scholarly journals NEWS MEDIA DISCOURSE AS THE BASIS OF THE INFORMATION SPACE

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 660-669
Author(s):  
M. Moshkal ◽  
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Ye. Akhapov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
News Media ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
News Discourse ◽  
Present Information

The mass media is a powerful tool that influences on people's minds and a means of promptly conveying information to different parts of the world. It is the most effective force of influencing a person’s emotions that can convince the recipient in the best possible way. This work is devoted to the study of the role of mass media in the modern society and social communication by analyzing the aspects of modern news media discourse. The research work defines the main features of media, especially news discourse, as the type of media that is economically viable and accessible. However, because of the constantly moving society, people are not able to read all the news, so in modern time it is important to present information briefly and clearly. Especially, catch the attention of the reader with headlines that play a special role in the information message.

scholarly journals The role of euphemisms in Spanish-language media in combination of the information-hybrid warfare

2020 ◽  
pp. 96-103
Author(s):  
O. A. Shabas ◽  
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P. M. Shekhavtsova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
Hybrid Warfare ◽  
Present Information ◽  
Hybrid War ◽  
Linguistic Groups ◽  
Concept Of Information

This article describes the concept of „euphemism” in the Spanish-language media in the context of the information-hybrid war in the eastern part of Ukraine. We have investigated the ways of the emergence and spread of euphemisms in the sphere of the Spanish-speaking environment. We also analyzed the concept of "information-hybrid warfare", which is constantly used in everyday politics, especially considering the situation in the east of Ukraine, to designate a deliberately negative, inappropriate, informational impact of one state to another due to various psychological manipulations. In addition, in our research work we found out that Western media, as well as Spanish, usually use more laconic or simplified speech to present information concerning other states. At any rate, we figured out that most of the Spanish publishers try to be more delicate and objective in informing people of the country by looking at the situation from different angles. By analyzing journalistic materials contained in Spanish publicistic sources, we identified politically correct innovations, regarding the armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine, which were mostly adopted. Based on the example of one of the Spanish publishing house articles of Universidad de Navarra, we created a comparative table, based on which we divided the euphemistic expressions used by Spanish journalists into 2 main linguistic groups. The first group includes veiled expressions, and the other - the replacement of veiled units with words with a direct meaning in the context of the article, but still in a more relaxed sense. Eventually, euphemisms have become an integral part of military journalism in the context of information-hybrid warfare, which have gained particular popularity in the last decade.

scholarly journals Textual Analysis of the Jakarta Post Online Representation of Presidential Candidates in Indonesia

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 339
Author(s):  
Prayudi . ◽  
Retno Hendariningrum
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
News Media ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Online News ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Political Learning ◽  
Presidential Candidates ◽  
Post Online

General Election 2014 in Indonesia principally was a gate to more democratic Indonesia. People were given rights to directly vote their preferred legislative representatives and president and vice president for the next five-year period. New political learning process was introduced as all presidential candidates must show their capabilities in all aspects to attract constituents. The role of mass media became important as each candidate worked hard to gain sympathy from people. This paper examines how Indonesian online news media critically reported the presidential candidates. Further, this paper analysed how the issue were represented in the online media and why it was represented in such ways.

scholarly journals Strategies for the Mediatization of Legal Concepts in Russian Mass Media of XXI Century (Concept LEGITIMACY)

2021 ◽  
pp. 69-85
Author(s):  
O. N. Kondratyeva ◽  
Yu. S. Ignatova
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Subjective Feeling ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Culturally Specific ◽  
Legal Concept ◽  
The Media ◽  
Legal Concepts ◽  
Negative Connotation

The role of mass media in the processes of interpretation and assessment of various fragments of reality is discussed in the article. The problem of the entry of legal concepts into the media discourse is raised and the task is set to study the changes occurring in this process, which ultimately lead to the formation of new conceptual units — media concepts. The designated task is solved in the process of analyzing one of the key legal concepts LEGITIMACY. It has been demonstrated that the Russian mass media significantly modify each of the three components of the legal concept, that is, the media virus is “implanted” into the conceptual, figurative and value layers. It allows us to speak of three strategies of mediatization: definitional, metaphorical and evaluative. It is shown that the definitional strategy contributes to the emergence of new features in the conceptual layer of the LEGITIMACY concept (‘trust’, ‘approval’, ‘support’, ‘respect’, ‘fairness’, ‘the phenomenon of consciousness’ and ‘subjective feeling’). It is noted that the metaphorical strategy additionally forms such linguo-culturally specific features as ‘defectiveness’ and ‘object of political manipulation’, the evaluative strategy gives the positively perceived concept of LEGITIMACY a negative connotation (conceptual signs of ‘doubtfulness’ and ‘imaginary’ develop), which is an alarming marker reflecting the current situation in Russian society. It is pointed out that the recorded changes indicate the importance of the discursive factor in the study of concepts.

scholarly journals Facilitating Communication across Lines of Political Difference: The Role of Mass Media

2001 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana C. Mutz
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
News Media ◽  
Selective Exposure ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Common Complaint ◽  
Political Views ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
The Media ◽  
Do So

We use national survey data to examine the extent to which various sources of political information expose people to dissimilar political views. We hypothesize that the individual’s ability and desire to exercise selective exposure is a key factor in determining whether a given source produces exposure to dissimilar views. Although a lack of diverse perspectives is a common complaint against American news media, we find that individuals are exposed to far more dissimilar political views via news media than through interpersonal political discussants. The media advantage is rooted in the relative difficulty of selectively exposing oneself to those sources of information, as well as the lesser desire to do so, given the impersonal nature of mass media.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF THE JOURNALIST AND MASS-MEDIA IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOCIETY

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilian-Valentin Frâncu
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Human Existence ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Mass Media

Referring to the role of the press, some researchers in the domain, who have mentallyrepresented the existence of the modern society in the absence of the mass-media, concludedthat, in spite of all the shortcomings of the journalist activities, one could not entirely imaginethe human existence without being accompanied and influenced by the media.Keywords: journalist, mass-media, information, press, development

scholarly journals Terminology in Media Discourse: A Case Study of Terms Denoting Phobia Types in English, Lithuanian and Norwegian News Media Sites

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 359-380
Author(s):  
Sigita Rackevičienė ◽  
Giedrė Valūnaitė Oleškevičienė ◽  
Klaudija Cheiker
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
News Media ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
The Guardian

The paper presents the trilingual (English – Lithuanian – Norwegian) analysis of the terms denoting phobia types in mass media discourse. The aim of the paper is threefold: to perform conceptual categorisation of the terms, establish the term formation patterns in the investigated languages, as well as to determine which phobia types were most often discussed in the selected news media sites (“The Guardian”, “DELFI” and “Dagbladet”) over a 10-year period. For the purposes of the research, a trilingual comparable corpus was compiled, from which 268 terms were manually extracted, matched and investigated. The findings of the research provide important information on conceptual, linguistic and social aspects of the phobia terms which may contribute to terminology research in the psychiatry domain.

scholarly journals Media, Information and Communication Technology and Sustainable Development in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-50
Author(s):  
Lukman A. ◽  
Junmei J. ◽  
Mohammed G.K.
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Skill Development ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Media

This study/paper/research work shows the role of Media, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and sustainable development in Nigeria; it aimed to improve lives in many other ways, such as through education, skill development, new services creation, innovation and automation, freedom of expression through mass media and expose corrupt practices in Nigeria, although the primary responsibilities of the media is to entertain without words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of one another, inform based on accurate facts and educate on current relevant issues. But not withstanding Media, Information and Communication Technology make a significant impact in sustainable and development in Nigeria.

scholarly journals Unilateral Exposure to Mass Media: Non-Communicative Person

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 467-479
Author(s):  
Denis I. Chistyakov
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
Transmission Model ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Impact

The article discusses the forms and ways of the impact of modern digital media on people, groups, and society as a whole. The unilateral communication effect on a person is emphasized. The accent is made on the transmission model of information dissemination, taking into account the formation of its ritualized form. The author pays his particular attention to the status and role of an individual in interaction with mass media; provides arguments about the exclusion of a person from the communication dimension. The activity of modern digital media structures is substantiated as social constructors of reality. The researcher shows the technological and visual possibilities of mass media in the creation of artificial, illusory simulated models of the world perceived by a person as objective, authentic, and real. Mass media are presented as an integral social institution of modern society, operating autonomously, based on its own rules and norms, technological and content principles, conditions of network communication, digitalization, and mediatization of society. The article presents the concepts of theoretical comprehension of mass media as a self-sufficient autopoietic system of N. Luhmann, and consideration of media communication implementation as a non-communication of J. Baudrillard. The author stresses the role of spectacle and visuality in the process of TV influence on the subjects, in the construction of images and models of the world, comparable with the already available information consumers pictures of the world. The contradictory and ambiguous conceptual assessments of the activity and influence of mass media on the modern man are emphasized.

scholarly journals Post-Truth as a Mutation of Epistemology in Journalism

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 313-322
Author(s):  
Pablo Capilla
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Cultural Relations ◽  
Epistemological Question ◽  
Truth Teller ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Regime Of Truth

In recent years, many authors have observed that something is happening to the truth, pointing out that, particularly in politics and social communication, there are signs that the idea of truth is losing consideration in media discourse. This is no minor issue: Truth, understood as the criterion for the justification of knowledge, is the essential foundation of enlightened rationality. The aim of this article, based on prior research on social communication (especially as regards journalism), is to elucidate an explanation of this phenomenon, known as ‘post-truth.’ Because it is an epistemological question, the three main variables of the problem (reality, subject and truth) have been analysed by taking into account the manner in which digital social communication is transforming our perception of reality. By way of a conclusion, we propose that (a) the ontological complexity of reality as explained by the news media has accentuated the loss of confidence in journalism as a truth-teller, and that (b) truth is being replaced by sincerity, as an epistemological value, in people’s understanding of the news. The result, using Foucault’s concept of Regime of Truth, suggests a deep change in the global framework of political, economic, social and cultural relations, of which post-truth is a symptom.

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