Information causes – triggers and resonant discourses of the national media space: possibilities of sociological analysis

Authors

  • Alexander M. Belski Center of Sociological and Political Research, Belarusian State University, 25 Akademičnaja Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus; Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Keywords:

trigger event, media space, discourse, intertextuality, interdiscursiveness, conflict discourse, symbolic capital, informational impact

Abstract

The article indicates the relevance of the study of conditionally neutral informational triggers in the context of the discussions they produce in the modern media space. The authorʼs methodology of highlighting resonant discourses of the countryʼs leading information resources in the context of actual trigger events of the national information field is demonstrated in order to analyse their interpretive environment for the formation of semantic meanings, distorting the meaning of the original informational occasion and provoking destructive social activity. Based on the presented case, proposals are made for correcting the direction of conflict discourses.

Author Biography

  • Alexander M. Belski, Center of Sociological and Political Research, Belarusian State University, 25 Akademičnaja Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus; Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    junior researcher, Center of Sociological and Political Research of Belarusian State University,  and senior lecturer at the department of sociology, faculty of philosophy and social sciences, Belarusian State University

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Published

2020-09-29

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No. 3 (2020): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology

Section

From the Working Table of a Sociologist

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How to Cite

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Belski, A.M. 2020. Information causes – triggers and resonant discourses of the national media space: possibilities of sociological analysis. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology. 3 (Sep. 2020), 111–119. DOI:https://doi.org/10.33581/2521-6821-2020-3-111-119.