scholarly journals Actual Concepts of Latin American Media (on the Example of Argentine “Clarín”, Venezuelan “El Nacional” and Chilean “La Tercera” for May 14–15, 2021)

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 60-65
Author(s):  
D. A. Popovich ◽  
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N. N. Bochegova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
Contextual Analysis ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
American Media

The article is devoted to the analysis of current concepts of the Latin American media on the example of the headlines of three major newspapers. The purpose of the paper is to identify the content of a number of concepts of Latin-American media by means of the definition and contextual analysis of the lexical units — representative concepts. The procedure makes it possible to understand the meanings that are conveyed to the Spanish native speakers of the Latin American cultural background by the headlines of their media. The novelty of the study is related to the description of the ethnocultural specificity of a number of universal concepts of media discourse.

scholarly journals “Russian Bear” in the Spanish-Language Media Discourse

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 806-822
Author(s):  
Liudmila L. Kleshchenko
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
American Media ◽  
Ukrainian Crisis

The article examines the role of the bear metaphor in the Spanish-language political discourse. The relevance of the study is due, firstly, to the intensification of cooperation between Russia and Latin American countries, the effectiveness of which can be influenced by stereotypes and political symbols. Secondly, the growing popularity of the use of zoomorphic metaphors by the mass media. One of the unofficial symbols of Russia, which is often addressed by both traditional media and social media, is the bear. The Russian Bear metaphor is now widely used in both Russian and foreign periodicals and cartoons. The purpose of this research is to identify the specifics of the representation of the image of Russia as a bear in the Ibero-American political mass-media discourse. The source for the analysis is a Spanish-language media discourse (cases: the 2014 Ukrainian crisis, the Venezuelan crisis, Russias military operation in Syria, Russias interference in the elections in Mexico). The scientific novelty of the study is that for the first time in the Russian-language scientific literature, the features of the use of the bear metaphor by Latin American media and social media are examined. The author concludes that the metaphor Russian Bear is used both in the internal political symbolic struggle and in the foreign policy discourse. The specifics of the use of the bear metaphor in Latin America are mainly determined by political orientations: for example, the left traditionally considers Russia as an ally, appealing to such meanings of the bear metaphor as strength, justice, and the ability to become a defender against aggressors. In turn, their opponents use a bear metaphor to label left-wing politicians as traitors to the national interest. In this context, the image of a Bear serves as a symbolic border guard. The bear metaphor can be used to create an image of an ally and defender, as well as an enemy. The Ibero-American media turn to the bear metaphor mainly in the headlines and subheadings of materials devoted to Russian foreign policy, which allows them to draw readers attention to the topic under consideration.

Latin American media

1998 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 173-175
Author(s):  
Robert Huesca
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
American Media

scholarly journals Threat and fear: Pragmatic purposes of emotionalisation in media discourse

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 746-766
Author(s):  
Vladimir I. Ozymenko ◽  
Tatiana V. Larina
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
First Century ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Basic Emotions ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Political Studies ◽  
American Media ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
The Impact

The impact of mass media on individuals and society is to a great extent based on emotions. We concentrate on fear as it is one of the basic emotions triggered by risk and threat, which is claimed to play a key role in the twenty-first century consciousness (Furedi 20018). The study focuses on the emotionalisation of fear in contemporary media discourse about Russia, more specifically, on constructions of Russian threat and fear of Russia in Anglo-American media texts to highlight pragmatic effects and to speculate on possible purposes of such discourses. The study aims to explore the functioning of the lexemes threat and fear , in textual contexts with the focus on their pragma-discursive characteristics. It identifies the mechanisms as well as linguistic tools involved in media strategies of scare-mongering. The dataset was derived from quality British and American newspapers in the period 2018-2020, and was analysed drawing on an interdisciplinary approach combining critical discourse analysis, pragmatics, medialinguistics, psycholinguistics and the theory of proximisation. The paper argues that appealing to emotions as well as constructing emotions is aimed at enhancing the persuasive function of media and fulfilling their own agenda. The persistent use of the words threat and fear in relation to Russia as well as the obsessive discussion of this topic in media aim to shape a certain negative public opinion of Russia among readerships. The findings show that to achieve this goal different strategies and linguistic tools are used including: exaggeration, repetition, proximisation, interrogative headlines, presupposition, among others. The results go beyond linguistics, and may find implementation in political studies, since they provide researchers with tools for understanding contemporary social and political processes.

scholarly journals La influencia de Pedro Luis Escrivá en el sistema defensivo colonial de América

X ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Pérez Gallego ◽  
Rosa María Giusto
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Latin American ◽  
The United States ◽  
Contextual Analysis ◽  
Territorial Defense ◽  
Cultural Transfer ◽  
Charles V ◽  
Military Engineer ◽  
El Sistema ◽  
The Subject

The influence of Pedro Luis Escrivá in the American colonial defense systemThe architect and military engineer Pedro Luis Escrivá (1490 ca. - sixteenth century), at the service of Charles V of Habsburg and the Viceroyal Court of Naples, built two bastioned fortifications designed to considerably influence the subject of territorial defense structures: The quadrangular Spanish Fort of L'Aquila (1534-1567) and the reconstruction of the Sant’Elmo Castle in Naples (1537), with an elongated six-pointed stellar plan, served as a reference point for the European and American fortifications of the period. Due to its size and versatility, the model adopted in L’Aquila was widely used in the Latin American context between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. It is found in countries that were Hispanic colonies such as Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay; as well as in the Hispanic domains of the United States and in some of the dependent territories of the Portuguese crown, in Brazil. Based on a historical-architectural and contextual analysis of these structures, the effects of the “cultural transfer” between Europe and America will be investigated with respect to the model devised by Escrivá to promote its cultural valorization.

Metaphorical Representation of Migration in the US Media Discourse

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
О. Полонская ◽  
O. Polonskaya
Keyword(s):  
Media Discourse ◽  
Natural Phenomena ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
The Us ◽  
American Press ◽  
American Media ◽  
American Society ◽  
Linguistic Material

This study focuses on the metaphorical features of migration representation in the American press. According to the cognitive approach on which our research is based, the metaphor is an important phenomenon in understanding the surrounding reality. The study of linguistic material and the description of metaphorical models allowed us to identify attitudes towards migrants at the present stage of development of American society. The analysis of conceptual metaphors was carried out by means of a continuous sample of electronic versions of the American media and made it possible to distinguish three main groups: metaphors that personify natural phenomena and natural disasters, military and commodity-thing metaphors. An analysis of the factual material suggests a negative stereotype associated with migrants in the minds of Americans.

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