POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, DISCURSIVE CONSTRUCTION OF UKRAINE, USA AND RUSSIA IN CNN INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Abstract

This study analyzes CNN International news discursive construction of nations in his reporting based on Van Dijk’s Sociocognitive framework. Through a mix -method approach of qualitative content analysis, linguistic analysis, and manual critical discourse analysis, the study investigates and examines how nations are constructed as part of in group and out-group. The findings in the study shows that USA interpretations of freedom, democracy, and human rights are used ideologically to emphasizes the positive aspects of USA, Ukraine and allies as a part of in-group nations and negative aspects of the Russia and allies as an out-group.