Институт За Политичке Студије

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THE NEW YORK TIMES ON THE NATO BOMBING OF FR YUGOSLAVIA IN 1999

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This paper analyzes the linguistic characteristics of The New York Times’ reporting on the bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The research corpus consists of articles published in this American daily newspaper between March 24, 1999, and June 10, 1999. The study also provides an overview of significant works and publications that examine the perception of NATO’s military intervention in both foreign and domestic press. This paper aims to determine how linguistic choices influence the representation of the bombing, which linguistic devices are used to construct the image of Serbs and to identify the dominant macro-strategies in the production of this discourse. The first hypothesis suggests that a negative portrayal of Serbia and Serbs is constructed primarily at the language’s lexical and stylistic levels. The second hypothesis posits that The New York Times’ reporting fully aligns with the broader representation of Serbs and Serbia in other European and global media and that, together, they form part of a unified transnational discourse. The characteristics of this global narrative include the mitigation of the impact and consequences of the bombing, the construction of a negative image of a particular nation, the simplification of complex historical and political relations, and the demonization of the enemy – all serving to maintain the existing balance of power and legitimize a new world order.

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