Email this article The discourse of Soviet journalism during the Great Patriotic War
- Authors: Kurguzov D.A1
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Affiliations:
- Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba
- Issue: No 7 (2025)
- Pages: 39-45
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/2541-8459/article/view/371155
- ID: 371155
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Abstract
the article is devoted to a comprehensive analysis of the discourse of Soviet journalism during the Great Patriotic War. The study aims to identify the features of media formation under conditions of an extreme socio-political crisis, as well as to assess the impact of journalistic rhetoric on the mobilization of the population and the formation of patriotic sentiments. In wartime conditions, journalism became an indispensable tool of state propaganda. The discourse under review is characterized by a combination of official ideological statements, emotional expression, and deliberately constructed argumentation that allowed for the shaping of public consciousness, the strengthening of patriotism, and the moral spirit of citizens. The aim of the article is to identify the characteristics of strategic journalism of that period and to determine its role within the information policy of the Soviet state. To achieve this aim, the methods of historical-discursive analysis, semiotics, and content analysis were employed, allowing for the tracing of the evolution of linguistic constructions used in the media. Both printed publications and radio broadcasts, the main channel of communication during the war, are analyzed. In addition, a comparative analysis of materials from different years was conducted, which made it possible to trace the dynamics of changes in rhetoric under shifting military circumstances. The study found that Soviet journalism actively shaped the “military image of the enemy,” using symbolism, emotional labels, and metaphorical images to create the only possible worldview. Special attention is paid to the transformation of the genre structure of the texts, which contributed to the perception of the information as an essential patriotic manifesto. Both the persistence of certain rhetorical templates and their evolution under the influence of military events were noted.
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D. A Kurguzov
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba
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