Open AccessPost-Event Internet Discourse and Its Peculiarities in the Context of Covid-19 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Natalya D. Pavlova,
Tina A. Kubrak,
Olga M. Kochkina
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
voprosy psiholingvistiki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2658-6908
pISSN - 2077-5911
DOI - 10.30982/2077-5911-2021-47-1-62-75
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , event (particle physics) , gratitude , dialogical self , pandemic , expression (computer science) , the internet , psychology , discourse analysis , sociology , linguistics , social psychology , covid-19 , computer science , world wide web , history , medicine , philosophy , physics , disease , archaeology , quantum mechanics , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , programming language
The article is devoted to post-event discourse which plays a major part in comprehending experience and forming the image of reality in one’s mind. The aim of the research is to define the peculiarities of post-event internet discourse in the context of the COVID -19 pandemic, that has affected all the aspects of human and social activity in an unprecedented way. The approach applied was approbated earlier and comprises the description of the main referential objects of discourse and their qualitative changes in the process of discussion, as well as the characteristic of intentional content and discourse structure.Diversity of message sources and internet platforms has determined the variability of intentional characteristics of post-event discourse during the pandemic. In translating opinion and seeking support of the audience, prime significance is attached to dialogical intentions, e.g., asking for information, clarifying, finding out an opinion. Negative intentions, linked with the expression of emotional states and criticism of the discussed objects, are also relevant. At the same time, positive directionality of communicants is revealed, with the focus on the intention to support the interlocutor and express gratitude to those who distinguished themselves throughout the pandemic. Considerable modification of referential objects in the course of the discussion, their generalization and replacement and increase in number as compared to the initial message have also been uncovered.