Coverage of reforms in the internet edition of «Ukrayinska Pravda»

Abstract

Introduction. Coverage of the results of reform in the media is a public contribution to changing the system of government in Ukraine. At the same time, it depends on journalists how much Ukrainians will understand and how they will perceive the processes taking place in the country. Relevance of the study. The need to reform various spheres of public life is determined by many factors, starting, first of all, with education and medicine, and ending with the uniqueness of the provision of administrative services. Therefore, the study of the peculiarities of media coverage of the reform is relevant. The methology. The scientific search was carried out using the following methods: the method of analysis of theoretical sources to determine primarily the concept of «reform»; inductive method to formulate the features of coverage of the reform by the Internet edition of «Ukrayinska Pravda»; chronological method to study the features of the reform as an object of journalistic research, quantitative method to analyse media content, the method of generalization to systematize the material. Results. Internet edition of «Ukrayinska Pravda» regularly publishes materials on the issue of reform. Among principal topics for journalists are medical reform, reform of the prosecution, reform of the army, civil service reform, sports reform. Most of the materials of «Ukrayinska Pravda» are included in the sections «NEWS» and «COLUMN». The materials of the «NEWS» section are written for informational purposes in a strictly standardized style, excluding subjective author’s assessment. Conclusions. The problem of reforms in Ukraine, the prospects for the implementation of modernization of projects, the analysis of the government’s mistakes regarding changes in the country often attract the attention of journalists. The publications are aimed to draw attention to the problem, assess the effectiveness of reforms, predict possible successes and failures of the reform. The prospect of further research is to study the issues of reform by other online publications, to carry out a comparative analysis of publications.