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Is Corona Fiction or Reality: A Critical Analysis of The Covid-19 Discourse In Tanzania
Albert Mogambi Moinani; Margaret Nasambu Barasa
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This paper analyses critically the political leaders and senior government officials’ Covid-19 public address discourse in Tanzania. This analysis, guided by the critical discourse analysis (CDA) framework, is geared towards examining the political leaders and senior government officers’ lexical choices and their implications for public attitude and behaviour towards the covid-19 pandemic. During times of crisis and uncertainty, the public looks up to those in power for guidance and protection. Therefore, the stance taken by those in authority during such periods occasioned by disease, war or natural catastrophe outbreaks is important in influencing and informing public behaviour and attitude. Public behaviour and attitude are thus vital components in risk and disaster reduction during periods of uncertainty. Studying language use by those in power is crucial since language is a powerful force that shapes people’s mind and society’s attitude and behaviour. The study analyzed 50 utterances by Tanzania’s top political leadership regarding the covid-19 outbreak in the country and their perceptions of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommended prevention measures. The texts were extracted from the live briefings from the major audio-visual media in the region and world such as KTN, Citizen, BBC, Aljazeera, and NTV. The findings of the study indicate that leaders perceived the pandemic as non-existent and overtly expressed doubt over the effectiveness of the recommended prevention measures, thus increasing the risk of spreading the virus among their citizens. The finding of this study would be useful to the public, policy makers and government by shedding light on the role language plays in attitude and behaviour change during times of crisis and uncertainty occasioned pandemics such as the covid-19 disease.