Demokratija i diktatura u savremenom javnom diskursu
Democracy And Dictatorship In Contemporary Public Discourse

Summary/Abstract: One of the main aspects of ideological construction of social reality is the shaping and using of public discourse in accordance with the interests and preferences of the ruling classes. It is justified to say that modern age is characterized by powerful influence of the media sphere of social praxis which, with the assistance of information development, certainly affects the forming of public discourse. Glorifying or demonizing certain notions (forms of political power in this case) come out of this kind of construction and from certain (mostly particular) interests, though to a lesser extent those can be the interests of a whole society. In this paper the author discusses the meanings of the notions "democracy" and "dictatorship", their use in everyday language, that is, on the situation where these two notions became diametrically opposite.

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