RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and JournalismRUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism2312-92202312-9247Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)2307310.22363/2312-9220-2019-24-4-732-743Research ArticleFeatures of publicizing of ecological disaster in the Armyansk in 2018 in Russian and Ukrainian mediaCherepanovaTatyana V.<p>Candidate of Sociological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Journalism Department</p>cherepan71@rambler.ruAleksandrovaAlena A.<p>master’s student in the fi eld of “Multimedia Journalism” of the Institute of Publishing and Journalism</p>aalexxandrova@yandex.ruLomonosov Moscow State University Branch in SevastopolMoscow Polytechnic University1512201924473274303032020Copyright © 2019, Cherepanova T.V., Aleksandrova A.A.2019<p>During natural and other types of disasters, our society has an acute need of reliable information which will reveal the essence of the threat in a timely manner, relieve panic tensions and mobilise society for survival in diffi cult conditions. In such conditions the mass media are called upon to play an informative role - their main goal is to reduce the level of uncertainty. However, often in extreme situations, the media become sources of false and biased information submitted out of time. As a result, the fl ow of rumors and false assumptions is growing - that contributes to the spread of public panic and loss of media confi dence. Analysis of the media work on the coverage of the environmental disaster that occurred in August 2018 in the Crimean city of Armyansk will reveal the shortcomings and diffi culties in the work of the media and will provide an opportunity to develop an eff ective strategy for information support of acute tragic events which aff ect large populations in order to reduce the destructive eff ects.</p>publicizing of accidentsinformation strategyecological disasterinformation maintenance of ecological disastersосвещение катастрофинформационная стратегияэкологическое бедствиеинформационное сопровождение экологических катастроф[Il’chenko S.N. Kak nas obmanyvayut SMI. Manipulirovanie informaciej [How the media deceive us. Manipulating information]. Saint Petersburg: Piter Publ., 2019. 320 p.][Cherepanova T.V. Katastrofi cheskie ozhidaniya v obshchestve kak faktor harizmaticheskogo liderstva [Catastrophic expectations in society as a factor in charismatic leadership] // Vestnik ekonomiki, prava i sociologii. 2017. No. 2. Pp. 181–183.][Vasil’eva V. Armyansk porzhavel za odnu noch’ [Armyansk rusted in one night] // Krymskaya pravda. 2018, 28 August. https://c-pravda.ru/news/2018-08-28/armyansk-porzhavel-za-odnu-noch (accessed: 10.07. 2019).][Zhukova A. Armyansk zadyhaetsya iz-za vybrosa himikatov [Armyansk suff ocates due to the release of chemicals] // Komsomol’skaya pravda. 2018, 28 August. https://www. crimea.kp.ru/daily/26873/3917103/ (accessed: 10.07.2019).][Iz-za katastrofy v Armyanske v Krymu nado sozdavat’ speczonu [Due to the disaster in Armyansk in Crimea, it is necessary to create a special zone] // Novye izvestiya. 2018, 5 September. https://newizv.ru/news/incident/05-09-2018/iz-za-katastrofy-v-armyanske-v-krymu-nado-sozdavat-spetszonu (accessed: 10.07.2019).][Lyutyh S. “Zhzhenie na lice ne prohodilo ves’ den’ ”. Zhiteli Kryma zhaluyutsya na ozhogi, otravleniya i astmu [“Burning on the face did not pass all day.” Residents of Crimea complain of burns, poisoning and asthma] // Lenta.ru. 2018, 6 September. https://lenta. ru/articles/2018/09/06/armyansk/ (accessed: 10.07.2019).][Mishina I. V rezhime umolchaniya. Chto proiskhodit v krymskom Armyanske [In default mode. What is happening in Crimean Armyansk] // Novaya gazeta. 2018, 8 September. https://newizv.ru/news/society/08-09-2018/v-rezhime-umolchaniya-chto-proishodit-vkrymskom-armyanske (accessed: 10.07. 2019).][Gutiontov P. Uvidet’ Armyansk i ne umeret’. Reportazh iz goroda, v kotorom ne ostalos’ detej i ptic [See Armyansk and not die. Report from a city in which there were no children and birds] // Novaya gazeta. 2018, 12 September. No. 100. URL: https://www.novayagazeta.ru/articles/2018/09/10/77783-uvidet-armyansk-i-ne-umeret (accessed: 10.07.2019).][Volkova I.I. Fenomen striminga: zhurnalistika budushchego? [Streaming phenomenon: journalism of the future?] // Mul’timedijnaya zhurnalistika: sbornik nauchnyh trudov mezhdunarodnoj nauchno-prakticheskoj konferencii / ed. by V.P. Vorob’eva. Minsk: BGU Publ., 2018. Pp. 213–218.][Internet-portal “News Black See” [“News Black See” web portal]. https://www.blackseanews.net/read/144060 (accessed: 10.07.2019).]