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Constructing interpersonal relations in the discourse of Russian media

Abstract

In this paper the relations between participants in the interaction actualized in the Russian media discourse are investigated. Attention will be paid, firstly, to the role and identity of the writer and the reader and, secondly, to the force of the writer’s statements meant to influence the audience, i.e. his personal attitude to the truth of propositions of the text. The empirical data consist of newspaper articles representing ordinary news reports. Concrete analysis of the realization of the interpersonal relations is provided by applying the theory of critical discourse analysis. This investigation of Russian media texts showed that the news texts include quite a few markers indicating the explicit presence of interpersonal relations between the participants of the communication act.

Abstract

In this paper the relations between participants in the interaction actualized in the Russian media discourse are investigated. Attention will be paid, firstly, to the role and identity of the writer and the reader and, secondly, to the force of the writer’s statements meant to influence the audience, i.e. his personal attitude to the truth of propositions of the text. The empirical data consist of newspaper articles representing ordinary news reports. Concrete analysis of the realization of the interpersonal relations is provided by applying the theory of critical discourse analysis. This investigation of Russian media texts showed that the news texts include quite a few markers indicating the explicit presence of interpersonal relations between the participants of the communication act.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. Discourse and the interactional turn 1
  5. Part 1. Dialogues between contexts
  6. Contexts in context 13
  7. Communicative activity types as organisations in discourses and discourses in organisations 33
  8. Discourse and context in a historical perspective 61
  9. Part 2. Constructing identity across genres
  10. Pronominal choice in French conversational interaction 81
  11. Constructing interpersonal relations in the discourse of Russian media 101
  12. Who communicates in the media supported by the Russian Church? 115
  13. “O England! England! She says – my Father – my Sisters – my friends! – shall I ever see you more?” 133
  14. Part 3. Managing interpersonal relations
  15. Power in Early Modern English courtroom discourse 153
  16. “I desire to have some tyme to consider of it” 173
  17. Interactive aspects of computer-mediated communication 195
  18. ‘A little story, for food for thought.......’ 223
  19. Part 4. Structures in interaction
  20. Appropriateness in interpersonal communication 239
  21. Filling the German vorfeld in written and spoken discourse 263
  22. Phatic expressions in French and German telephone conversations 291
  23. Index 313
Discourses in Interaction
This chapter is in the book Discourses in Interaction
https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.203.09van

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. Discourse and the interactional turn 1
  5. Part 1. Dialogues between contexts
  6. Contexts in context 13
  7. Communicative activity types as organisations in discourses and discourses in organisations 33
  8. Discourse and context in a historical perspective 61
  9. Part 2. Constructing identity across genres
  10. Pronominal choice in French conversational interaction 81
  11. Constructing interpersonal relations in the discourse of Russian media 101
  12. Who communicates in the media supported by the Russian Church? 115
  13. “O England! England! She says – my Father – my Sisters – my friends! – shall I ever see you more?” 133
  14. Part 3. Managing interpersonal relations
  15. Power in Early Modern English courtroom discourse 153
  16. “I desire to have some tyme to consider of it” 173
  17. Interactive aspects of computer-mediated communication 195
  18. ‘A little story, for food for thought.......’ 223
  19. Part 4. Structures in interaction
  20. Appropriateness in interpersonal communication 239
  21. Filling the German vorfeld in written and spoken discourse 263
  22. Phatic expressions in French and German telephone conversations 291
  23. Index 313
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