This thesis analyzes Matteo Salvini’s populist political communication on the X platform, focusing on the linguistic and rhetorical strategies used to frame the issue of immigration. The aim of this research is to identify the main recurring linguistic patterns in the League leader’s communication and to understand how word associations contribute to the construction of discourse on immigration in the context of social media. The study examines a corpus of 146 posts published by Matteo Salvini on X between January 2024 and June 2026. The analysis was conducted using a quantitative approach to text statistics via the TaLTaC2 software, supplemented by a qualitative analysis of concordances. This methodology made it possible to identify the most frequently occurring forms and to analyze their associations and contexts of use, going beyond a simple observation of frequencies.
La presente tesi analizza la comunicazione politica populista di Matteo Salvini sulla piattaforma X, concentrandosi sulle modalità linguistiche e retoriche attraverso cui viene rappresentato il tema dell’immigrazione. L’obiettivo della ricerca è individuare i principali pattern linguistici ricorrenti nella comunicazione del leader della Lega e comprendere come le associazioni tra parole contribuiscano alla costruzione del discorso sull’immigrazione nel contesto dei social media. Lo studio prende in esame un corpus di 146 post pubblicati da Matteo Salvini su X tra gennaio 2024 e giugno 2026. L’analisi è stata condotta attraverso un approccio quantitativo di statistica testuale mediante il software TaLTaC2, integrato da un’analisi qualitativa delle concordanze. Questa metodologia ha consentito di individuare le forme maggiormente ricorrenti e di analizzarne le associazioni e i contesti d’uso, superando la semplice osservazione delle frequenze.
La comunicazione politica populista nell'era dei social media. Pattern linguistici e retorica dell'immigrazione nei post di Matteo Salvini su X (2024-2026)
SCINTU, ROBERTA
2025/2026
Abstract
This thesis analyzes Matteo Salvini’s populist political communication on the X platform, focusing on the linguistic and rhetorical strategies used to frame the issue of immigration. The aim of this research is to identify the main recurring linguistic patterns in the League leader’s communication and to understand how word associations contribute to the construction of discourse on immigration in the context of social media. The study examines a corpus of 146 posts published by Matteo Salvini on X between January 2024 and June 2026. The analysis was conducted using a quantitative approach to text statistics via the TaLTaC2 software, supplemented by a qualitative analysis of concordances. This methodology made it possible to identify the most frequently occurring forms and to analyze their associations and contexts of use, going beyond a simple observation of frequencies.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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