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Government Communication - The Dubai and United Arab Emirates Ministry of Happiness

The Objective of the Creation of the Ministry of Happiness – Content Analysis

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Computer Supported Qualitative Research (WCQR 2019)

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This article presents a study based on government communication regarding the creation of the Dubai and United Arab Emirates Ministry of Happiness. Under the scope of this paper, from the news analysed, we have chosen that which reflects the main objectives of the creation of the Dubai and United Arab Emirates Ministry of Happiness. Using the technique of content analysis, through the use of webQDA software, the aim was to understand how the Government communicated those objectives. Consequently, the aim was to understand whether there was discursive consistency between the content of the text analysed and the message that the Government wished to convey. The results enabled us to identify emphasis on the Government’s objective of creating genuine and authentic happiness for the whole of society through the creation of this Ministry.

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    https://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/government/shaikh-mohammed-launches-happiness-index.

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    https://www.worldgovernmentsummit.org/.

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  1. CEFAGE – Centro de Estudos e Formação Avançada em Gestão e Economia da Universidade de Évora, Evora, Portugal

    Diamantino Ribeiro

  2. University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

    António Pedro Costa

  3. Lusophone University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Jorge Remondes

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  1. Department of Education and Psychology, Research Center on Didactics and Technology in Education of Trainers (CIDTFF), Ludomedia and University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

    António Pedro Costa

  2. Faculty of Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science Laboratory (LIACC), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Luís Paulo Reis

  3. Department of Education and Psychology, Research Center on Didactics and Technology in Education of Trainers (CIDTFF), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

    António Moreira

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Ribeiro, D., Costa, A.P., Remondes, J. (2020). Government Communication - The Dubai and United Arab Emirates Ministry of Happiness. In: Costa, A., Reis, L., Moreira, A. (eds) Computer Supported Qualitative Research. WCQR 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1068. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31787-4_19

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