mass-media

The role of traditional media in promoting the international image of the People’s Republic of China

The article concentrates on the analysis of the strategy of the People’s Republic of China to promote its image abroad through traditional mass media. The publications of one of the largest periodical of the People’s Republic of China Nanfang Daily are analyzed.

State Information Policy: Problems of Formation and Implementation

The process of increasing the role of information in modern society is developing against the background of the absence not only of the concept of state information policy (SIP), but also of the unified scientific approach to determining the essence of the concept itself. The article clarifies the interpretation of the term, justifies the author’s approach to the development of the concept of SIP.

TOLERANT AND INTOLERANT BEHAVIOR IN THE MEDIA

The article analyzes the problems of tolerant and intolerant behavior in Russian and American media.

Representing Judicial Power in the Russian and English Printed Media Discourse: Activation Strategy

The author examines discursive means of framing the judiciary system image that actualizes the activation strategy. The paper focuses on two variants of this strategy: positive and negative ones constructing a positive or a negative image of judicial power respectively.

Verbal Reactions to Evaluative Negative Statements (on the Material of a Political Interview)

The article considers ways and means of verbal reactions of the Russian and the American presidents to the evaluative negative statements of mass media representatives in the course of interviews and press-conferences.

Witnesses’ Evidence as One of the Techniques of Information Manipulation in Mass Media

The article studies instances of information tweaking in mass media texts. The author considers the pressure on the audience on the example of such a technique as bringing in the evidence of the witnesses. The article draws on the texts published in socio-political periodicals Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Izvestiya, Moskovskiy Komsomolets.

Speech Etiquette in Mass Media as a Factor Driving Russian Society Speech Culture

Based on the broad understanding of speech etiquette it is examined in the article how mass media impacts both positively and negatively – due to the infringement of its norm – speech and behavior of people, and even the future of the language.

Language Means of Realization of the Tactics of Recognizing the Existence of the Problem and the Tactics of Clarification (on the Materials of the Interviews with A. Merkel)

The article considers communicative tactics used by the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel in the process of realizing informationinterpretative strategy in print mass-media which are the main source of fulfilling society information interests.