Sociolinguistic assessment of impact conditions of framing on groups of young speakers in Estonia and Latvia
The Impact Tool occupies a special position in the "New Nationalisms" cluster insofar as it seeks to collect data by objective, sociolinguistic methods. With the generic term "new nationalisms" we describe a conglomerate of statements made through various media channels and in different domains, which is not differentiated in detail in terms of the actors involved and their intentions but which transports disinformation and obscure worldviews that question the legitimacy and meaning of existing state and legal systems. We call individual complexes of expression of this kind ‘delegitimising frames’. The aim of the Impact Tool is to determine whether young people in Estonia and Latvia are influenced by such frames. In this respect, the Impact Tool makes a contribution to framing research.
Our investigation focuses on the degree to which recipients are sensitive to the delegitimising framing of societal forces using mass and social media and the sociolinguistic factors that play a role herein. It would be helpful to have sociolinguistic characteristics on the impact conditions of disinformation or obscurantism to debunk it faster and more reliably. In this context, we would like to interview the Latvian and Estonian younger generations since they mostly use different information channels than the usual mass media. We are not concerned with the Estonia’s or Latvia’s schools as institutions.
