Abstract
The discussion of legislative initiatives, as well as the interpretation a legislative acts or amendments, is an ambiguous phenomenon within the framework of a thematic media discourse. The specified reason determines that the study of the phenomenon is a necessary and relevant thing. The analysis of a legislative hypertext involves the consideration of representative and interpretive strategies of submission of laws by media. An approach seems relevant because the media shapes the public opinion and legal culture, ensures the quality and results of the public discussion of legislative innovations. The research of socio-legal communications is based on the methodology of critical discourse analysis involving the consideration of an unobvious purpose, structure, and additional meanings of the statement. The differences between the practices of representing legal decisions and interpreting lawmaking allowed singling out key strategies for the formation of legislative discourse. The official media represent a law or legislative initiative using strategies such as discussion and popularization, propaganda of law as the basis of society, education that raises the level of legal culture of the population. Opposition media practice the interpretation of legislative activity using other strategic decisions: constructive criticism, analysis of the development and adoption process, construction of a hypothesis of application, as well as emotional (provocative) interpretation.
Highlights
The discussion of legislative initiatives is an obvious part of the analytical agenda of the media, because, according to M
At the same time the interpretations of the problem of the federal law or amendment is an ambiguous phenomenon in the framework of the thematic media discourse
The process of shaping the legislative discursive space implies the consideration of representational and interpretive strategies in dynamics and development. This approach seems relevant because "the media form the legal culture of the population continuously, while other subjects make such impact urgently, periodically or irregularly" [2]
Summary
The discussion of legislative initiatives is an obvious part of the analytical agenda of the media, because, according to M. The process of shaping the legislative discursive space implies the consideration of representational and interpretive strategies in dynamics and development. This approach seems relevant because "the media form the legal culture of the population continuously, while other subjects make such impact urgently, periodically or irregularly" [2]. The purpose of this article is to analyze the main strategies of representation and interpretation of laws by the socio-political media of different political orientations This practical and research problem determines the appeal to the resources of discourse analysis and modern discourse studies as a theoretical and methodological basis. The empirical basis of the work was media publications of various types, devoted to the most highprofile legislative initiatives and decisions of the late 2020 and early 2021
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