The Analysis of the COVID-19 Image Evolution in English Mass Media Discourse

Starting from January 2020, the whole world and all the people’s professional activities are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the phenomenon of COVID has been analyzed from different perspectives. The present study aims to study the evolution of the COVID-19 imag...

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Main Author: A. N. Tikhomirova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MGIMO University Press 2022-03-01
Series:Дискурс профессиональной коммуникации
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Online Access:https://www.pdc-journal.com/jour/article/view/150
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description Starting from January 2020, the whole world and all the people’s professional activities are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the phenomenon of COVID has been analyzed from different perspectives. The present study aims to study the evolution of the COVID-19 image in the online mass media discourse on the example of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) news portal. The research employs semantic network analysis to trace the changes in the description of the coronavirus-related articles presented online. Three samples of articles from the period from 2020 to 2022 are randomly collected and subjected to further analysis. As a result, the author concludes, that the image of the COVID pandemic has undergone a significant change from the distant public health-related phenomenon to one of the legal actors and social activities. The present study contributes to the analysis of the coronavirus pandemic domain in the online mass media discourse and diversifies the studies, employing the semantic network analysis approach.
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spelling doaj.art-1d0454694ca342fc904b106f17c7509b2024-03-19T08:08:01ZengMGIMO University PressДискурс профессиональной коммуникации2687-01262022-03-0141102010.24833/2687-0126-2022-4-1-10-20113The Analysis of the COVID-19 Image Evolution in English Mass Media DiscourseA. N. Tikhomirova0China University of GeosciencesStarting from January 2020, the whole world and all the people’s professional activities are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the phenomenon of COVID has been analyzed from different perspectives. The present study aims to study the evolution of the COVID-19 image in the online mass media discourse on the example of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) news portal. The research employs semantic network analysis to trace the changes in the description of the coronavirus-related articles presented online. Three samples of articles from the period from 2020 to 2022 are randomly collected and subjected to further analysis. As a result, the author concludes, that the image of the COVID pandemic has undergone a significant change from the distant public health-related phenomenon to one of the legal actors and social activities. The present study contributes to the analysis of the coronavirus pandemic domain in the online mass media discourse and diversifies the studies, employing the semantic network analysis approach.https://www.pdc-journal.com/jour/article/view/150covid-19semantic network analysismass media discoursevosviewer softwarediscourse evolution
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The Analysis of the COVID-19 Image Evolution in English Mass Media Discourse
Дискурс профессиональной коммуникации
covid-19
semantic network analysis
mass media discourse
vosviewer software
discourse evolution
title The Analysis of the COVID-19 Image Evolution in English Mass Media Discourse
title_full The Analysis of the COVID-19 Image Evolution in English Mass Media Discourse
title_fullStr The Analysis of the COVID-19 Image Evolution in English Mass Media Discourse
title_full_unstemmed The Analysis of the COVID-19 Image Evolution in English Mass Media Discourse
title_short The Analysis of the COVID-19 Image Evolution in English Mass Media Discourse
title_sort analysis of the covid 19 image evolution in english mass media discourse
topic covid-19
semantic network analysis
mass media discourse
vosviewer software
discourse evolution
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