MEDIA-POLITICAL DISCOURSE FROM A TEXTOLOGICAL VIEWPOINT

Authors

  • Rafayel Harutyunyan Yerevan State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46991/AFA/2022.18.2.025

Keywords:

manipulation, media discourse, political discourse, textual analysis, manipulative strategies and techniques, linguistic and extralinguistic means

Abstract

There are different research methods, techniques and strategies that are used to study the text. One of such methods is the method of textual analysis, a variety of study approaches used to analyze and comprehend a piece of writing. Understanding media-political texts and avoiding manipulation and information bias requires not only linguistic and extra-linguistic competence, but also awareness of different strategies.

In the present paper, we are aimed to provide an overview of textual analysis as a research tool for studying incidents of manipulation in media news broadcasts from a textological perspective.

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Published

2022-10-24

How to Cite

Harutyunyan, R. (2022). MEDIA-POLITICAL DISCOURSE FROM A TEXTOLOGICAL VIEWPOINT. Armenian Folia Anglistika, 18(2 (26), 25–41. https://doi.org/10.46991/AFA/2022.18.2.025

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Linguistics