Symbol dziecka w odsłonie spin jako narzędzie polityki i umacniania interesów władzy
Child Symbolism in Spin as a Tool of Politics and Reinforcing Authority

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to present linguistic mechanisms of manipulating the child symbolism in one of the most nefarious fake information techniques – i.e. spin. The threat comes from the fact that deliberate misinformation known as spin focuses not on the means of communication but on the relationship between the speaker and the listener. In recent years we have been observing an increasing media misinformation game unethically abusing the images of children as a tool of political struggle, especially before elections. The subject of analysis in this work is specifically child symbolism used by public persons as a prop for showing competence. The child has become the perfect vector for transmitting ideological messages embodying such values as: life, love, and freedom, as well as qualities such as: satisfying family life, self-sacrifice, altruism.

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