aphorisms in press

[Svetlana Malykhina]

Hello everyone,I am writing to ask for your observations on the use of aphorisms in the media.I am currently working on a project focuses on aphorisms in the Russian media and particularly interested in comparable common factors the American and the Russian media use of aphorisms. Some may notice that Russians typically make extensive use of aphorisms and cite countless quotes taken from the greatest Russian novelists and philosophers of the 19th century, and not only of those. The same can be said of Kozma Prutkov, Ilf and Petrov and even former Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Viktor Chernomyrdin– all notable in one respect or another. Witty, wise, and almost always funny quotations are used in news coverage in the media that can be considered quality press or reliable/opinion-forming newspapers. Reading the Russian media one can track aphorisms in headlines, kickers, subheads, leads, pull quotes, concluding statements.  Here is the question for all of
 you: Does the use of aphorisms vary significantly in the American or British media?  Thanks in advance, I will certainly appreciate your responses.  Unless the topic is of general interest, reply off-line at smalykhina at yahoo.com Svitlana 


      

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