Between information and persuasion: Media reality construction in TV news Cover Image

Zwischen Information und Persuasion: Mediale Wirklichkeitskonstruktionen in Fernsehnachrichten
Between information and persuasion: Media reality construction in TV news

Author(s): Agnieszka Mac
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Instytut Germanistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: TV news; information texts; persuasion; reality construction in / through media

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with pivotal aspects of the transformation of extra-media reality in the context of TV news. In the first part I concentrate on information texts and persuasion methods in media reports and communication. Together with it I present major concepts of reality construction in media. In the second part I characterize patterns of reporting by using selected TV news from public and commercial television channels in Poland. The pertinent persuasion strategies shall come into focus. The discussion is based on TV news covering the parliamentary election in Hungary; they were broadcast on 9 April 2018 in the aforementionend television stations.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 311-340
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: German