Emotional intelligence of a military journalist in the context of the media narrative of Russian culture “Common Cause”

The emotional intelligence of a military journalist in modem conditions of global geopolitical warfare is a key component of the job profile diagram and a relevant scientific topic. From the standpoint of modern cognitive linguistics, a journalist's language personality in the process of working with factual information uses not only personal constructs of understanding and interpreting reality, but also established concepts of native culture. The aim of the article is to give a comprehensive description of the emotional intelligence of the war correspondent as a langauage personality of media discourse, whose national worldview structures facts and events in the ideological and conceptual field of the narrative. The list of basic methods in the study includes the linguocultural approach, which postulates the unity of language and culture, as well as narrative analysis as a certain way of ordering and interpreting facts in the paradigm of cultural context - objectification of the core meanings of the national model of the world. In the analysis of media discourse, special attention is paid to the narrative underlying structures, which are caused by existential confrontation, awakening the expression and sensory conditionality of the thoughts and actions of the characters. The empirical base is the media of different communication channels, as well as the results of an expert interview with the participation of 6 journalists from the Oplot TV television and radio company. Based on the review of scientific literature, the definition, main features and content components of emotional intelligence are given in their close relationship with the human value system. The cognitive analysis of media discourse has made it possible to identify the narrative as one of the main markers of national culture, which points to the key attributes, attitudes and semes of the national worldview in the process of experiencing, emotional interaction, realization and acceptance of states and feelings of both the journalist and the heroes of the material. According to the results of the study, the linguistic, associative and compositional potential of media discourse is most vividly represented in the dominant archetypal story “Common Cause”. This narrative is directly related to the conciliarity of Russian culture and reflects the value paradigm of the military journalist's emotional intelligence manifestation: love for others, sincerity, empathy, sensitivity, soulfulness, responsibility, wisdom, politeness and acceptance of the Other. The idea is articulated about the need to form the emotional intelligence of future journalists in the relevant practical disciplines in higher education, while it is important to pay attention to its axiological foundation, since popular and mediarated anti-values not only contribute to the destruction of the social system of society, but also demonstrate the inferiority of emotional intelligence. The authors declare no conflicts of interests.

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