Representation of values in The New York Times: specifics and particularities (September – November, 2019)

Abstract

“Value dominant” is one of the most important universals in the philosophical and human sciences, which designates objects or phenomena as social ideals or as a standard of due. Thus, value dominants provide an opportunity to analyze the processes taking place in the sociocultural life of a society. The subject of the research is the values ​​“PEOPLE”, “UNION”, “JUSTICE”, “SILENCE”, “WELL-BEING”, “FREEDOM”, presented in the Bill of Rights of the United States of America, which enshrines the basic human and civil rights taken from the preamble , which states: “We, the people of the United States of America, in order to form a perfect Union, establish Justice, guarantee internal Calm, organize joint defense, promote general Welfare and ensure us and our posterity the benefits of Freedom , Ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. " The purpose of the article is to determine the use of values ​​in the strong positions of the text, as well as to study the context in which they are used. Based on a quantitative analysis, it was found that such values ​​as “PEOPLE”, “UNION” and “FREEDOM” are found most often, but in most cases they have a negative connotation due to immersion in a negative context and use in phrases with antivalues.