Discursive Modelling of the Current Russian-Cuban Relations in News Media Texts of the Cuban News Agency “Prensa Latina” (“PL”)

Abstract

The paper aims to identify lexical means of discursive modelling of the current Russian-Cuban relations (from 2000 till nowadays) in news media texts of the Cuban News Agency “Prensa Latina” (“PL”). Scientific originality of the study lies in the fact that the author for the first time considers the problem of discursive modelling of the current Russian-Cuban relations. The methods of discourse analysis and content analysis are applied, which makes it possible to reveal the Cuban journalists’ constructive vision of the Russian-Cuban relations under the modern geo-political conditions. The following conclusions are justified: “PL” news media texts contain lexical and stylistic means emphasizing strategic importance of the Russian-Cuban relations based on historical friendship ties.

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• Received: December 3, 2020.
• Published: February 10, 2021.

Keywords

• политический массмедийный дискурс
• дискурсивное конструирование российско-кубинских отношений
• дискурс-анализ
• контент-анализ
• mass media political discourse
• discursive modelling of the Russian-Cuban relations
• discourse analysis
• content analysis

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