The rhetoric of ideological consensus in the United States: American principles and American pose in presidential inaugurals

Beasley, Vanessa B.

doi:10.1080/03637750128055

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“…CHAPTER 6: DISCUSSION Inaugural addresses present an opportunity for citizens to listen to the president (Chung & Park, 2010), while he or she aims to create national unity (Beasley, 2001). …”

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confidence: 99%

“…Inaugural addresses aim to heal wounds, inspire nonpartisanship, and unite society (Beasley, 2001). The inaugural address of Donald Trump did not appear to accomplish these goals.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Inaugural addresses may attempt to heal wounds, inspire nonpartisanship and consensus in America, and strive to establish national unity (Beasley, 2001). These speeches call for the support and loyalty not only from those involved in politics, but also from other members of society (Liu, 2012).…”

Section: Inaugural Addressesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Other studies have examined inaugural addresses for enduring themes such as influencing a shared ideology within the American people (Beasley, 2001) or examined the emotional value and frequency of words used in the addresses (McDiarmid, 1937).…”

Section: Contentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Recall the standard intent and purpose of the inaugural addresses is to unify the nation, heal wounds caused from a divisive election (Beasley, 2001), and help audiences feel a shared promise for the nation (Ragsdale, 1984). Campbell and Jamieson (1990) discussed the need for people to feel like the incoming president was working toward the benefit of the nation.…”

Section: State Of the Nationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Influence of the Presidential Inaugural Address on Audience Perceptions of Candidate Image and the State of the Nation

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2000

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confidence: 99%

“…Inaugural addresses aim to heal wounds, inspire nonpartisanship, and unite society (Beasley, 2001). The inaugural address of Donald Trump did not appear to accomplish these goals.…”

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Rush¹

2000

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Identifying stories of ‘us’: A mixed‐method analysis of the meaning, contents and associations of national narratives constructed by Americans

Choi,

Liu

2023

Euro J Social Psych

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How do lay individuals reconstruct, appropriate or resist culturally sanctioned narratives about their nation's past? The current study examined this question through an open‐ended survey administered to a US sample, stratified by age and gender (N = 399). We identified three major historical narratives that were popular among Americans. Specifically, we identified positive narratives of the nation's progress over time and glorifying narratives of American exceptionalism, alongside a popular counter‐narrative that was critical of the nation as reproducing ongoing cycles of injustice. Representations of national origins were significantly more salient for the narratives of Progress and Glorification, while more recent and lived events were salient for Critical narratives. Progress and Critical narratives were both associated with a constructive orientation to national identity, while Glorifying narratives were associated with blind patriotism. Critical and Glorifying narratives were consistently opposed in their associated political attitudes and in their patterns of endorsement across party affiliations. Overall, it appeared that narratives of progress were most popular and least polarised. We discuss the implications of these findings through the perspective that narratives provide dynamic content for identity construction as well as the means for articulating resistance to hegemony within specific historical and political contexts.

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Consensual Politics and Pragmatism in Parliamentary Discourse on the ‘Refugee Issue’

Figgou

Anagnostopoulou

2020

Political Communication

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The rhetoric of ideological consensus in the United States: American principles and American pose in presidential inaugurals

Cited by 31 publications

References 9 publications

Influence of the Presidential Inaugural Address on Audience Perceptions of Candidate Image and the State of the Nation

Influence of the Presidential Inaugural Address on Audience Perceptions of Candidate Image and the State of the Nation

Identifying stories of ‘us’: A mixed‐method analysis of the meaning, contents and associations of national narratives constructed by Americans

Consensual Politics and Pragmatism in Parliamentary Discourse on the ‘Refugee Issue’

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