Linguistic and stylistic features of modern mass communication in terms of information warfare
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The article is devoted to the communicative and linguistic aspects of information warfare as part of a hybrid war. Currently, the problem of information warfare strategies is especially relevant in connection with the geopolitical situation. The content of Telegram channels of Russian patriotic poets (Akim Apachev, Anna Dolgareva and Alexander Pelevin) was selected as the material. The article examines the strategies used by the authors to create an image of the enemy and to motivate supporters, as well as the linguistic means by which they are implemented. The ways of influencing the reader's consciousness are analyzed. The aim of this article is to identify the linguistic means by which certain communication strategies of the selected authors are implemented and how they serve the purposes of information warfare. The research methods used are content analysis, comparative analysis, linguistic and stylistic analysis. The results of the study showed that the authors implement manipulative and conflict strategies that rely on a wide range of linguistic and stylistic means. These tools belong to all levels of language: lexical, syntactic, grammatical, morphological, morphemic and are designed to emphasize the "we — they" dichotomy. The scientific novelty of the article lies in the fact that linguistic and stylistic analysis of Telegram channel revealed communication strategies has not been carried out before. The practical significance of the article lies in the fact that the results of this study can be used to train specialists in the field of journalism and stylistics, as well as in the field of linguistic expertise. The conducted research allows us to conclude that the main technique of the authors in the conditions of the information war is the opposition "us/they", and the used linguistic means serve to strengthen this opposition.
Source: Litera
Author: Svetlana Viktorovna Kolobova
Institution: Mariupol State University
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7108317804