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Manufacturing Dissent: Manipulation and counter-manipulation in times of crisis
Edited by Cornelia Ilie
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 339] 2024
► pp. 1–23

Crisis manipulation

Discourse- and argumentation-based approaches

| Strömstad Academy
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Manipulation and manipulative discourses
    • 2.1Manipulation vs. persuasion and propaganda
    • 2.2Manipulation vs. blaming and blame avoidance
  • 3.Manipulation during the Covid-19 pandemic
  • 4.Filling the research gap about manipulation
  • 5.Overview of the book chapters
  • References
Published online: 17 January 2024
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