CONCEPT “PANDEMIC” IN MODERN RUSSIAN MEDIA TEXTS

Abstract

The article deals with the concept of pandemic, presented in the texts of modern Russian Internet publications. The relevance of the study is due to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic around the world in 2020-2021. The study and analysis of the leading Russian media allow to identify the basic components of the concept of pandemic in the Russian language picture of the world. The paper considers a number of negatively evaluated signs of the concept “pandemic”, including harm to health, changes in habitual living conditions, restrictions, price increases, uncertainty, fear, etc. It is also concluded that there is a certain tendency to search for the positive aspects of the pandemic. The positively evaluated features of the concept under study include the availability of free time and an incentive to develop. The results of the study expand the concept of the verbal-content structure of the studied concept in the Russian language picture of the world.