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By Jacek Siminski
Data
Most prominent examples
Research Questions
Hypothesis: Propaganda as a social legitimization tool during the arms race. How did the image of the Soviet fighter change during the course of events (diachronic analysis)? In what way (if it did) did the propaganda serve as a tool for manufacture of social consent?
Grand Theories
Methodology
Discourse Analysis Critical Discourse Analysis Discourse Historical Approach
Categories of DHA:
Social actors Topoi Propaganda arguments used for support of the defence budget spendings
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Context
Context (I)
Cultural shock
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The Analysis In-depth The most prominent example - Military Windfall for the West
Topics included:
Francis Gary Powers incident, Iran, Israeli, Syria and Egypt conflicts and the American bomber development programme, MiG-25 record setting.
Social actors:
The USA,
the Israeli,
the Arabs,
Soviet Weapons,
the B-52s,
the USAF, the B-1 Bomber, the Soviet Union, the Chinese and Japanese air forces.
Intelligence Sources,
the MiG-25,
Belenko,
NATO,
Countermeasure
Israeli spotting the MiG-25 (presented as enemy) 'deal with': (9) The Tomcat does not have a comparable ceiling or speed, but it carries the Phoenix missile, which, with a range of more than 200 miles, is believed to give F-14 the capability to deal with the MiG-25.
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US being better:
(10) The Soviet plane set a world speed record in September 1967, when it flew at 1,852.61 miles an hour. The record was broken by an American SR-71 last July at 2,016 miles an hour. This speed has not yet been approved by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale in Paris.
Topos of danger:
(11) According to the Strategic Air Command, the MiG-25, in its interceptor version, is the most potent weapon in the Soviet air defense force of 2,600 aircraft. In view of its speed, altitude and weapons it is viewed as a serious threat to the B-52's which make up the bulk of the American strategic bomber service.
Military Windfall for the West (5) technical features as a propaganda tool
(13) The plane has four visible attachments for air-to-air missiles. When used as an interceptor, it is armed with four AA-6 missiles, codenamed Acrid by the Atlantic alliance. These missiles have a launch weight of 1,870 pounds, including the warhead weighing 220 pounds.
Concluding notes
Questions?
References
Chomsky, Noam and Edward S. Herman. 1994. Manufacturing consent: The political economy of the mass media. London: Vintage. Chilton, Paul A. 1996. Security metaphors: Cold War discourse from containment to common house. New York: Peter Lang. Gramsci, Antonio. 2009. Hegemony, intellectuals, and the state, in: John Storey (eds.), Cultural theory and popular culture: A reader. (4th edition.) Harlow: Pearson Education. Mikoajczuk, Marian. 2008. Ucieczka porucznika Wiktora Bielenki [Escape of lieutenant Viktor Belenko], Aero: Magazyn Lotniczy. Mar. 2008, 26-36. Parrington, Alan. 1997. Mutually Assured Destruction revisited. Strategic doctrine in question. (http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj97/win97/parrin.html) (date of access: 17 May 2013). Wings of the Red Star: Foxbat Deception. (YouTube clip, 16. Aug. 2011) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoPfRd3p9gk) (date of access: 27. May 2013) Wodak, Ruth. 2008. Introduction: Discourse Studies important concepts and terms, in: Ruth Wodak and Micha Krzyzanowski (eds.). Qualitative Discourse Analysis in the social sciences. New York: Palgrave McMillan, 1-30. Van Dijk, Teun. 1998. Ideology: A multidisciplinary approach. London: SAGE Publications. Van Dijk, Teun. 2001. Critical Discourse Analysis, in: Deborah Schriffin, Deborah Tannen and Heidi Ehenberger Hamilton (eds.), Handbook of Discourse Analysis. Blackwell: Malden, 352-371.
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