Keyword: «journalism»

Various artistic devices of argumentation are proved to be used in journalistic texts. The original way of expressing orectic argumentation by means of «transforming things» is peculiar to T. Tolstoy’s artistic journalism. The issue of historic progress is embodied in T. Tolstoy’s work with the help of the stylistic device of ironical argumentation: showing transformation of thing-symbol in time.

This article is devoted to the disclosure of the main functions of precedent phenomena in journalism, on which we rely in our work. The study of precedent phenomena is a topical topic in the works of linguists, which is why the classification of phenomena and the delimitation of their functions is so diverse.

The article analyzes the inclusion of ads and advertising in the content of Siberian Newspapers. The authors conclude that by the beginning of the XX century, the number of advertisements in Newspapers is increasing.

The article notes that the Crimean War of 1853-1856. in modern historical science receives assessments and interpretations that refer to the jingoistic perception of it in modern war literature and journalism. There are studies that deny obvious facts: the war was started by Russia, the army and navy were significantly inferior to the enemy troops in terms of equipment and weapons, the leadership of the troops was not always reasonable, the war ended with the defeat of the Russian Empire. The conclusion is made about the inadmissibility of forgetting historical facts.