PUBLIC DISCOURSE AND PUBLIC COMMUNICATION. ELEMENTS FROM A PATHOLOGY OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATION AT THE LEVEL OF POLITICAL DISCOURSE

This study follows some of the essential coordinates of the public communication deontology and of the professional communication within the public space and it underlines, by contrast, the slippages from the requirements of an authentic and professional public communication, evident in instances of Romanian contemporary political discourse. All of the case studies are based on analysis from the perspective of professional standards in communication and public relations. The final accent is laid upon the necessity of professionalizing the public discourse of the politicians alongside with concrete proposals regarding such a process.