Pragmasemantic deformation of the identity by rodnovers: fake in the alternative historical picture
https://doi.org/10.31249/poln/2023.03.08
Abstract
The article analyzes the pragmasemantic aspects of creating a fake picture of history in the Russian-language Internet discourse by adherents of the Rodnoverie. The formation of an appropriate mythology is a way to overcome the identity crisis of the Rodnoverians and is also a part of the neo-pagan activity for the mass media promotion of this identity. The reasons for the attractiveness of the Internet commentary genre for manipulating public opinion are explained. The main techniques of information distortion are inversion, contrast, substitution, stigmatization, etc. The basic ways of establishing identity exploit «the self – the other» opposition. The effectiveness of manipulative influence of Rodnover propaganda with the help of fake pictures of history is explained by the expectations of a significant part of traditionalist- or nationalist-minded users of the Runet and their incompetence in history.
Supporting agencies: The research is supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project № 22-18-00591 «Pragmasemantics as an interface and operational system for meaning production» at the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad.
About the Author
N. A. Probst
Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Probst Nikita,
Kaliningrad.
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