Contemporary Media Discourse and the Role of Journalistic Research in it
Abstract
Purpose of the study. The emergence of a new type of discourse, called media discourse. Мedia discourse is conditioned by the tendencies of internationalization and globalization, the development of modern telecommunication technologies in the world community. The problem of media discourse was widely discussed by Western scholars, in particular J. Orwell, T. van Dyke, and the interest in studying it and today does not diminish. Research methodology. In the proposed article a systematic and analytical approaches have been used, elements of systemic and structural research have been used to determine goals and strategies, and comparative and problem-chronological methods have been used to solve problems . The scientific novelty of the results consists in approbation of the scientific problem, namely, in the comprehensive research of journalistic investigation in contemporary media discourse, ground analysis of the direct journalistic investigation as one of the newest genres of modern convergent journalism. The practical task demonstrates the effectiveness of combating journalists in a democratic society. Conclusions. A journalistic investigation describes the entire spectrum of a systemic problem, rather than a single incident involving one person, reveals complex social issues, corruption, violations of the law, and abuse of power and information, previously unknown to the public for various reasons, or which are deliberately concealed. Considering the journalistic investigation as a method of journalist's work, it can be described as a synthetic one that combines all methods of collecting information by a journalist (observation, interviewing, document analysis), based on work with numerous sources, thorough analysis, comparisons, searches for contradictions and concealed information in order to make information public,it is of public interest. In the last decade, a network of investigative journalism centers and investigative journalists in the national and regional mass media, which forms professional standards, has been formed and developed in Ukraine, and investigation materials are a source of positive experience and ideas for investigations. The subject of investigations is wide and diverse, it includes various aspects of human life. Journalism represents an effective fight against corruption in a democratic society, thus proving the transparency of the fourth-level government.
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