JOURNALISTIC INVESTIGATION ON THE PAGES OF THE DAGESTAN PRESS

Abstract

The article presents an analysis of materials in the genre of investigative journalism on the pages of publications of the Republic of Dagestan. The subject of the study is the thematic and stylistic features of the materials. It is possible to identify the thematic diversity of investigative journalism. Corruption investigations occupy a central place. Officials in the republican authorities and local self-government bodies are the object of corruption investigations in the Dagestani media. A popular investigation is grassroots corruption. Environmental and historical investigations are presented. In the analysis of publications, an important place is given to the evidence of the information provided, the logic of the author’s conclusions. The main method of presentation of the material is the universal method of analysis. Special attention is paid to the linguistic features of materials in the genre of investigative journalism. The language of investigative journalism is emotional, which goes against the requirement of objectivity and dryness of presentation. Various stylistic figures and linguistic means are used: epithets, metaphors, antonyms, both linguistic and contextual.