Ironic Content Features in the Orthodox Media Discourse

Abstract

The religious communication is the most ancient of human communication
 types. The pragmatic linguistics as well as rhetoric shows a special attitude
 to this special type of discourse. Today the Internet text with its unlimited abilities
 is being in the focus of linguists’ attention. That is why the orthodox journalists
 are covering not only print media but also the Internet that helps to widen
 the sphere of influence on the people’s minds and souls.
 The analyses show that the media context of the Orthodox sites (such as
 The Orthodox people laugh and etc.) includes humorous publications that prove
 the necessity of studying peculiarities of religious communication and humorous
 texts in orthodox sites. The integrative approach including content analyses,
 discourse and linguistic cultural methods helps the author to come to a conclusion
 that orthodox media texts are distinguished by intertextuality, hypertextuality, creolism, and the authors want to influence the addressee in the most effective way. To define the communicative task, the missionary function should be taken into account which is peculiar to the religious discourse.