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Albena Trifonova-Shtarbanova – Analysis of Comprehensive Evaluation of Public Relations of Bulgarian Posts LTD in Print Media from 2004 till 2014

Abstract: The paper consists the result of investigation on public relation of Bulgarian Posts LTD in Bulgarian print media. Object of the research are 611 publications in the press, related with Bulgarian posts during the period 2004-2014. An object of the research is the evaluation of the PR in the press of the Bulgarian posts. […]

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Yana Filipova – Rhetorical Techniques Used by Bulgarian Trolls

Abstract: Manipulation and persuasion techniques have already evolved, when used in the internet reality. In order to be more effective, they are transformed in a very peculiar forms, using all kinds of tools and channels. The article investigates and analyses verbal and rhetorical techniques of public opinion manipulation, used by the paid political commenting users […]

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Anna Valkanova – Global Public Communications in Global Digital Environment

Abstract: This article studies the specifics of public communication in a global context. The research focuses on global publics and global digital media and influence upon the model of global public communications. The article outlines the significance of two-way symmetric communication model in the global communication context. Key words: global public communications, global publics, global […]

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Daniela Koleva – Model for Assessing Individual Presentation Skills

Abstract: The existence of presentation skills in the modern management is seen as a critical element of the communication competence of the manager. Presentation skills combine the ability to persuade, to expose facts and arguments, and to achieve successful communication to a large group of people. Every manager can develop these skills if there is […]

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Stefan Serezliev – Brand Name: Communicative and Creative Aspects

Rhetoric and Communications E-journal, Issue 19, October 2015, rhetoric.bg/, journal.rhetoric.bg, ISSN 1314-4464 Read the original of the text (in Bulgarian)

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Elena Tarasheva – Study on Volen Siderov’s Discourse in 42 National Assembly

Abstract: The article analyses the discourse of the political leader of a nationalist party, Ataka, in the Bulgarian Parliament for its 42nd session. Based on a corpus comprising all the speeches of the leader, Volen Siderov, corpus analytical techniques, such as key word lists, collocates and clusters are used to elicit characteristics of the discourse, […]

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Violeta Ashikova – Rhetorical Argumentation during the Vote of No Confidence in Bulgarian Parliamentary Practice. Theoretical Framework and Tools

Abstract: Analysis of rhetorical argumentation in votes of no confidence is characterized by the presentation of a new research field. This article puts focus on relations between the Bulgarian Parliament and the government in the framework of political and argumentative discourse of the procedure provided for in the Constitution related to the termination of the […]

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Agnieszka Budzyńska-Daca – The Rhetoric of Time in the Final Pre-election TV Debates

Abstract: The article is a methodological proposal referring to the study of pre-election TV debates. Its aim is to draw attention to formative and meaning-oriented properties of temporal categories in shaping / studying media discourse. Three temporal categories were identified: the time related to the situation of the debate as a genre with specific communicative […]

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Yordanka Madzharova Bruteig – Writing Democracy: The Norwegian Constitution 1814-2014

Abstract: The Norwegian Constitution (Kongeriket Norges Grunnlov) of 1814 is the oldest functioning constitution in Europe. Its amendment procedure has also been unique in that all amendments (prior to very recently) had to be provided in the same archaic language as the Constitution itself – an antiquated language form closer to Danish than to modern […]

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Bistra Dudeva, Kristina Stoyanova – Gestures and Еnglish Language Teaching in a Medical University: a Study

Abstract. English language teaching at the medical university demonstrates the significance of gestures in oral communication. The aim of the study is to investigate the ability of students of the Medical University –Sofia, Bulgaria, to acquire and accompany the use of English language (L2) phrases with the appropriate G2 gestures, characteristic of C2 culture where […]

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