Spanish power distance in Twitter in the Spanish COVID-19 crisis

  • María Luisa Carrió-Pastor Polytechnic University of Valencia
  • J. Alberto Conejero Casares Polytechnic University of Valencia
  • Antonio Pérez Gómez Polytechnic University of Valencia
  • Pedro A. Solares-Hernández Polytechnic University of Valencia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/clac.72653
Keywords: COVID-19, Twitter, attitude makers, power

Abstract

The objectives of this study are to suggest a specific taxonomy for the attitude markers used in Twitter after government decrees about coronavirus and to investigate if attitude markers indicate that power distance is accepted in Spain and if government decisions are respected. Finally, we study semantic webs in attitude markers. The corpus compiled for this study is composed by the tweets to the decrees of the Ministry of Health and Public Health from 12th to 16th March 2020. We analysed the data with the tools METOOL and GePhi. In the results it was observed that Spanish citizens preferred a closer relationship with power and it was noticed an increase in aggressive language. Finally, conclusions were drawn.

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2021-04-16
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Carrió-Pastor, M. L., Conejero Casares, J. A., Pérez Gómez, A., & Solares-Hernández, P. A. (2021). Spanish power distance in Twitter in the Spanish COVID-19 crisis. Círculo de Lingüística Aplicada a la Comunicación, 86, 121-136. https://doi.org/10.5209/clac.72653
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Vol. 86 (2021): Thematic section: Multilingualism at work in China
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