Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / National Peculiarities of Play Constructing in Belarusian Documentaries and Popular Scientific TV Texts

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2022 15 (11)
Authors
Gladko, Marina A.
Contact information
Gladko, Marina A.: Minsk State Linguistic University Minsk, Republic of Belarus;
Keywords
television; documentaries; scientific information programs; communication strategies; tactics; game; play; reality; attraction
Abstract

The article deals with peculiarities of the content and compositional construction of Belarusian TV documentaries and popular scientific texts. Game mechanisms that form the TV text become an important tool for reconstructing events and phenomena of reality. The aim of the article is to establish and describe the types of games that construct reality; identify the tactical set of Strategy of Reality Montage. The research material consists of 400 (cultural, educational, scientific and informational) TV programs broadcast by Belteleradiocompany from 2013 to 2021. In Belarusian documentaries and scientific texts game finds various forms that are not genetically characteristic of such texts – means of representation – attractions that shape reality; linguistic tools for modeling conflict and fixing difficulties. As a result, the documentaries and science texts construct a special game-like reality by means of the communicative strategy of Reality Montage, represented by the tactics embedding factual information into a kaleidoscope of “attractions”; modeling difficulties or conflict. At the same time, knowledge is transformed into light and vivid statements, aimed rather at increasing entertainment degree. The article describes game functions; types of attractions and their combinations in modern Belarusian TV texts; dominant linguistic means that shape the strategy of Reality Montage. The work contributes to the development of media linguistics, cultural linguistics and pragmatics. The research materials can be used in classes on the theory of mass media, the language of mass communication and pragmatics

Pages
1585–1597
DOI
10.17516/1997-1370-0938
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/148779

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