<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Political commentary is a contested genre that has attracted a great deal of attention in the Scandinavian public debate, whereas the scholarly literature on it is still in an initial phase. In order to strengthen future research, the present paper suggests a two-dimensional matrix indexing the research on Scandinavian political commentary along the dimensions text/context and descriptive/evaluative. The matrix enables us to see more clearly what we already know and where we lack knowledge. It enables us to see how each category can be developed, the interplay among them, and the obvious lack of textual, evaluative approaches. The author argues that a joint, cross-disciplinary engagement is necessary if we are to adequately understand the potentials and problems of political commentary.</p></abstract>

Political commentary is a contested genre that has attracted a great deal of attention in the Scandinavian public debate, whereas the scholarly literature on it is still in an initial phase. In order to strengthen future research, the present paper suggests a two-dimensional matrix indexing the research on Scandinavian political commentary along the dimensions text/context and descriptive/evaluative. The matrix enables us to see more clearly what we already know and where we lack knowledge. It enables us to see how each category can be developed, the interplay among them, and the obvious lack of textual, evaluative approaches. The author argues that a joint, cross-disciplinary engagement is necessary if we are to adequately understand the potentials and problems of political commentary.

Approaches to Political Commentary in Scandinavia

Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, University of Copenhagen

Nordicom Review

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A Call for Textual, Evaluating Scholarship

Political commentary is a contested genre that has attracted a great deal of attention in the Scandinavian public debate, whereas the scholarly literature on...

Approaches to Political Commentary in Scandinavia

Publié en ligne: 09 juin 2015

Pages: 5 - 18

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nor-2015-0002

Mots clés
political commentary, pundits, political journalism, evaluative research, rhetoric, cross-disciplinary

© by Mette Bengtsson

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Approaches to Political Commentary in Scandinavia

Publié en ligne: 09 juin 2015

Pages: 5 - 18

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nor-2015-0002

Mots cléspolitical commentary, pundits, political journalism, evaluative research, rhetoric, cross-disciplinary

© by Mette Bengtsson

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
political commentary, pundits, political journalism, evaluative research, rhetoric, cross-disciplinary