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Lexical means which indicate the (in)credibility of media contents (a psycholinguistic experiment)

Publication date: 2018

Media Research Issues, 2018, Volume 61, Issue 3 (235), pp. 449 - 459

https://doi.org/10.4467/22996362PZ.18.027.10129

Authors

Andreana Eftimova
Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9232-7243 Orcid
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Lexical means which indicate the (in)credibility of media contents (a psycholinguistic experiment)

Abstract

In reference to the frequent breach of Paul Grice’s maxim about truth, this article seeks answers to the questions: do Bulgarians recognize unreliable information in the media and what is the role of linguistic means in the process of interpreting the truth of the media contents? It discusses the results of an experiment aimed at verifying the roles of three groups of language expressions in forming a sense of credibility or unreliability of journalistic information among recipients. 

Abstrakt

W nawiązaniu do częstego naruszania maksymy Paula Grice’a o prawdzie podjęto próbę odpowiedzi na pytania: czy Bułgarzy rozpoznają niewiarygodne informacje w mediach oraz jaka jest rola środków językowych w procesie interpretowania prawdy dotyczącej zawartości mediów? Omówiono wyniki eksperymentu mającego na celu sprawdzenie roli trzech grup wyrażeń językowych w kształtowaniu poczucia wiarygodności lub zawodności informacji dziennikarskich wśród odbiorców.

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Information: Media Research Issues, 2018, Volume 61, Issue 3 (235), pp. 449 - 459

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:
Lexical means which indicate the (in)credibility of media contents (a psycholinguistic experiment)
English:
Lexical means which indicate the (in)credibility of media contents (a psycholinguistic experiment)

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9232-7243

Andreana Eftimova
Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9232-7243 Orcid
All publications →

Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’

Published at: 2018

Article status: Open

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