التمثيلات الأيديولوجية للبيئة العراقية في وسائل الاعلام المحلية: دراسة في علم اللغة البيئي

الملخص

This paper examines the ideological representations of Iraqi ecology in national media through an  ecolingusitic perspective. By means of Arran Stibbe’s (2015/2021) framework of “Stories We Live By,” the analysis focuses on how media narratives construct ecological meaning in two documentaries: Marshes: Legend of the South (Al-Iraqia, 2016) and Last Alert of Earth (Rudaw English, 2023). The study categorizes beneficial, ambivalent, and destructive ideologies in the representation of the Mesopotamian Marshes. Results demonstrate a tension between ecocentric framings that accentuate respect, refuge, and restoration, and anthropocentric framings that prioritize people survival, displacement, and geopolitical conflict. The results stress the role of media discourse in shaping environmental thought and identity in Iraq, where natural ecosystems function simultaneously as cultural heritage, political battlegrounds, and fragile environments under threat. Media discourse plays a crucial role in constructing and perpetuating ecological ideologies that influence societal perceptions and behaviors toward the environment. Ecolinguistic analysis can serve as a significant means for identifying and critiquing the Iraqi ecology stories we live by , helping to raise awareness about the power of language in shaping environmental policy and behavior.