Medial konstruiertes Wissen. Analyse des Kritisierens als Zugriffsobjekt auf diskursive Wissenskomplexe
Knowledge construal in the media. An analysis of the complex linguistic activity of criticism as a method of accessing knowledge in media discourses

Summary/Abstract: As assumed in discourse analysis, certain politically or socially important discursiveevents trigger discursive actions in the media. Acting interest groups locate themselveswith their knowledge in relation to a specific political or social event and try to asserttheir interests and positions in the discourse by distributing particular knowledge aboutthe event and not addressing the content that contradicts their objectives (cf. Czachur2011: 87). However, not only politically or socially crucial issues can become an objectof discursiwe and shape the way knowledge is construed, often by the media.Based on two selected discourses which are culturally significant he article tries toidentify both similarities and discrepancies in relation to passing on knowledgeabouttwo renown figures of culture by the media discourse actors. The analysis consisting inexploring discursive actions will lead to providing information about the level of knowledgeof the actors in the two discourses, i.e. to determining what knowledge they have abouta particular section of reality.The undertaken analysis does not employ typical methods of discourse analysis, butit proposes its own method, which is an extension of the previous investigation methods.It is based on the analysis of criticism, which in this case is understood as a complexlinguistic act.

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