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Publication details [#58151]

Ademilokun, Mohammed and Rotimi Taiwo. 2013. Discursive strategies in newspaper campaign advertisements for Nigeria’s 2011 elections. Discourse & Communication 7 (4) : 435–455.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

critical discourse analysis | discourse strategy | election manifesto | newspaper report | persuading

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Annotation

This paper examines the discursive strategies employed in some newspaper campaign (peak period) adverts for Nigeria’s 2011 elections in order to disclose the ads' socio-political motives and messages.