A new “clash” struggle? Electoral soundbites and the transformation of political cleavages (France 2016-2017)
- By Sarah Al-Matary
- and Chloé Gaboriaux
Pages 71 to 90
Cite this article
- AL-MATARY, Sarah
- and GABORIAUX, Chloé,
- Al-Matary, Sarah.
- et al.
- Al-Matary, S.
- and Gaboriaux, C.
https://doi.org/10.4000/mots.23380
Cite this article
- Al-Matary, S.
- and Gaboriaux, C.
- Al-Matary, Sarah.
- et al.
- AL-MATARY, Sarah
- and GABORIAUX, Chloé,
https://doi.org/10.4000/mots.23380
This article examines how soundbites dramatize political conflicts in the media: are they independent of real political cleavages or do they refer to them otherwise, thus providing voters with new points of reference? From an open corpus of statements uttered in France during the 2016-2017 presidential campaign, characterized by their circulation and dramatization in the media, this article shows that electoral soundbites reveal real changes in the French political landscape in a constitutive ambivalence, both condensing the complex meanings of political division and contributing to the impoverishment of political discourse.
- media
- soundbite
- conflictuality
- political cleavages
- spectacularization
Publisher keywords: conflictuality, media, political cleavages, soundbite, spectacularization