scholarly journals The political metaphor “Tyumen Matryoshka”: external linguistic image

Litera ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 169-182
Author(s):  
Natal'ya Vladimirovna Filimonova ◽  
Kseniya Rinatovna Russu ◽  
Elena Anatol'evna Chelak ◽  
Liana Fanzilovna Valieva
Keyword(s):  
Mass Communication ◽  
The Political ◽  
Linguistic Landscape ◽  
Global Information ◽  
Economic Space ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
Discursive Analysis ◽  
Research Material ◽  
General Linguistic ◽  
Khanty Mansi Autonomous

This article explores the functionality of political metaphor “Tyumen Matryoshka”. The research material contains the mass communication texts of the daily analytical newspaper, which a subsidiary of the “RosBusinessConsulting” media group (https://www.rbc.ru). The scientific novelty is defined by the need to examine and assess the external linguistic image of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra through the metaphorical model. Analysis is conducted on the peculiarities of functionality of the political metaphor “Tyumen Matryoshka” based on the material of the regional mass media in the context of image identification of the region. Application of the set of techniques of linguocognitive modeling to description of the image of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra reveals the structure of the object at hand, and allows concluding on its constructedness. Discursive analysis of the contexts determines 4 frames and 7 components that comprise the content of the political metaphor “Tyumen Matryoshka”. The acquired results prove the importance of practical typification of linguistic peculiarities of Yugra for the development of cultural and spiritual-moral potential, as well as integration of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra into the global information and economic space. Discursive affinity of the obtained contexts is explained by the presence of metaphorical component "Tyumen Matryoshka" therein. The data acquired in the course of this study underlie the interdisciplinary, comparative, and typological research that would allow determining the general, the specific, and the unique in linguistic landscape of the region. The research perspective is dictated by the need for modeling the general linguistic image of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra.

Three questions to political economy (An attempt of system introspection)

2018 ◽  
pp. 118-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. B. Kleiner
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Modern World ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Science ◽  
Linear Component ◽  
Capitalist System ◽  
Economic Space ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
System Paradigm

The development of the system paradigm in economic science leads to the formulation of a number of important questions to the political economy as one of the basic directions of economic theory. In this article, on the basis of system introspection, three questions are considered. The first is the relevance of the class approach to the structuring of the socio-economic space; the second is the feasibility of revising the notion of property in the modern world; the third is the validity of the notion of changing formations as the sequence of “slave-owning system — feudal system — capitalist system”. It is shown that in modern society the system approach to the structuring of socio-economic space is more relevant than the class one. Today the classical notion of “property” does not reflect the diversity of production and economic relations in society and should be replaced by the notion of “system property”, which provides a significant expansion of the concepts of “subject of property” and “object of property”. The change of social formations along with the linear component has a more influential cyclic constituent and obeys the system-wide cyclic regularity that reflects the four-cycle sequence of the dominance of one of the subsystems of the macrosystem: project, object, environment and process.

scholarly journals Pragmastilistic Analysis of Migration Discourse (Based on Speeches by British Politicians)

Discourse ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 143-161
Author(s):  
V. N. Matveeva ◽  
N. V. Stepanova
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Indigenous Population ◽  
Political Process ◽  
The Political ◽  
Host Culture ◽  
Continuous Sampling ◽  
Discursive Analysis ◽  
Local Elite ◽  
Linguistic Research ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive

Introduction. The present study examines the pragmastilistic potential of migration discourse based on the speeches of modern British politicians. The relevance of the chosen topic lies in the acute social specifics of migration discourse and its manipulative component. In today’s world, migration processes have become global and their impact on the development of the host culture is becoming increasingly evident. There is still no established strategy for the integration of migrants into the new society, which creates a conflict environment and determines the hostility of the indigenous population towards migrants. Migration discourse as one of the directions of policy discourse becomes an effective tool for managing public opinion. Various persuasive tactics are incorporated in the speech of politicians using linguistic means, the use of which in the British migration discourse is considered in this article.Methodology and sources. The key tasks of the study are to identify specific discursive tactics, by means of which the persuasive strategy is implemented in the British migration discourse, and to analyze the stylistic techniques used to design the discovered tactics. During the study, pragmastilistic analysis was used, the application of which involves referring to the following methods of linguistic research: the method of continuous sampling, quantitative, descriptive and comparative methods, the method of stylistic analysis, discursive analysis. The material of the study was the speeches of modern British politicians from 2004 to 2021. Results and discussion. The analysis of migration discourse based on the texts of speeches by modern British politicians allows to talk about the stylistic saturation of the material and the main means of expressiveness used in the framework of the discourse under consideration. The main tactic of opponents of free migration is the comparison of “good/bad” migrants, which is actualized using antithesis. As for the lexical stylistic means, the use of the epithet should be specified, which is also a way of actualizing opposition tactics. Thus, this tactic is implemented both at the lexical and syntactic level. Similar tactics are also relevant in the framework of pro-migration rhetoric, namely, when comparing the local elite and the visiting population, which performs all the work necessary for the functioning of society. In most cases the main stylistic technique for tactics actualization is antithesis (or the convergence of antithesis and epithet). Proponents of pro-migration policies also use metaphor (tactics for describing the political process) and syntactic parallelism (tactics for describing the benefits of migration). Finally, the most common tactic inherent in both poles of migration discourse is the tactic of generalization. It consists in equating the speaker with his audience, their “fusion”, and is most often actualized using hyperbola.Conclusion. Migration discourse is characterized by an ideological orientation, which is actualized using certain speech techniques, tactics and strategies. Migration discourse, as a multifaceted entity, can also serve to harmonize social life by facilitating the integration of migrants into the host culture. Migration discourse is a powerful ideological weapon that can be used both to contribute to integration and to incite ethnic hatred. Stylistic tools play a key role in the implementation of a persuasive strategy, which is actively used both in migration and in political discourse in general. The main tactics of the migration discourse of modern British politicians are opposition and generalization, used both in pro- and anti-migration rhetoric. 

From Affordances to Repertoires of Contention

2020 ◽  
pp. 47-76
Author(s):  
Jun Liu
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Political ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Repertoire Of Contention ◽  
Depth Interviews

This chapter analyzes the political circumstances and opportunities under which mobile phones emerge as a repertoire of contention. It argues that we should not just look at the use of communication technologies in contention. Instead, an investigation necessitates the perception of communication technologies as a repertoire of contention on the basis of affordances that structure the possibilities of the use of technology. Through fieldwork and in-depth interviews, this chapter indicates that taking (certain functions of) mobile phones as protest repertoire derives from a confluence of given social group’s habitus of media use that manifests particular affordances and the learned experience of the contested means of the past in official mass communication. More interestingly, communication and metacommunication of official media coverage of information and communication technology-mediated political activism modularizes and legitimizes the use of mobile phones in protests, and hence shapes specific ways people have harnessed their mobile phones as a key contentious repertoire.

Mediapolicy

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Рашид Мухаев ◽  
Rashid Muhaev
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Political Behavior ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
The Political ◽  
Communication Policy ◽  
Policy Space ◽  
Municipal Administration ◽  
Information And Communication

If you want to find out how the mechanisms and technologies of political domination in modern information societies have changed, then read the first Russian textbook on the new academic discipline “Media Policy”. The textbook examines the main interpretations of the information and communication policy space, its subjects, structure and information management technologies, identifies effective channels of information influence on the political behavior of a person, groups and communities, reveals the mechanism of symbolic dominance in the structure of modern politics, identifies its elements, technologies and communication strategies. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of various means and channels of mass communication, used for positioning and promoting ideas, discourses and political images, as well as constructing messages through various media. The textbook is addressed to bachelors and masters studying in the specialties “Advertising and Public Relations”, “Political Science”, “State and Municipal Administration”, as well as to theoreticians, practitioners, and experts working in the field of political communication.

Kingdom-Building and the Control of the Opposition in Morocco: the Monarchical Uses of Justice

1970 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-66
Author(s):  
John Waterbury
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
The Political ◽  
Trial Process ◽  
Communication Function ◽  
Objective Validity

THE POLITICAL TRIAL IS FREQUENTLY RESORTED TO BY REGIMES seeking to establish or reaffirm their legitimacy. Almost by definition the opposition is the target of such trials for it has questioned or challenged the incumbent regime's right to rule. The trial, when successfully engineered, reveals the opposition as not simply misguided, but as subversive, treasonous, and, in the case of the monarchies, sacrilegious. The condemnation of all or part of the opposition for sins towards God and country emphasizes the objective validity and immutability of the regime's tenets, the components of its charter myth.Such trials have several functions, but three stand out among them. First, one may consider the propagandistic, mass communication function. The trial itself becomes the scene for the definition, re-affirmation, and manipulation of the regime's symbols and credos. Official doctrine is hammered home to the society as a whole, under highly dramatic circumstances inherent in the trial process. The unfolding of the drama often evokes far greater public interest and concern than the routine propaganda efforts of the controlled mass media.

Communication Policy in Asia: Limited Democracy and the Public Sphere

1998 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Birch
Keyword(s):  
Mass Communication ◽  
The Political ◽  
Communication Studies ◽  
Communication Policy ◽  
Policy Studies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Power And Control ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Ideal

Communication policy in Asia has been, and is likely to remain, a highly exclusive, non-participatory, localised means of expressing and maintaining power and control. If it defines democracy, it defines a very different and limited one compared to the ideal envisioned, for example, by Habermas. This paper explores some of the issues involved, particularly with respect to communication policy studies in Asia, and argues for an approach to the development of communication studies and theory which is prepared to engage with the political and economic rather than just with the technical and social as is still the case with so many ‘mass communication’ approaches.

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