Hmm, everyone is talking about the brothers being found but<\/u> the reporters there don’t know anything yet<\/u> apparently<\/p>\n
That’s all we know<\/u> at the moment<\/u>. Tweeting Netherlands<\/u> already knows, though<\/u>…<\/p>\n\r\nCase study of brothers Julian and Ruben, who went missing after their father was found dead, National Police.\r\n
yet, very subtle, but also a word that does a lot. It suggests that it is just a matter of time and then the truth will come out anyway.<\/p>\n\r\n
In quote 3.2a, the tweeter uses the conjunction ‘but’ to indicate a contrast between different versions of reality. A contrast is also indicated in quote 3.2b. Here, tweeters are also implicitly accused of sensationalism or rumour-mongering. The speaker emphasises the lack of knowledge about the situation and shows a critical identity. Both Twitter speakers emphasise the contradiction between the messages on Twitter and messages via other sources. <\/p>\n
The sentence structures are twofold, where an initial observation is then questioned or contradicted. Presenting contrasts between different scenarios maintains the ambiguity of the issue. There is no closure and the rumour, albeit in a toned-down form, remains dormant. Moreover, by using these contrasts, certain behaviours and traits of one’s own or the other group are magnified. In this case, it is implied that agencies (and reporters) are slower to bring out news, while ‘ordinary’ citizens (on Twitter) are quicker to draw conclusions.<\/p>\n\r\n
Highlight what has been known so far, and brought out through official channels. Also explain why it is important not to draw premature conclusions yet. While doing so, also emphasise the commonalities between the authority and tweeters.<\/p>\n\r\nBeschrijvende taal\r\n
We see great involvement in search #Geulle. We are now searching with all our might for the brothers. Follow @politie and Politie.nl for accurate information #stop rumours<\/p>\n
The above tweet again uses an on-the-spot formulation: ‘We see great involvement in search’. This suggests that the police are at the scene or at least can observe the place as well as the involvement here now. This reinforces the truthfulness of the message and lends authority to the police. It additionally contains ‘maximising language’ in in ‘great’ involvement. For instance, maximising terms indicating great magnitude and extreme terms like ‘even’, ‘all’, ‘nothing’, ‘absolute’, ‘complete’, etc…. are used by speakers to justify or defend a particular claim and these terms also mark that something is at stake. Extreme terms amplify value to the extreme. Similarly, here, the involvement of citizens in the search for the brothers. In other words, the tweet expresses explicit appreciation for this. Also noteworthy is the last sentence, which is phrased as an instruction, and supplemented by “accurate information #stop rumours”. Apparently, incorrect information is also circulating. However, this is left implicit. By constructing this in a subtle way, and wrapped in a hashtag, the police suggest they are familiar with the rumours. By presenting it this way, the police show that they are dealing with it in a considered and relaxed manner; they show that they are in control of the situation, including online. It does not lose itself in, say, irritation at these spontaneous searches by citizens, but instead remains calm, maintaining distance and overview. She sets up a Bird’s Eye Perspective with just one tweet.<\/p>\n\r\nGroepsvorming\r\n2\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.bepmee.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.bepmee.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.bepmee.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.bepmee.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.bepmee.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/en.bepmee.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72,"href":"https:\/\/en.bepmee.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions\/72"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.bepmee.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.bepmee.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.bepmee.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}