Responding to questions at press conferences : confrontational maneuvering by Chinese spokespersons / Peng Wu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wu, Peng, 1983- author.

Series:

Argumentation in context ; v. 21.

Argumentation in Context ; v.21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Press conferences--China.

Press conferences.

Mass media and international relations--China.

Mass media and international relations.

Government and the press--China.

Government and the press.

China--Foreign relations--Press coverage.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2023]

Summary:

This volume makes clear how the spokespersons at China's diplomatic press conferences maneuver strategically in defining the issues in the empirical counterpart of the confrontation stage when responding to the journalists' questions and how this confrontational maneuvering is meant to be instrumental in convincing the intended audience.

Contents:

Intro

Responding to Questions at Press Conferences

Editorial page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication page

Table of contents

Preface

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 China's MoFA's regular press conferences

1.2 Research on spokespersons' replies

1.2.1 Language style chosen by spokespersons

1.2.2 Pragmatic strategies adopted by spokespersons

1.2.3 Rhetorical devices selected by spokespersons

1.2.4 Conclusion

1.3 The pragma-dialectical approach to argumentation

1.4 Research aims and questions

1.5 Research method

1.6 Organization of the study

Chapter 2 China's MoFA's press conferences as a communicative activity type

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Institutional point and preconditions of the exchanges

2.3 Argumentative characterization of the exchanges between spokespersons and their audience

2.4 Prototypical modes of confrontational maneuvering

a. Redefining the difference of opinion to make it easier to resolve it to the advantage of the spokesperson

b. Exempting the difference of opinion concerned from the need to make an attempt to resolve it

Chapter 3 Confrontational maneuvering by dissociation

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Different perspectives on dissociation

3.3 Dissociation as a mode of confrontational maneuvering

3.3.1 "Distorted" Term I versus "authentic" Term II

3.3.2 "Ambiguous" Term I versus "univocal" Term II

3.3.3 "Broadened" Term I versus "exact" Term II

3.3.4 "Narrowed" Term I versus "exact" Term II

3.4 The strategic use of dissociation in making a convincing case

3.5 Conclusion

Chapter 4 Confrontational maneuvering by personal attack

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Different perspectives on personal attacks/ad hominem

4.3 Personal attacks as a mode of confrontational maneuvering

4.3.1 Direct personal attacks.

1. Attacking the person by accusation of bad character

2. Attacking the person by accusation of bad faith

3. Attacking the person by accusation of low intelligence

4. Attacking the person for lacking expertise

4.3.2 Circumstantial personal attacks

1. Attacking the person by accusation of suspicious motives

2. Attacking the person by ascribing suspicious interests

4.3.3 You Too personal attacks

1. Inconsistency between someone's words and actions

2. Inconsistency between someone's past and present actions

3. Inconsistency between someone's previous and present words

4. Just words but no actions

4.4 The strategic use of personal attack in making a convincing case

4.5 Conclusion

Chapter 5 Confrontational maneuvering by declaring a standpoint unallowed or indisputable

5.1 Introduction

5.2 A pragma-dialectical view of declaring a standpoint unallowed or indisputable

5.3 Different subtypes of declaring a standpoint unallowed or indisputable

5.3.1 Necessity Rationale

5.3.2 Desirability Rationale

5.3.3 Feasibility Rationale

5.4 The strategic use of declaring a standpoint unallowed or indisputable in making a convincing case

5.5 Conclusion

Chapter 6 Other modes of confrontational maneuvering and combinations of modes

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Changing the topic of discussion

6.3 Putting pressure on the other party

6.4 Combining various modes of confrontational maneuvering

6.5 Conclusion

Chapter 7 Uncompromising detached confrontational argumentative style

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Argumentative style and confrontational argumentative style

7.3 Argumentative moves representing an uncompromising detached style

7.4 Strategic considerations in adopting an uncompromising detached style

7.5 Conclusion

Chapter 8 Conclusion

8.1 Main findings.

8.2 Implications of this study

8.3 Suggestions for further research

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Print version: Wu, Peng Responding to Questions at Press Conferences

ISBN:

9789027253262

OCLC:

1372399829