scholarly journals Constructing Solidarity in Belarusian Press during the Soviet Period

2021 ◽  
pp. 26-41
Author(s):  
A. A. Biyumena
Keyword(s):  
Goal Setting ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Common Cause ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Common ◽  
Post War ◽  
Historical Periods

The results of a study of the discourse of solidarity in the Soviet Russian-language press of Belarus of the post-war period on the basis of the publications of the newspaper “Sovetskaya Belorussia” is presented in the article. The directions of solidarity in media discourse are determined depending on the inclusion of an object in the group of “friends” or “aliens”. Attention is paid to the construction of solidarity both in publications about the internal life of the country and in articles about the “Western” states and countries of the socialist camp. The relevance of the study is due to the need to study the means of solidarity of the media audience in different historical periods, including during crises. The novelty of the research is seen in the fact that the objects for analysis are newspaper texts with a pragmatic goal-setting of constructing solidarity. The key words of the media discourse of solidarity of the Soviet period are revealed: lexemes with the meaning of compatibility; words labeling “friends” according to the class principle; units emphasizing the responsibility of a person for a joint business; vocabulary of the semantic groups “Struggle” and “Labour”. It has been proved that the solidarity constructed by the mass media was aimed at the awareness of the citizens of the country of their involvement in the common cause and common values, at the legitimization of political power and the formation of mutual understanding between members of society.

scholarly journals Wstrząsająca treść jako manipulacyjny element dyskursu konfliktu

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 135-143
Author(s):  
Anna Hłuszko
Keyword(s):  
Hate Speech ◽  
Traditional Approach ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Visual Content ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Common ◽  
The One ◽  
Web News

Shock content as a manipulative component of conflict discourseDifficult socio-political situation in Ukraine creates specific media discourse, which in turn gives rise to a number of phenomena, connected to information war categories, war of meanings, hate speech etc. Active entry of military issues into web news content affects traditional approach to the media-text drafting. The report examines the trends of shock visual content and its announcement in the web headlines. The influence of the content emotionalization, which is one of the common features for conflict discourse, not only on text style, but also on features of page making, selection and use of photo illustrations, headline creation, is studied. The material covering military developments usually involve deaths, injuries, loss, destruction of settlements as a result of hostilities, that is, they focus on information on suffering of both military and civilians. This results in stronger integration of shock visual content into the news, which in turn may be used as manipulation and propaganda tool. On the one hand it is used to demonstrate crimes of the enemy, on the other — as an evidence of Ukrainian military success. From the point of view of ethic and humanism the justification of such tactic is doubtful in both cases. However, the study shows that open image of death, blood, injuries in the materials and the announcement of such content in headlines are the cause of high popularity of such publications, and this mainstreams the problem of dehumanizing impact both on material’s subjects and on media audience.

scholarly journals Features of Precedent Units Functioning in Russian Media Discourse (on the Example of «Argonauts», «Golden Fleece», «Jason»)

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (4) ◽  
pp. 107-114
Author(s):  
Anna N. Mishchenko
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
Greek Mythology ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
History Of ◽  
Russian Media ◽  
The Media

The article is devoted to the study of precedent units with the source «ancient Greek mythology», which have the potential to broadcast the linguistic and cultural features of a particular community, the recognition of which influences the success of intercultural communication. The work provides a comprehensive analysis of the precedent units included in the cycle «The History of the Golden Fleece», namely «Argonauts», «Golden Fleece», «Jason» in the texts of Russian-language media. In the article the author argues that the change in the semantics of constructions occurs not only at the denotative, but also at the connotative, pragmatic level, where the studied precedent units acquire new semantic features. The analysis of the functioning features of the precedent units included in the «History of the Golden Fleece» cycle allows us to establish the linguistic mechanisms of their «deployment» in the media discourse and come to the conclusion about the specifics of the fragment of the worldview, fixed in mythologized precedent phenomena.

scholarly journals Discourse of a special event in mass media (on the example of Robert Rozhdestvensky Altai Regional Literary Festival)

2020 ◽  
pp. 208-221
Author(s):  
Anna Milyukova
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Special Event ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Common ◽  
Commercial Organizations ◽  
Event Based ◽  
Regional Authorities

The subject of this article is the components of media discourse of a cultural event. Based on the quantitative content analysis and critical discourse analysis of media materials, the author examines peculiarities of the discourse of Robert Rozhdestvensky Altai Regional Literary Festival held since 2007. Analysis is conducted on the quantitative characteristics of publication dynamics (distribution of the material by type of media; by tone i.e. the context of mentioning – positive, negative, or neutral). Characteristic to these media texts is given from the perspective of organization of the discourse: determination of the tone of mentioning and discursive role of the mentioned individuals and organizations – active or passive, representation of communicative events. It is established that the event is covered primarily on the media platforms of regional authorities. Among the most frequently cited subjects in a positive context are the common participants, prominent figures, members of the poet's family, representatives of commercial organizations — sponsors and partners; while in a negative context – political parties, mass media, and administration. An active discursive role characterizes the organizations and representatives of culture and education, among whom are famous actors and authorities, including the governor; less active are the members of poet’s family, political parties, and commercial organizations. Therefore, most discursively active and presented in a positive way are the authorities, organizations and representatives of culture and education. Discursively passive participants are the common participants of a special event. The article demonstrates the positioning of the head of the region within structure of media discourse.

The history of transport education in the exhibits of the Museum of the Russian University of Transport

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 347-352
Author(s):  
E. B. Kulikova
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Period ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Long Time ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of The University ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Post War ◽  
University Museum ◽  
The University ◽  
Historical Periods

One of the oldest transport universities in the country — the Russian University of Transport (RUT (MIIT)) — is 125 years old. The history of the university and transport education in general is reflected in the expositions of the university museum.The main historical periods of the development of the museum, starting from 1896, are noted: tsarist Russia, the soviet period until the Great Patriotic war of 1941-1945, the war and post-war years, the post-soviet period.The RUT Museum (MIIT), being the same age as the university, today is one of the oldest museums in Moscow. The collections of items collected in its funds are striking in their diversity and uniqueness. The museum has over 12,000 items, 7,000 of which are on permanent display for visitors. All cultural heritage sites are inextricably linked with the rich history of the university and the history of Russia. Most of the museum's collection is traditionally collected thanks to the help and support of the university staff, as well as its graduates from different years, who honor the traditions of the Alma mater and carefully preserve the history of the university for posterity.Taking into account the specifics of the museum, it is obvious that the number and themes of its expositions will only expand over time, which means that it will not lose its relevance for a very long time and will be of interest to guests of all ages and professions.

scholarly journals Lexical means of speech aggression in Soviet Russian-language print media

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-180
Author(s):  
Anna A. Biyumena
Keyword(s):  
Russian Language ◽  
Negative Evaluation ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Communicative Behavior ◽  
Discursive Analysis ◽  
The Press ◽  
Media Space ◽  
The Media ◽  
Institutional Communication ◽  
Post War

The relevance of the article is connected with the prevalence of aggressive materials in the media space, the significance of their role in influencing the audience. The purpose of the work is to identify and describe the lexical means of expressing speech aggression in the Russian-language press of the Soviet era. The research material consists of 500 articles on international topics published from 1946 to 1989 in the newspaper Soviet Belarus, published in Belarus in Russian. The methods of semantic, contextual and discursive analysis have been used. In the course of the study, the semantic groups of words used in the press of the indicated time to express speech aggression have been identified. The theoretical significance of the study lies in the fact that determining the specifics of aggression explication in the newspaper texts of a particular period contributes to understanding the characteristics of media discourse as a type of institutional communication. The practical significance lies in identifying aggressive semantic dominants of the post-war Soviet press. It has been established that speech aggression in analyzed texts is expressed with the help of lexemes denoting certain ideologies, aggressive and military actions, crimes and criminals, desire for enrichment, non-compliance with law, violation of communicative behavior, social and economic problems, negative emotions and negative evaluation. The prospects for further studies in the direction are indicated: identifying language means of expressing aggression in the press of other periods, as well as studying strategic and tactical dominants of aggressive speech behavior in the articles of different genres and on different topics.

MODERN TAJIKISTAN MEDIA DISCOURSE IN THE CONDITIONS OF LANGUAGE POLICY TRANSFORMATION

2020 ◽  
pp. 102-113
Author(s):  
Takhmina G. Khasanova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Policy Transformation ◽  
Language Promotion

At the epicentre of this research is the issue of language policy in the framework of transformation processes in the Republic of Tajikistan, which is reflected in the country’s media discourse. Initially, the author draws attention to the fact that the Tajik media, considered the most professional and free in Central Asia, during the period of the cardinal change of historical milestones were distinguished by tendentiousness, turning into a thoughtless machine for directives implementation. The article presents the author’s independent Tajikistan media main stages classification and gives a succinct description of each of them. The author substantiates the status of language policy subjectivity. The multi-vector, rationalism and balance of language policy in the Republic of Tajikistan is particularly noted. The author carries out a comparative analysis of some former socialist camp countries experience due to socio-linguistic goals related to the state language promotion and the special legal status assignment to the Russian language. Official statistics are presented on the quantitative distribution of the republic’s population by gender, nationality and mother tongue, in accordance with which the media discourse in the context of language policy is analyzed. In conclusion, a number of main criteria for the language policy pursued by the Tajik authorities are listed, in accordance with which the Tajik language policy is highly praised by experts.

scholarly journals Symmetry and Asymmetry in the Structure of Temporal Opposition “Past / Future” (based on Media Texts)

2020 ◽  
pp. 117-128
Author(s):  
I. N. Ponomarenko ◽  
N. A. Segal ◽  
Y. N. Bychina ◽  
S. A. Mospan
Keyword(s):  
A Priori ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Political Views ◽  
The World ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Asymmetry ◽  
Media Texts ◽  
Linguistic Units

The article is devoted to the identification of the asymmetric basis of explication of temporal oppositions in the Russian-language media discourse. The semantic-pragmatic potential of linguistic units representing the antithesis of “past / future” and its textual explicators is established and analyzed. Given the specifics of linguistic and extralinguistic factors, the features of modeling the current political picture of the world are revealed. It is emphasized that the asymmetry of the media discourse, which has become the subject of scientific research only in the last decade, is dictated by the manipulative orientation of media texts. An analysis of practical material allows us to conclude that the media texts of the beginning of the XXI century are a priori asymmetric and are built on both communicative and linguistic asymmetries, which consist primarily in the contraposition of linguistic and contextual antonyms that reflect polar political views and aspirations. The asymmetry of images of the past and future and the ambiguity of connotations inherent in the linguistic representatives of these images allow us to talk about the variability of the value component of the key categories of the political picture of the world and prove its dynamic nature.

scholarly journals Family Health on the Humanitarian Agenda of Domestic Media: History and Modernity

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-135
Author(s):  
Avtaeva Natalia O. ◽  
◽  
Dikasova Maria I. ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Reproductive Potential ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Historical Method ◽  
Media Agenda ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Historical Periods

Journalism as a social institution always addresses the problems and interests of society and the individual, however, in different historical periods, the humanitarian emphasis can be the leading one, but it can also be the secondary. The authors of the article systematize the data on the presence of the topic of family health in the humanitarian agenda of the domestic media of the Soviet period and the present. The study of the humanitarian agenda of the media in different historical periods seems to be an urgent research task, since it allows us to see its evolution both in the typological aspect and in the genre-thematic one. The purpose of this article is to analyze materials related to the problem of maintaining family health, including reproductive health, in domestic periodicals at different periods of its functioning. The research is based on historical and structural-functional approaches, analysis and synthesis. The method of qualitative and quantitative content analysis was used in the study and systematization of publications of domestic periodicals. The researchers also use the comparative historical method, which helped to identify the main differences and similarities in the positioning of the problem of maintaining family health in the Soviet period and now. The results of the research can be useful for journalists working in the sphere of social journalism, covering issues of preserving the institution of the family and its reproductive potential. The authors accentuate the importance of forming an optimal and effective model of the humanitarian agenda in the media. During the Soviet period, the media focused on the issues of abortion, lack of reliable contraception, diagnosis, treatment, consequences and complications of diseases of the reproductive system. In modern Russia, maternal, infant and perinatal mortality is decreasing, methods of diagnosing and treating diseases of the reproductive sphere are improving, the media are focusing on the problems of maintaining family health, responsible parenting, and the idea of family planning. Keywords: family as a social institution, family health, media agenda, humanitarian media agenda, domestic media, family reproductive health

Parameters of Regional Media Discourse: Subject, Communicative Situation, Context Structure

2020 ◽  
pp. 143-157
Author(s):  
Bair B. Sibidanov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Goal Setting ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Speech Communication ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Ethical Assessment ◽  
Typical Situation ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Texts ◽  
Media Message

The article examines the main characteristics of regional media discourse defined on the basis of Teun. A. van Dijk’s cognitive discourse theory. The article focuses on three aspects: the types of subjects of social action; features of the media text; and the context structure of regional media discourse. The author proposes to introduce a regulatory goal setting along with the cognitive one into the media discourse functioning model. This change influences the ultimate goal of media functioning. According to the author, apart from giving information, journalists and their articles have an important task of encouraging social action. Therefore, the article concentrates on the types of subjects of social action, but not on the types of authors of media texts. Subjects of social action are: institution, person, media, and society. All of them (except for society) can act both as authors and main characters in media texts. Society is the only subject of the media field that is symbolic. Its function is to give an ethical assessment of the content of the media message. Mass audience is characterised as generally passive, and it is not able to become the subject of media discourse. It leads to the fact that the opponent (interlocutor) of the author cannot take part in shaping the content and developing the dynamics of regional media discourse, like in oral discourse. The characters of the texts, i.e. subjects of social action, do it, depending on how the author presented them. As a result, the images of subjects become dramatic. Thus, the main communicative factor in shaping media discourse is the activity of the mass media and the authors. The text is an elementary unit of media discourse. The text takes up the functions of a communicative situation and can fill gaps: it can help reconstruct some characteristics of the simulated speech communication. The media text (in the intended role characteristics of the consumer) contains conditions for the consumption of the mass product. The importance of the context increases in the conditions when a typical situation becomes equal to the text of a media message. In accordance with regulatory goal setting, the structure of the media context is as follows: the event-related context layer is on the surface, the social is deeper and leads to the development of social change in the actions and the worldview of the consumer, and the cultural media context is the most profound and penetrating. All layers of the media context are closely intertwined and connected with each other.

scholarly journals The Language Means of Comicality in Clickbait Headings

2021 ◽  
pp. 151-165
Author(s):  
Natalia Prokofeva ◽  
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Irina Akulovich ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Language ◽  
Internet Research ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Modern Media ◽  
Research Material ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Communicative Act ◽  
Genre Preferences ◽  
The Russian Language

The analysis of material presented in the media discourse demonstrates significant changes in the intentionality of the journalistic text, which are reflected in establishing contacts so as to grab and retain the reader's attention. This feature of modern media text is represented in changing genre preferences, speech tactics and strategies, and, consequently, selecting and combining linguistic means. One of the manifestations of this trend is the phenomenon of clickbait, which is a communicative act of promising to continue communication. This article is dedicated to the clickbait with the semantics of comicality. The collected from the Russian-language Internet research material includes clickbait headings that promise a certain funny content. The study revealed that a clickbait model includes the following semantic components: a stimulating utterance of the subject of speech seeking to involve the reader in the humorous nature of hypertext; the verbal and non-verbal markers of the object of laughter; markers, which reflect Internet user's involvement in the communicative act. The analysis of relationship between the components of a clickbait model resulted in specifying four types of clickbait headlines: 1) narrative headlines, which invite the reader to laugh what some other readers have already laughed at; 2) offering headlines suggesting some comic entertainment; 3) allusive clickbaits that hint on the possibility to continue amusing reading; 4) nominative clickbaits, which name the expected laughing reaction to the presentation of some objects.

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