2012/12/20 by Andrew S. Crines · 2 citations
Social Sciences · #Political and Economic history of UK and US #Electoral Systems and Political Participation #Populism, Right-Wing Movements #Rhetoric #Emotive #Mainstream #George (robot) #Style (visual arts) #Appeal #Rhetorical question #Politics #Sociology #Aesthetics #Appeal to emotion #Media studies #Political science #Law #Literature #Art #Philosophy #Art history #Linguistics
paper · doi:10.1111/1467-9256.12003
openalex publication_date 2012/12/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
This article analyses George Galloway's methods of communicating with the electorate through the anti-political establishment party ‘Respect’. The article evaluates Galloway's use of emotive rhetoric and performance-based oratory, arguing that these are likely to appeal to a particular segment of the electorate, specifically those disaffected with the mainstream parties. To do this, the article evaluates a selection of indicative speeches that highlight his style of communicating. The article concludes that Galloway's impact can be attributed to his emotive style of rhetoric, and performance style of oratory.