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

Authors

  • Hafiz Tariq Saleem Lecturer in English, Higher Education Department, Punjab MPhil Scholar at University of Education, Lower Mall Campus, Lahore Author
  • Faqiha Rehman MPhil Scholar at University of Education, Lower Mall Campus, Lahore Author

Keywords:

Critical discourse studies, public diplomacy, media discourse, ideological square, Voice of America

Abstract

This study analyzes CNN International's news discursive construction of nations in his reporting 
based on Van Dijk’s sociocognitive framework. Through a mixed-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-groups and out-groups. The findings in the 
study show that USA interpretations of freedom, democracy, and human rights are used ideologically 
to emphasize the positive aspects of the USA, Ukraine, and allies as a part of in-group nations and 
the negative aspects of Russia and allies as an out-group.

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Published

2026-03-31

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 04 (2025): (JALT)

Section

Articles