Ivanov O. Representation of People's Foreign Policy Orientations in the Public Communication of Power Elites.

Characteristics representing foreign policy orientations of the population in the content of public communication of the ruling elite are identified. The functional model of representation, which explains the stability of foreign policy in case of Ukraine-Russia relations through the functionality of conflict orientations in a transitional period and elite formation of foreign policy, is created. Representation is conceptualised as a fundamental mechanism of reproduction of orientations of social actors in the political sphere. The heuristic potential of the theory of communicative action for studies of societies in transition is revealed. A computer algorithm for the analysis of large amounts of text is created.