French-Language Political News Text with a Pyramid Structure for Mono- and Dual-Addresses

Abstract

The aim was to study and compare the structural components of political news texts with the Pyramid structure, targeting only children aged 8 to 12 (mono-addressee) and a mixed readership of children and teenagers aged 10 to 15 (dual-addressee). The material for this study was political news texts, selected by the method of continuous sampling from French-language magazines: “1jour1actu” and “GEO”. The analysis of the material showed that in the identified news texts the information can be presented according to the “Pyramid” structure. This structure of the news text is used more often for mono-addressing. According to the results of the study, news texts with the “Pyramid” structure for mono- and dual addressees record both common and different structural components, which together are aimed at holding the attention of young readers and influencing them. Only in news texts for mono-addressees was it noted that the “Intro” ends with phrases that set the reader up for an easy perception of the text content, and it is also followed by a “Key Paragraph” that once again mentions the news event and emphasizes its importance. In addition, news texts targeting only children aged 8 to 12 recorded a variation in the format of information presentation. It is noted that in such texts the information after the “Intro” can be given not as a printed text, but as a video clip, but with full preservation of the elements of the “Pyramid” structure.