Communication that shifts power

Communication that shifts power

THOUGHTS

  03.03.2010  THE FIRST-PERSON GOVERNMENT

  01.03.2010  THE CABINET MINISTER AS A LONELY RIDER

  01.02.2010  SICK!

  15.12.2009  The Lysaker-riot

  15.09.2009  The Norwegian General Election: Conflicts right and left

  20.08.2009  GOVERNMENT CRISIS EXPECTED

  21.07.2009  AMBUSH JOURNALISM BACKFIRE

  12.07.2009  PR outlook: challenges and opportunity

  07.06.2009  LES MISERABLES

  27.03.2009  Football''s second coming

  01.01.2009  STUDIO POLITICS

  08.06.2008  NAIVE.SUPER?

  17.05.2008  GREED ISN´T GOOD

  02.05.2008  WOOF, WOOF

  01.12.2007  OVERDOSE!

  04.01.2007  MERGER

  15.11.2006  UP WITH OPTIONS!

  25.07.2006  VISIONS, VALUES AND WHAT’S WORSE

  01.06.2006  SLEEP DEPRIVATION AND TRANSFER OF POWER WITH THE AID OF COMMUNICATION

THE FIRST-PERSON GOVERNMENT

“I’d like to, but the Ministry wouldn’t”, was a heartfelt sigh from a former minister in the Norwegian Parliament. He could not get his Ministry to agree with him, and openly admitted as much. The anecdote is a tempting parallel when we analyze a new, political phenomenon of language: The tendency for Ministers to increasingly describe Government policy in first person.

  03.03.2010