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The Asian Media & Mass Communication Conference 2010 Osaka, Japan<br />

Development of Stereotypes in Press<br />

Linguistic analysis of political texts on Georgia in U.S. media<br />

Nino Kopaleishvili<br />

Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State <strong>University</strong><br />

nk2294@columbia.edu<br />

nkopaleishvili@yahoo.com<br />

Field: Newspaper<br />

Abstract<br />

This paper studies development of stereotypes in Press through an analysis of English language<br />

media about Georgia. It is a longitudinal study. It studies how political events that took place in<br />

Georgia have been covered by the media since 2006. The paper focuses mainly on two time<br />

periods 2006-2007 and August 2008-2009. A major chunk of the paper analyses how 2008<br />

August events in Georgia were covered by the English language media and its interrelation with<br />

the actual situation. The articles (news analysis, features, opinion pieces) are mainly discussed in<br />

terms of subjectivity and pragmatic intention of media texts. It is of major significance how the<br />

semantic macrostructure and theme of the articles are revealed in ‘news schemata,’ the structure<br />

and linguistic units of the text. Overall, the paper aims at defining what political and cultural<br />

aspects affect news coverage on Georgia as it is part of a broader political picture.<br />

Introduction<br />

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