Issue 6 of the journal “Language. Communication. Society” continues to develop an interdisciplinary approach to the study of pressing issues in linguistics, media communications, and philosophy. Each section offers an in-depth analysis of contemporary trends reflecting the dynamics of societal development in the context of digital transformation.
Linguistics and Intercultural Communication
This section examines the functional-semantic potential of innovative syntactic constructions, the concept of reversibility in anthropo-ontological theory, and the discourse of medical prevention in the digital environment. The authors analyze the ‘burst + adjective’ construction, demonstrating its role in conveying intensity, suddenness, and emotional evaluation in Modern English. The notion of “reversibility” as a key element of anthropo-ontological theory is explored through the lens of Joseph de Maistre’s St. Petersburg Evenings, revealing the mechanisms of transition between subjective states within the dialogical space of culture. The section concludes with a comparative analysis of medical prevention discourse in the institutional online environment of the United Kingdom and Russia, showing how national healthcare models and cultural patterns of trust shape health communication strategies.
Media Communications and Journalism
This section addresses the coverage of military-political events in Western online media, crisis communications within the film industry, and rating technologies as an independent object of scholarly inquiry. The authors investigate the rhetoric and source selection in reporting on the Special Military Operation, identifying framing techniques and narrative polarisation typical of Western digital journalism. The media discourse surrounding controversial film premieres of 2017–2018 is also examined, demonstrating how production companies and distributors devise crisis-management strategies in the face of public backlash. Special attention is paid to defining the scope of “rating technologies”, highlighting the need to distinguish between popularity measurement, qualitative expert assessment, and algorithmic content recommendation.
Philosophy
The philosophical section addresses the humanistic ideal within Russian cosmism, Norbert Wiener’s cybernetic heritage in the context of digitalisation, and the information‑technological problematisation of truth in the communicative space of culture. The authors analyse how Russian cosmism reinterprets the humanistic ideal, shifting the focus from anthropocentrism to eco‑ and noospheric ethics. A paper dedicated to the 130th anniversary of Norbert Wiener traces the path from cybernetisation (control and feedback) to contemporary digitalisation, identifying both conceptual ruptures and continuities. The section closes with a study on the search for truth in the communicative space of culture: the authors demonstrate how information technologies simultaneously expand access to knowledge and generate new epistemic barriers (information noise, simulacra, algorithmic bias), necessitating a revision of classical criteria of truth.
The unifying idea of the issue is the interrelationship between language, media, and philosophy under conditions of digitalisation and global socio‑cultural change. The authors show how linguistic research (from syntactic innovations to medical discourse), media communications (from wartime rhetoric to crisis PR and ratings), and philosophical reflection (from Russian cosmism to cybernetics and the epistemic challenges of information) complement each other, forming a holistic understanding of contemporary communicative processes. The journal continues to serve as a platform for scholarly dialogue, bringing together specialists from diverse fields of knowledge and contributing to the expansion of a unified scientific and educational space.
