Barack Obama's Identity Construction and International Media Representations During The 2008 Presidential Election

Sikanku, Godwin Etse

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“…The role of political communication in any democracy cannot, therefore, be underestimated (Fordjour, 2015; Sikanku, 2019; Sikanku et al, 2019). There are many platforms through which political communication takes place in many democracies: speeches, press releases, debates, advertisements, televised addresses and press conferences among others (Sikanku, 2013). While some of these have been studied extensively in Ghana – particularly media coverage, content, debates and advertisements – there have been limited scholarly studies on important national speeches, such as the SONA.…”

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Presidential discourse, the public and recurring themes: A political communication analysis of the 2019 State of the Nation Address in Ghana

Sikanku

2022

Communication and the Public

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The State of the Nation Address is one of the most important public speeches of a president because it sets the tone, framework and plans of the administration in any given year. This research contributes to contemporary scholarly studies by systematically studying presidential discourse within a growing African democracy – from a communication perspective – rather than the routine generic policy analysis. Since communication is a vital aspect of governance, the present study helps to unearth the policy priorities and framework that characterized a major administration under Ghana’s democracy. From a broader perspective, the textual analysis of this speech offers a modest attempt to examine some elements of political communication within Africa’s democratization process. The major objectives of the study were twofold: (a) first, to analyse the major topics or subject areas embedded in the speech and (b) to ascertain the recurring essential thematic elements of the State of the Nation Address as postulated by Shogan. The results indicate that the social agenda (including sanitation, housing and social amenities) was the central focus of the President’s address, followed by politics, while economic affairs featured as the third predominant issue in the address. Three thematic elements – bipartisanship, past and future, and optimism – are discursively analysed. This study contributes to the study of political communication and Presidential agendas in one of Africa’s fledgling democracies.

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Section: Sona and Presidential Discoursementioning

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Presidential discourse, the public and recurring themes: A political communication analysis of the 2019 State of the Nation Address in Ghana

Sikanku

2022

Communication and the Public

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Barack Obama's Identity Construction and International Media Representations During The 2008 Presidential Election

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Presidential discourse, the public and recurring themes: A political communication analysis of the 2019 State of the Nation Address in Ghana

Presidential discourse, the public and recurring themes: A political communication analysis of the 2019 State of the Nation Address in Ghana

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