English-language media discourse in the era of digitalisation: Special mission and functional potential
The article addresses the problem of the functional potential of the present-day English-language media discourse and its role in English-speaking societies and other countries where English does not have official national status. The purpose of the research is to holistically understand key functio...
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| author | Alla V. Guslyakova Nina I. Guslyakova Nailya G. Valeeva Irina V. Vashunina |
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| description | The article addresses the problem of the functional potential of the present-day English-language media discourse and its role in English-speaking societies and other countries where English does not have official national status. The purpose of the research is to holistically understand key functions that the English language media discourse is performing in the 21st century. The theoretical framework of this study includes mutually influencing and complementary research doctrines of Halliday’s systemic functional approach, Stuart Hall’s cultural studies approach, and the pragmatic approach of Jeff Verschuren. The findings are based on qualitative and quantitative analyses of scientific works dedicated to the English-language media discourse and a massive media discourse corpus of leading English-language print and online media resources. Overall, the research has proved that the English-language media discourse may perform seven key pragmatic functions (political and economic function, educational function, environmental protection and sustainable development function, integration function, innovative function, cultural diplomacy function, and the social function of sport), which help promote a ‘missionary’ world of democracy and sustainability, affordable education and breakthrough innovations, multiculturalism, national identity and race-free ideology, healthy sport and well-being. Moreover, it is proved that modern English-language media discourse acts as a single holistic information management system whose goal is to become a global influencer and mediator navigating between English-speaking nations and non-English world communities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-47e4848e5cb74f18bcd92016d4bb9a182023-02-08T06:43:03ZengUniversitas Syiah KualaStudies in English Language and Education2355-27942461-02752023-01-0110142444610.24815/siele.v10i1.2530715580English-language media discourse in the era of digitalisation: Special mission and functional potentialAlla V. Guslyakova0Nina I. Guslyakova1Nailya G. Valeeva2Irina V. Vashunina3RUDN UniversitySouth Ural State Humanitarian Pedagogical UniversityRUDN UniversityRUDN UniversityThe article addresses the problem of the functional potential of the present-day English-language media discourse and its role in English-speaking societies and other countries where English does not have official national status. The purpose of the research is to holistically understand key functions that the English language media discourse is performing in the 21st century. The theoretical framework of this study includes mutually influencing and complementary research doctrines of Halliday’s systemic functional approach, Stuart Hall’s cultural studies approach, and the pragmatic approach of Jeff Verschuren. The findings are based on qualitative and quantitative analyses of scientific works dedicated to the English-language media discourse and a massive media discourse corpus of leading English-language print and online media resources. Overall, the research has proved that the English-language media discourse may perform seven key pragmatic functions (political and economic function, educational function, environmental protection and sustainable development function, integration function, innovative function, cultural diplomacy function, and the social function of sport), which help promote a ‘missionary’ world of democracy and sustainability, affordable education and breakthrough innovations, multiculturalism, national identity and race-free ideology, healthy sport and well-being. Moreover, it is proved that modern English-language media discourse acts as a single holistic information management system whose goal is to become a global influencer and mediator navigating between English-speaking nations and non-English world communities.https://jurnal.usk.ac.id/SiELE/article/view/25307english-language media discoursefunctional potentialinnovationmulticulturalismsustainable development |
| spellingShingle | Alla V. Guslyakova Nina I. Guslyakova Nailya G. Valeeva Irina V. Vashunina English-language media discourse in the era of digitalisation: Special mission and functional potential Studies in English Language and Education english-language media discourse functional potential innovation multiculturalism sustainable development |
| title | English-language media discourse in the era of digitalisation: Special mission and functional potential |
| title_full | English-language media discourse in the era of digitalisation: Special mission and functional potential |
| title_fullStr | English-language media discourse in the era of digitalisation: Special mission and functional potential |
| title_full_unstemmed | English-language media discourse in the era of digitalisation: Special mission and functional potential |
| title_short | English-language media discourse in the era of digitalisation: Special mission and functional potential |
| title_sort | english language media discourse in the era of digitalisation special mission and functional potential |
| topic | english-language media discourse functional potential innovation multiculturalism sustainable development |
| url | https://jurnal.usk.ac.id/SiELE/article/view/25307 |
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