Manipulative use of political headlines in western and Russian online sources
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F46747885%3A24510%2F22%3A00010102" target="_blank" >RIV/46747885:24510/22:00010102 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17504813221101824" target="_blank" >https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17504813221101824</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17504813221101824" target="_blank" >10.1177/17504813221101824</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Manipulative use of political headlines in western and Russian online sources
Original language description
The research identifies the amount of headline/article discrepancies in the corpora of western (the USA, the UK) and Russian online articles on sensitive political topics. A quarter of the western headlines and nearly half of the Russian headlines distort the publications they introduce. Language means and manipulative strategies employed by different sides vary considerably. Extensive use of expressive language and style variation are seen as leading causes of distortions in the western corpus. The rich imagery used by the authors (metaphors and metonymy in particular) forms emotional implicatures that affect the reader‘s perception of the issue. In contrast, information substitution, subjective modality and selective citations are identified as major causes of distortions in the Russian corpus. Contributors to Russian news outlets rely on general rather than language manipulation strategies, including frequent use of logical fallacies and wrong generalizations. These techniques establish false logical sequences and wrong causative implicatures that compromise objective reporting. The underlying motives of the journalists‘ creating false emotional and causative implicatures in the headlines lies beyond the scope of the study; however, it is assumed that intentional change of the information introduced by the headline could be viewed as a covert misinformation attempt.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
20202 - Communication engineering and systems
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
DISCOURSE & COMMUNICATION
ISSN
1750-4813
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
16
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
18
Pages from-to
346-363
UT code for WoS article
000811044400001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85131571410