The Media’s Representation of the Content of the Inaugural Speeches and State of the Nation by João Lourenço, President of the Republic of Angola

Abstract

Analyzing the political speeches, this article examines the media’s representation of the content of the inaugural and state speeches of the Nation by João Lourenço President of the Republic of Angola. The purpose of this article is to identify how João Lourenço’s speeches were represented by the media and which are the main themes of the speeches that were published in the news by the Jornal de Angola and the Jornal O País. This article was produced based on the qualitative method, the discourse analysis was done with the help of the discourse analysis technique that gave an understanding of the language and the social significance which constitute the political-social action given in João Lourenço’s political speeches. The pieces were collected through clippings and followed the prerequisites of the foundation of diversity of news as per the different threads which lead the interdiscourse, which helped to understand the communication trends in the selected corpus. The analysis shows that the most discussed topics in the Jornal de Angola and the Jornal o País, are related to Political-Ideological values, Social Challenges, Economic Challenges and Progress, ignoring in some cases key themes that João Lourenço’s government proposed to correct, such as combating corruption, impunity and nepotism. The decomposition of the speeches showed that the concerns that the President of the Republic of Angola, João Lourenço, presents, fall under the promotion of the Social State, the strengthening of the connection between the powers, the improvement of the quality of public information, the impetus to private enterprise and to the economy, the production of electricity and running water, inclusive and participatory governance, the promotion of freedom of the press, the control of illegal acts, the consolidation of democracy, the modernization of the Armed Forces, the enhancement of foreign ones, the implementation of local government combating corruption and impunity.