Crises information dissemination through social media in the UK and Saudi Arabia: A linguistic perspective.

ABSTRACT: This study investigates health-promoting messages in British and Saudi officials' social-media discourse during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic. Taking discourse as a constructivist conception, we examined the crisis-response strategies employed by these officials on social media, and the role of such strategies in promoting healthy behaviors and compliance with health regulations. The study presents a corpus-assisted discourse analysis of the tweets of a Saudi health official and a British health official that focuses on keyness, speech acts, and metaphor. We found that both officials utilized clear communication and persuasive rhetorical tactics to convey the procedures suggested by the World Health Organization. However, there were some differences in how the two offici

SUBMITTER: Alhedayani R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10162563 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature