Communication Distortions and Linguistic features in the Journalistic Style

Abstract

The communication and the language represent the mental mechanisms of the individual in order to realize its own conduct and that of others. Thus, communication becomes essential, fundamental to personal and social life of the individual. Distortion does not involve phenomena like jamming or unintentional distortion of the message, but the way the mass-media affects people's perception of events. In this article we study the way the unconscious influences the processing of information, discussing a relatively new concept in the psychology research, namely the psychological contamination. We emphasize the role that the language has for the individual, how it influences, contributes to the formation and adaptation of the individual in society. Right from the beginning we use the language not only to name things but rather to learn how to behave towards others, towards the surrounding world. So the information we acquire is not only achieved on our own feelings but also by what the language learning provides, and therefore we ignore many of the sensations which represent our senses, forget them, or we prefer to focus on those that we have been encouraged to experience.