Media Representation of the Pandemic: a Metaphorical Image of War (based on American Newspapers)

The article is devoted to the study of the media representation features of the situation of coronavirus infection spread. The material was articles published in American newspapers. It is shown that the metaphorical model "War" is widely used in media coverage of the pandemic. The relevan...

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Autores principales:	N. S. Dankova, E. V. Krekhtunova
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Publicado:	Tsentr nauchnykh i obrazovatelnykh proektov 2020
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ed57fbc010094c25ac65505ceefe83892021-12-02T07:58:11ZMedia Representation of the Pandemic: a Metaphorical Image of War (based on American Newspapers)2225-756X2227-129510.24224/2227-1295-2020-8-69-83https://doaj.org/article/ed57fbc010094c25ac65505ceefe83892020-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.nauka-dialog.ru/jour/article/view/1825https://doaj.org/toc/2225-756Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2227-1295The article is devoted to the study of the media representation features of the situation of coronavirus infection spread. The material was articles published in American newspapers. It is shown that the metaphorical model "War" is widely used in media coverage of the pandemic. The relevance of the work is due to the ability of the media to influence the mass consciousness. The methodological basis of the research is formed by critical discourse analysis, which establishes the connection between language and social reality. The article provides an overview of works devoted to the study of metaphor. The theoretical foundations for the study of metaphorical modeling are given. In the course of the analysis, the linguistic means of updating the metaphorical model "War" were revealed. The authors note that this metaphorical model is represented by such frames as “War and its characteristics”, “Participants in military action”, “War zone”, “Enemy actions”, “Confronting the enemy”. It is shown that modern reality is presented in the media as martial law, the coronavirus is positioned in the media as a cruel and merciless enemy seeking to take over the world, the treatment of the disease is represented as a fight against the enemy. It is concluded that the use of the metaphorical model "War" is one of the ways to conceptualize the spread of coronavirus.N. S. DankovaE. V. KrekhtunovaTsentr nauchnykh i obrazovatelnykh proektovarticleдискурс смирепрезентацияметафорапандемиякоронавирусSlavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian languagesPG1-9665RUНаучный диалог, Vol 1, Iss 8, Pp 69-83 (2020)
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topic	дискурс сми репрезентация метафора пандемия коронавирус Slavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian languages PG1-9665
spellingShingle	дискурс сми репрезентация метафора пандемия коронавирус Slavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian languages PG1-9665 N. S. Dankova E. V. Krekhtunova Media Representation of the Pandemic: a Metaphorical Image of War (based on American Newspapers)
description	The article is devoted to the study of the media representation features of the situation of coronavirus infection spread. The material was articles published in American newspapers. It is shown that the metaphorical model "War" is widely used in media coverage of the pandemic. The relevance of the work is due to the ability of the media to influence the mass consciousness. The methodological basis of the research is formed by critical discourse analysis, which establishes the connection between language and social reality. The article provides an overview of works devoted to the study of metaphor. The theoretical foundations for the study of metaphorical modeling are given. In the course of the analysis, the linguistic means of updating the metaphorical model "War" were revealed. The authors note that this metaphorical model is represented by such frames as “War and its characteristics”, “Participants in military action”, “War zone”, “Enemy actions”, “Confronting the enemy”. It is shown that modern reality is presented in the media as martial law, the coronavirus is positioned in the media as a cruel and merciless enemy seeking to take over the world, the treatment of the disease is represented as a fight against the enemy. It is concluded that the use of the metaphorical model "War" is one of the ways to conceptualize the spread of coronavirus.
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Media Representation of the Pandemic: a Metaphorical Image of War (based on American Newspapers)

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