Government communication on Covid-19 in Mexico: two discursive strategies
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Abstract
The arrival of Covid-19 in Mexico made it necessary to adopt an official version regarding how the Pandemic would affect daily life. Two versions were identified in this regard in the federal government: that of President López Obrador in his morning talks and that of Undersecretary
López-Gatell, who would replicate the same format in the afternoons. For this reason, this study focused on what is considered an original model within the field of political communication, and it put emphasis on the framework proposed in said model to interpret the pandemic. After understanding both messages as part of the same paradigm, the differentiation in the message was analyzed through the construction of interlocutors in the speeches.
Keywords:
Pandemic, political communication, framing, discourse, interlocutor
