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Communicating in Crisis: A Comparison of the EU Institutions’ Argumentative Discourse during Political, Economic, and Health Crises
Niessen, Annie
2022SPSA 93rd Annual Conference
 

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Keywords :
European Union; crises; crisis communication; institutional discourse; thematic analysis; discourse analysis; legitimacy; integration; disintegration
Abstract :
[en] Over the past decade, the European Union has faced several crises. In these uncertain times, the EU provided quick reactions and decisions that were not always considered effective or democratic. Despite improvements in the EU’s communication strategies, these crises have jeopardized the legitimacy of EU integration and sparked off (nationalist) discourses on EU dis-integration in the public space. Yet, public institutional communication remains a key tool, especially in times of crises, to connect with citizens and strengthen political legitimacy through productive debates, provided it is used properly. Building on a corpus-based analysis of institutional documents, the paper explores the EU’s crisis communication during four major crises: the Greek debt economic and financial crisis and the subsequent Eurozone crisis, the Brexit political-institutional crisis, the political-legal crisis of EU values, and the recent SARS-CoV-2 health crisis. More specifically, this paper provides both a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the arguments that the EU political, economic and legal institutions adduced — when communicating about their strategies and decisions during these crises — with a view to consolidate the EU’s legitimacy and counter threats of dis-integration. The typological and comparative analysis of the various arguments during four different, yet impactful, crises allows a better understanding of the dynamics and mechanisms surrounding the EU’s institutional communication in times of crisis, which is critical to sustainably improve the discursive responses to future crises – no matter their nature.
Research center :
Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
Disciplines :
Political science, public administration & international relations
Communication & mass media
Author, co-author :
Niessen, Annie  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de science politique > Département de science politique
Language :
English
Title :
Communicating in Crisis: A Comparison of the EU Institutions’ Argumentative Discourse during Political, Economic, and Health Crises
Publication date :
14 January 2022
Event name :
SPSA 93rd Annual Conference
Event organizer :
Southern Political Science Association
Event place :
San Antonio, United States
Event date :
From 12-01-2022 to 15-01-2022
Audience :
International
Funders :
BAEF - Belgian American Educational Foundation [BE]
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