Conceptual Foundations of Digital Newsdiscourseology as a Fundamental Subdiscipline of Newslinguistics: Overcoming Outdated Scientific-Theoretical Models

The study primarily focuses on identifying the limitations and inadequacies of media linguistics and internet linguistics, which can no longer comprehensively address the specifics of the modern informational landscape due to outdated scientific and theoretical frameworks. There arises a need for clear delineation of the conceptual boundaries of the aforementioned disciplines to prevent methodological ambivalence. Additionally, in response to these challenges, the development of a distinct discipline – newslinguistics, exclusively dedicated to the study of the news landscape – is proposed. Within this framework, its specialised subdiscipline, newsdiscourseology, is introduced to encompass the exploration of all aspects of digital news discourse. A central construct of this subdiscipline is the concept of the hypernews – a type of inclusive text characteristic exclusively of next-generation news platforms. Consequently, the establishment of newsdiscourseology is regarded as a critical response to the demands of the contemporary informational paradigm, characterised by hypertextual, interactive, polycoded, and multimodal structures. Further investigation of this issue entails the creation of a new scientific and practical foundation, including the identification and structured representation of implicit linguistic patterns embedded within contemporary digital news platforms. Assigning these patterns explicitness and specificity will contribute to enhancing users’ cultural and intellectual levels, fostering their critical thinking, and advancing related scientific practices. These developments will also enable the creation of sophisticated software utilities, integrated into browser-based linguistic applications and automated analytical-statistical linguistic databases. These innovations will furnish the foundation for the synchronous and automated analysis of hypernews, the formulation of strategies for optimising news content consumption, and ensure accessibility for a broad spectrum of users, ranging from system administrators to the general public. Pursuant to the proposed paradigm shift, continued exploration within the domain of digital informational communications offers significant transformative potential for addressing the complex challenges of the information age.

newslinguistics, digital newsdiscourseology, internet linguistics, media linguistics, genre ambiguity, hypernews, hypertext, polycode text, multimodal text, information bubble