The communicative strength of calculative practices during crises

• In this paper we approach the phenomenon of calculative practices from a multimodal language perspective. More specifically, we study the use of calculations, numbers, and graphs as ideological tools for convincing or persuading others that things are under control. Drawing on critical discourse analysis, we aim to identify the deployment of rhetorical strategies to legitimate or de-legitimate certain actions. We argue that calculative practices have an especially strong communicative character, which can be utilised to both shock and scare people into submission. We believe that these effects are most salient under extreme external pressures, such as during an ongoing pandemic crisis.

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SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Annan samhällsvetenskap -- Övrig annan samhällsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Other Social Sciences -- Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Statsvetenskap -- Studier av offentlig förvaltning (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Political Science -- Public Administration Studies (hsv//eng)

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Calculative practice

Communication

Crisis

Legitimation

Hyperrationality

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