POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, DISCURSIVE CONSTRUCTION OF UKRAINE, USA AND RUSSIA IN CNN INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Abstract
This study analyzes CNN International news discursive construction of nations in his reporting based on Van Dijk’s Sociocognitive framework. Through a mix -method approach of qualitative content analysis, linguistic analysis, and manual critical discourse analysis, the study investigates and examines how nations are constructed as part of in group and out-group. The findings in the study shows that USA interpretations of freedom, democracy, and human rights are used ideologically to emphasizes the positive aspects of USA, Ukraine and allies as a part of in-group nations and negative aspects of the Russia and allies as an out-group.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Cultural and political discourse analysis
Media Discourse and Social Analysis
Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Journal of Applied Linguistics and TESOL (JALT)
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 606–617
- Publication date
- 24 February 2026
- Language
- EN