Election 2004 Concession and Victory Speeches

Autor:	Jennifer Willyard, Kurt Ritter
Rok vydání:	2005
Předmět:	Cultural Studies Sociology and Political Science Social Psychology Presidential election Presidential system media_common.quotation_subject Victory General Social Sciences Political communication Context (language use) Democracy Education Dynamics (music) Law Sociology Reciprocal media_common
Zdroj:	American Behavioral Scientist. 49:488-509
ISSN:	1552-3381 0002-7642
DOI:	10.1177/0002764205279439
Popis:	This analysis of the 2004 presidential election concession-victory ritual shows that generic norms had the greatest influence on the speeches, but presidential candidates John Kerry and George W. Bush occasionally violated generic expectations due to the context of their speeches and their personal inclinations. In particular, Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards disrupted the dynamics of the closing ritual of the election with a speech strikingly incongruent with Kerry's concession speech. This study concludes that a full understanding of the quadrennial concession-victory ritual requires attention to context and speakers as well as to genre. Because of the reciprocal nature of the ritual of acknowledging defeat and declaring victory, scholars also need to examine statements by the losing and winning vice presidential candidates.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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