MEDIA POLITICIZATION: THE CONSTRUCTION OF MANIPULATIVE SPEECH IN THE CONTENT OF ROMÂNIATV, BEFORE EP ELECTIONS
MEDIA POLITICIZATION: THE CONSTRUCTION OF MANIPULATIVE SPEECH IN THE CONTENT OF ROMÂNIATV, BEFORE EP ELECTIONS

Author(s): Alexandra Cătălina Ormenișan
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Media studies, Communication studies, Theory of Communication
Published by: Факултет по журналистика и масова комуникация, Софийски университет „Св. Кл. Охридски”
Keywords: propaganda; manipulation; television; Romania; European Parliament; elections
Summary/Abstract: Media politicization has become a growing problem in recent years. The politicalinterests of media institutions translate into content that more and more distorts the truth,especially with regard to the political sphere. Romania is not an exception to this situation, astelevision seems to be a propaganda tool in this respect.This paper analyzed one of the five news televisions in the country, RomâniaTV, knownas the supporter of the ruling Social Democrat Party. The paper focuses on how the manipulativespeech is built, and to what extent does it happen. The analysis was conducted during the lastweek of campaign for the European Parliament elections, and the days after it, in order to gainan accurate perspective on the television`s editorial policy.

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