MYTHOPOESIS AS A DISCURSIVE TOOL OF RUSSIAN INFORMATION WAR ON RT
Journal: Inozenma Philologia
Year: 2025

The present paper explores the discursive means of creating ideologically biased myth-making narratives on the Russian state-owned media channel RT, formerly Russia Today. The basis for the paper is 22 news stories collected from RT’s English-language webcasting service within four days in February 2025. The research is carried out within the framework of CDA of the textual level of RT’s coverage, with the most typical cases exemplified in the cited excerpts. The research relies on the works of