The Russian daily press, 1978-2003 : political argumentation and the problematic public sphere
(2013) In Russian Journal of Communication 5(3). p.214-228- Abstract
The language of newspapers in the public sphere has a crucial impact on
how the public perceives and participates in society. It can serve to
encourage or counteract active and informed citizens; in fact, it is a
crucial element in democratisation processes. The purposes of the
present study are to elucidate what means of persuasion are used to
support theses on politics in newspaper discourse during both the Soviet
and the post-Soviet times; and to discuss the possible social
implications that potential changes in modes of argumentation may have
for the audiences' relations to the political system. Public sphere
theory and critical discourse analysis comprise the theoretical
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how the public perceives and participates in society. It can serve to
encourage or counteract active and informed citizens; in fact, it is a
crucial element in democratisation processes. The purposes of the
present study are to elucidate what means of persuasion are used to
support theses on politics in newspaper discourse during both the Soviet
and the post-Soviet times; and to discuss the possible social
implications that potential changes in modes of argumentation may have
for the audiences' relations to the political system. Public sphere
theory and critical discourse analysis comprise the theoretical
framework. The article examines transformations in newspaper article
texts during a politically critical time span: 1978–2003. As the period
under analysis comprises the pre-perestroika, perestroika, and the
post-Soviet periods, the analysis is aimed at identifying linguistic
features that may be potentially characteristic to the three periods.
Rhetorical and logical-pragmatic argumentation analysis is performed on
the sample articles in order to identify, map, and interpret patterns of
argumentation. The findings imply that, although post-Soviet journalism
faces considerable difficulties, a cultural foundation for citizen
participation in Russia has been laid through changes in press language.
- author
- Von Seth, Rutger LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2013
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Discourses, Foreign political discourses, Internet, Poland, Press
- in
- Russian Journal of Communication
- volume
- 5
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 214 - 228
- publisher
- Routledge
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85009243661
- ISSN
- 1940-9419
- DOI
- 10.1080/19409419.2013.819460
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 08f90e04-1118-435c-8e23-d8d48c0b4b14
- date added to LUP
- 2017-04-21 10:17:10
- date last changed
- 2022-01-30 19:40:29
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abstract = {{<p>The language of newspapers in the public sphere has a crucial impact on <br>
how the public perceives and participates in society. It can serve to <br>
encourage or counteract active and informed citizens; in fact, it is a <br>
crucial element in democratisation processes. The purposes of the <br>
present study are to elucidate what means of persuasion are used to <br>
support theses on politics in newspaper discourse during both the Soviet<br>
and the post-Soviet times; and to discuss the possible social <br>
implications that potential changes in modes of argumentation may have <br>
for the audiences' relations to the political system. Public sphere <br>
theory and critical discourse analysis comprise the theoretical <br>
framework. The article examines transformations in newspaper article <br>
texts during a politically critical time span: 1978–2003. As the period <br>
under analysis comprises the pre-perestroika, perestroika, and the <br>
post-Soviet periods, the analysis is aimed at identifying linguistic <br>
features that may be potentially characteristic to the three periods. <br>
Rhetorical and logical-pragmatic argumentation analysis is performed on <br>
the sample articles in order to identify, map, and interpret patterns of<br>
argumentation. The findings imply that, although post-Soviet journalism<br>
faces considerable difficulties, a cultural foundation for citizen <br>
participation in Russia has been laid through changes in press language.</p>}},
author = {{Von Seth, Rutger}},
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keywords = {{Discourses; Foreign political discourses; Internet; Poland; Press}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{3}},
pages = {{214--228}},
publisher = {{Routledge}},
series = {{Russian Journal of Communication}},
title = {{The Russian daily press, 1978-2003 : political argumentation and the problematic public sphere}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19409419.2013.819460}},
doi = {{10.1080/19409419.2013.819460}},
volume = {{5}},
year = {{2013}},
}