Propagandistische Text-Akte, Text-Funktionen und funktionale Relationen

Theoretisch-konzeptionelle Überlegungen zu einem Analyseansatz

Abstract

In order to construct a theoretical framework for the analysis of jihadi pro­paganda, propaganda can be defined as a specific type of ideological and persuasive communication that is realized in semiotic-textual form. After discussing rhetorics as an appropriate approach, we consider the potentials and limitations of speech acts for the description of jihadi propaganda. However, text functions and textual or rhetorical rela­tions (as proposed for example in Rhetorical Structure Theory) prove to be more use­ful and adequate in regard of the multimodality and strategic composition of textual “ele­ments”. On this basis, some thoughts on the role of propositional attitude in propagan­da and ideas for our own analytical framework are presented.