hasan Hosseini and Qeysar Aminpoor by Sayyed Ahmad Parsa, Behnam Bastami

“…The paradoxical simile, is created through the combination of two concepts of simile and paradox, from two fields of rhetoric and prosody and in terms of structure and usage, there are three categories: The first category, in which tenor and vehicle are two fundamentally contradictory phenomena. …”
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Is it Time to Recognize Political Anxiety as a Social Determinant of Health? by Brandon Ambrosino

“…Hostile political rhetoric risks tearing apart friends, families, and neighborhoods. …”
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PRESIDENT TRUMPS’ STRATEGY: CONTINUITY AND NEW APPROACHES by O. V. Prikhodko, P. Ye. Smirnov

“…Donald Trump’s policies in 2017 and the first half of 2018 show that his America First rhetoric, his assurances of not seeking to impose the American way of life on anyone, do not contravene the use of force in conflicts in the U.S. interests, or widening the U.S. military presence abroad if Washington sees a threat to its vital strategic interests. …”
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Alàgbà Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí as a Yorùbá Novelist by Lere Adeyemi

“…Every creative writer in Yorùbá society is admired and judged as competent or otherwise not only by writing in the medium of the language but by having captivating story line and on the basis of his/her use of ‘quality’ Yorùbá language (i.e. language full of proverbs and other rhetoric devices). An average Yorùbá reader of Fálétí’s novels, poetry, plays and viewer of his films usually responds with delight because of his powerful use of Yorùbá language and captivating story lines, plot construct, narrative techniques and thematic contents. …”
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Conservación neoliberal de la naturaleza en la Patagonia chilena: explorando nuevas modalidades ecoextractivistas y tensiones hidrosociales by Esteban Ortiz Robles, Robinson Torres Salinas, Alejandro Salazar-Burrows, Fabien Bourlon

“…The critique advanced in this article challenges the “green” facade of these conservation projects, arguing that they represent not genuine ecological awareness but rather a form of real estate speculation reliant on green rhetoric to legitimize and expand their scope.…”
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Securitization of China in the NATO discourse in the late 2010s— early 2020s: Towards a global collective identity by Yu. Yu. Melnikova

“…By the early 2020s, the NATO representatives have adopted an increasingly alarmist rhetoric regarding China’s strengthening positions in the international relations. …”
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Skeptic’s Comment: What Questions ‘Academic Writing’ Does Not Answer by Alevtina S. Robotova

“…The status of AW is discussed as if sidestepping the national achievements in investigating the language, speech, text (academic), discourse, linguistic and rhetoric conventions, and etc. The skepticism regarding the AW system can also be explained by the fact that the author does not agree with a number of statements denying the figural and publicistic images in an academic style, personal characteristics, opinions, emotional experiences and beliefs; negating the talent, literature expertise and imitation as assistants for academic writing; inferring the impossibility of learning academic writing independently. …”
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A study of persuasive methods in Indian-style sonnets based on Logos theory with an emphasis on Sāeb's poetry by Jalal Abbasi, Mohammad Ahi

“…In studying ancient Persian poetry, we find that poets use various rhetorical and non-rhetorical methods to convince the audience to accept or reject an assertion. …”
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Analysis of the Criticism and Defense of Feminism in Social Discourse: A Case of Patriarchal Protection in Sports by Carolina Vázquez Rodríguez, Carmen Martínez Martínez, Inés Herás, Maite Martín-Aragón Gelabert, M.ª Carmen Terol Cantero

“…Results indicate that the comments reflect deep-rooted attitudes about gender and power, using ambivalent sexism and anti-feminist rhetoric to maintain the status quo, and how corporate sponsorship is presented as a justification mechanism. …”
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An Inconvenient Past of World War II in the Historical Policy of the Republic of Croatia by A. M. Ponamareva

“…While the experience of the recent Serbo-Croatian conflict is often glossed over, the landmark events of the 1940s are constantly invoked in the public rhetoric of the country’s leaders, turning into a ‘past that does not pass’. …”
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