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The study analyzes the specificity of creation of media context of HBO "Chernobyl" series (using the example of The New Yorker, The New York Times and The Washington Post). The article defines the tendencies of series` media-reception and its functional features. It was found out that the concept of "Chernobyl" is changing consituationally and is shown as potentially-prolonged actual model. The journalists give the series more political meanings rather than cultural or artistic ones. To investigate American press, the method of analysis and the comparative method were applied. It made possible to find out common and different features of depicting HBO "Chernobyl". With th help of systematic method specific components of "Chernobyl" as media discourse were considered. The novelty of the research is in its attempt to describe the ways media are able to present concepts and change their meanings as well as how it affects the structure of media discourse. The results of the work are important for the understanding of mass media impact on the comprehension of the products of mass culture.

As part of this study, it was suggested that, like other social media, Reddit allows to embody models of communicative interaction in a digital environment. The comments under three creepypastas published on the subreddit NoSleep, were selected as the object of the study. To prove the original thesis, the comments were analyzed from the perspective of social sharing of emotions (SSE) — a process characteristic of real interpersonal communication. The comments were studied manually using the method of intentional analysis. As a result of the study, the main intentional categories characteristic of the social sharing of emotions in the comments on NoSleep were established. It was concluded that SSE in the comments under creepypastas generally coincides with the existing models, and the differences found can be explained by the specifics of the digital environment and the concrete features of Reddit as social media.