The Public Discourse on The Russia-Ukraine War: Impartiality or Ideology?

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The Public Discourse on The Russia-Ukraine War: Impartiality or Ideology?

The Public Discourse on The Russia-Ukraine War: Impartiality or Ideology?

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Publication Date : 2025-07-29

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The study aims to reveal the ideological discourse of public broadcasting in preserving impartiality, reliability and establishing international dialogue in Türkiye Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) in an extraordinary situation that threatens international security such as war. In order to understand what kind of ideological discourse TRT, which is a public service broadcaster, developed in the Russia-Ukraine war, twenty news reports were analyzed with reference to van Dijk’s critical discourse analysis. In addition, one of the Russian and Ukrainian news published by TRT as “special news” was also included in the review to reveal the discursive difference. In the study, the thematic features of the news in the context of macrostructure were examined; title, photograph, “we-other” binary opposition and presentation of the main event were examined. As a result of twenty-one news reviews, it was noted that TRT developed a positive discourse towards Ukraine and a negative discourse towards Russia with its word choices, yufism indicators, we-them binary opposition expressions and photographs. This situation reveals that during the Russia-Ukraine war, TRT news reproduced an ideological discourse in line with state policy.
Keywords : Eleştirel Söylem Analizi, Rusya-Ukrayna Savaşı, Kamusal Yayıncılık, İletişim Çalışmaları, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT).

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