Pragmatic Aspect of Disinformation in the Media Text
Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: The article aims to identify disinformation in the media text. Scientific originality of the study involves the application of the pragma-linguistic analysis to the media texts containing the elements of disinformation because they violate the cooperative principle. The findings indicate that the media texts violating H. P. Grice’s maxims in proposition can’t be critically evaluated, they cause and implant cognitive distortions. The maxim of the manner is most frequently violated. Deliberate but apportioned violation of the cooperative principle helps to manipulate readers’ consciousness.
Source: Philology Theory & Practice
Author: Mariya Andreevna Samkova
Institution: Chelyabinsk State University
Language: English
Subfield: Linguistics and Language
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2942860587