Manipulation of public opinion in mass media (based on news coverage of MH 17 air crash in July 2014): level of grammar and syntax. Article 2

The authors continue the study of a vital problem - mass media influence on forming and shaping public opinion. The article describes grammatical and syntactic means of manipulation employed by journalists covering the crash of MH 17 in July, 2014, aimed at creating a certain picture of the tragic event. Conclusion: We have considered some syntactic means of mass media manipulation of public opinion revealed in our material. We should emphasize the fact that in newspaper texts for the purpose of achieving a more effective impact manipulation means are often used in a complex - for example, rhetorical and syntactic means combine in one statement. Information transfer in mass media is rarely completely neutral. In most cases it is followed by the direct or veiled expression of assessment with the help of language and speech means programming the audience for a certain reaction to the transmitted information. Our analysis has revealed that the careful choice and skillful use of various meanss of mass media manipulation of public opinion promote necessary accents and creation of a certain picture of the covered event, thereby being a powerful instrument of forming of public opinion at a predetermined angle.