Argumentacja w dyskursie medialnym

Abstract

According to a dictionary definition argumentation means reasoning, convincing with the use of arguments, contention, motivation, argument. Objective (referring to a thesis) and non- -objective (not directly linked to an expressed thesis) argumentations are also traditionally distinguished. The subject of considerations in this paper is non-objective, non-essential argumentation in mediumistic discourse. In public speeches, in the Internet, in the press and on TV the participants of a discourse (politicians and journalists) use strategies of non-essential argumentation as a kind of linguistic manipulation. In a modern Polish mediumistic discourse the following expressions are especially popular: Jak pan/pani doskonale wie // jak państwu doskonale wiadomo (As you know for sure), niech pan mi nie przerywa // niech pan nie przerywa, panie X (Don’t interrupt me, Mr. X), to (zdanie) zostało wyrwane / wyjęte / wycięte z kontekstu (It [the sentence] was taken out of context).