The Media Image of Zuzana Čaputová on Disinformation Websites

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the media image of the Slovak President on Czech and Slovak websites before the end of her term, i.e. at a time when fake news and media attacks are gaining in intensity with the intention to influence the further political development of Slovakia by emphasizing the emotional of the message and negative content, often associated with conspiracy theories and various hoaxes. The paper is based on the theoretical foundation of the linguistic image of the world as a way of interpreting the world shared by a certain (linguistic) community, formed from a subjective perception of the world, and tries to analyse the nature of stereotypes on which the media image of Zuzana Čaputová is based on disinformation websites.