بازتولید منازعات جناحی؛ تحلیل گفتمان مناظره‌های تلویزیونی انتخابات ریاست جمهوری دوازدهم و سیزدهم

Elections are a competitive arena for candidates from political factions, and this competition is represented in debates. The aim of this article is to analyze the discourse of the televised debates of the 12th and 13th presidential elections. This study, using the Fisk discourse analysis method, aimed to answer the question: What discursive themes did the main candidates (Rouhani, Raisi, Hemmati) of the 12th and 13th elections use in television debates? It analyzed the discourse themes of the debates of the reformist and fundamentalist factions. According to the findings, factional antagonism and conflict were strongly represented in the factions' discourse despite the common ideology of fighting corruption. The common language in the factions' discourse was irony. Despite the representation of the candidates' discourse on fighting corruption and supporting the disadvantaged, factional conflicts were reproduced. Social classes, supporting the disadvantaged, and fighting corruption were the focus of the conflicts. Criticism of the rival faction was the common discourse of the candidates. According to game theory, in the electoral debates of the factions, it is the attempt to win that the aggressive behaviors of the competing candidates for power are represented. The emphasis on “social justice”, “the popular nature of the government”, “the fight against corruption” and “support for the disadvantaged” are the dominant ideology to shape the public discourse. Rouhani and Raisi represented the ruling ideology that achieved hegemony by hiding the existing class conflict.