Document Type : Original Article
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Associate Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Faculty of Persian Literature and Foreign Languages, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran
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Ph.D. Student, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Faculty of Persian Literature and Foreign Languages, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The political media discourse of Al-Alam News Channel is a form of media discourse characterized by multiple semantic and ideological dimensions, especially when examined through Van Dijk’s socio-cognitive theory, one of the major approaches in critical discourse analysis. This study views media discourse not merely as a tool for transmitting news and information, but as an active communicative practice that influences audience attention, shapes interpretations of political events, and constructs perceptions of issues, individuals, and political actors.The study analyzes Al-Alam’s political news discourse through Van Dijk’s “ideological square” model, with emphasis on the role of linguistic techniques in meaning production and in constructing representations of the “Self” and the “Other” within media texts. It is based on the assumption that media discourse is not neutral; rather, it functions as an ideological practice through four main strategies: emphasizing the positive aspects of the Self, highlighting the negative aspects of the Other, minimizing the negative aspects of the Self, and downplaying the positive aspects of the Other.Using a descriptive-analytical approach, the research examines a purposive sample of political news reports broadcast by Al-Alam Channel from January to November 2024. The findings show that the channel employs various linguistic strategies, including nominal sentences, emphasis and negation devices, syntactic ordering, figurative language, and present-tense verbs, to construct an ideologically oriented discourse that reinforces the opposition between “We” and “They.”The study concludes that Al-Alam’s news discourse contributes to reconstructing political reality within a directed interpretive framework. Language is used not only for conveying information but also as a means of persuasion, influence, and meaning construction, revealing the systematic role of ideological strategies in shaping media discourse and guiding audience perception.
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