“ARMS RACE” IN SOCIOPOLITICAL DISCOURSE: DIALOGUE BETWEEN NEW MEDIA AND THEIR AUDIENCES IN A COGNITIVE ASPECT AND ROLE OF THE SCHOLAR

“ARMS RACE” IN SOCIOPOLITICAL DISCOURSE: DIALOGUE BETWEEN NEW MEDIA AND THEIR AUDIENCES IN A COGNITIVE ASPECT AND ROLE OF THE SCHOLAR

Author:  Troshchenkova E. V.

Abstract: 
The article discusses how new technologically mediated communication has transformed the relations between media and ordinary users in terms of public opinion manipulation. It outlines the way various actors - including cognitive linguists, studying sociopolitical discourse - get more and more involved into both exposing and critically assessing media manipulation as well as promoting new methods of mind control. As a result, the boundaries between academic, media and sociopolitical discourse get blurred, and the study interferes with its own object.

Keywords: 
sociopolitical discourse  ◆  new media  ◆  technology-mediated communication  ◆  discourse integration  ◆  manipulation  ◆  critical thinking  ◆  comprehension of methods of influence