The Construction of Russian Media Political Discourse under the Frame of Dual Opposition
In contemporary Russia,mass media is actually a form of existence and operation of politics.Media political discourse provides important information for society and reconstructs reality in social consciousness.Binary opposition constitutes the symbolic space of media political discourse,and determines the basic direction of political communication at the same time.This symbolic opposition is not only extensible in terms of conceptual content,showing different types,but also helps the media political discourse to perform positioning,coalition or attack functions according to its own needs.The media political discourse based on the framework of binary opposition is highly authoritative and influential,forming and manipulating Russian public opinion to a large extent.
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