Análisis del discurso político de Lennín Moreno en las cadenas nacionales sobre los hechos de la pandemia por COVID-19, del 16 de marzo al 16 de abril de 2020

Abstract

The objective of this research is to analyze the political discourse of Lenín Moreno, as president of the Republic through the conceptual and methodical vision of the critical analysis of political discourse. As a central idea, the discourse that he chooses in the national chains will be reviewed.

For this, methodologically, the political speeches used in the nine national chains of the first month of pandemic in the country, the first national chain of March 16, 2020, the second of March 17, 2020, the third of March 23, 2020, the fourth of March 24, 2020, the fifth and sixth of April 02, 2020, the seventh of April 10, 2020, the eighth of April 15, 2020 and, the ninth of April 16, 2020 were chosen as the object of study. In addition, using the interpretative paradigm with the application of the method proposed by Van Dijk in order to establish the four variables; power as control, sequentiality, influence of the context and, from the micro and micro.

This document analyzes the similarities, differences and relevant characteristics of the nine national chains. In this way, it will identify the patterns of discourse used by Lenín Moreno during the state management of Covid-19.