RUMEUR, THÉORIE DU COMPLOT ET CANULAR À L’ÈRE NUMÉRIQUE : CONSTRUCTION DE LA FORCE ILLOCUTOIRE

Fatima ELKINANI; Abdelkrim EL GAROUI

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RUMEUR, THÉORIE DU COMPLOT ET CANULAR À L’ÈRE NUMÉRIQUE : CONSTRUCTION DE LA FORCE ILLOCUTOIRE

Authors:

Fatima ELKINANI | Abdelkrim EL GAROUI

Publisher:

Pr. Abdelfattah Lahiala, Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi.

Journal:

Journal des Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication Vol.1 Issue 2, pp.22-46

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2024

Document Language:

French

Document ID (Org No.):

2001847486

pISSN:

3009-5514

Abstract:

 In the context of the health crisis caused by COVID-19, a disturbing "infodemia" has emerged in parallel, influencing the cognitive attitudes and actions of individuals and further eroding trust in scientific findings, established institutions and official media. Although psychosocial and social studies have examined oral rumors in depth, the discursive construction of the illocutionary force of this linguistic phenomenon in the digital age has yet to receive the attention it deserves. Digital rumors, fueled mainly by misinformation, conspiracy theories and hoaxes, are spreading rapidly, arousing skepticism and perplexity in our connected society. Since previous research has not directly compared and distinguished the degree and construction of the pragmatic effect of these three specific forms of misleading communication, our research aims to fill this gap and improve understanding of misinformation by qualitatively examining a dataset circulated in digital social networks, especially Facebook and Youtube, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on the tools of semio-pragmatic analysis and discursive approach, the selected examples were examined to provide in the first instance an in-depth exploration of the psycholinguistic and argumentative aspects of fake news. Secondly, we deconstructed the construction of illocutionary force on the basis of Aristotelian rhetorical principles (logos, ethos and pathos), thus establishing a link between classical rhetorical tools, pragmatics and semiotics. Despite their common appearance, which places them within the general framework of false narratives, and their propensity to spread rapidly and attract attention by exploiting people's emotions, fears and cognitive biases, rumors, conspiracy theories and hoaxes construct their performative charges differently due to their divergent intentions and subjects. Keywords: Rumor, conspiracy theory, hoax, semio-pragmatic analysis, illocutionary force.

Article Details

RUMEUR, THÉORIE DU COMPLOT ET CANULAR À L’ÈRE NUMÉRIQUE : CONSTRUCTION DE LA FORCE ILLOCUTOIRE

Authors: Fatima ELKINANI | Abdelkrim EL GAROUI

Publisher: Pr. Abdelfattah Lahiala, Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi.

Journal: Journal des Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication Vol.1 Issue 2, pp.22-46

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 7/2024

Document Language: French

Document ID (Org No.): 2001847486

pISSN: 3009-5514

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Authors:

Fatima ELKINANI | Abdelkrim EL GAROUI

Publisher:

Pr. Abdelfattah Lahiala, Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi.

Journal:

Journal des Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication Vol.1 Issue 2, pp.22-46

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2024

Document Language:

French

Document ID (Org No.):

2001847486

pISSN:

3009-5514