FEATURES OF THE USE OF MORAL LANGUAGE BY DEPUTIES OF THE STATE DUMA FAC-TIONS: AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT BASED ON CONTENT ANALYSIS
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https://doi.org/10.17072/2218-1067-2022-1-58-73Keywords:
deputies; political parties; factions; the State Duma; moral foundations theory; morality; political ideolo-gies and preferences; content analysisAbstract
The results of a study of the features of the use of moral language by deputies of various factions of the State Duma are presented. The conceptual basis of the study was the moral foundations theory developed in the USA, which reveals the difference between the moral foundations of conservative and liberal political ideology. Along with the main provisions of the theory, the features of the Russian political and ideological space and political practice, which limit the possibilities of its application in Russia, are considered in detail. The texts of all deputies’ speeches of the State Duma of the 4th-7th convocations were processed by computer content analysis using the moral foundations dictionary in the LIWC2015 program. The results of the analysis showed that in the speeches of the “United Russia” parliamentary faction much more often (in comparison with other factions) the language of the moral foundation "Authority" is used. This fact reflects its “administrative” conservatism, which expresses the peculiarities of its political and administrative status as a “party of power”. Generally, the parties represented in the Duma gravitate more toward “binding” (group-centric) rather than “individualising” moral foundations, which corresponds to stereotypical ideas about the important role of these values in the Russian context. The results of the study indicate the promise of the approach based on the moral foundations theory to the study of socio-political discourse using computer content analysis of moral language.References
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