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In the era of highly developed digital technology there is a rapid production, distribution and consumption in the form of visual images. With the increasing volume of visual information there is a growing need to find new means of visualization in all spheres of human activity, including education. One of the effective methods of visualization is infographics. Modern pedagogical science, which studies different ways and methods of visualization in education, pays much attention to infographics. One of their varieties - the infographic-‘geographical map’, is developing in pedagogical science. The use of such infographics was proposed for the first time in Fine Arts lessons in a vocational school. This article provides a method description of a specific example of creative learning work on the use of infographic-‘geographical map’. The conclusions in the article concern the description and commenting of positive educational results of the method of geographical infographic during the mastering of visualization methods by students.

The article raises the problem of the English-language media discourse which in its interaction with the basic psychological mechanisms of human consciousness (goal-setting, attitude and reflection) at the age of digitalization has created a new form of media discourse environment providing communication and influence on both native English speakers and non-native ones. The theoretical, as well as statistical and content analyses conducted in the research, allowed identifying two media blocks (two types of media discourses) in the English-speaking media world that have different goal-setting mechanisms, attitudes and reflection levels. The findings of the study based on the example of a political theme zone frequently circulated in the English-language media discourse demonstrated how the interaction and mutual influence between the psychological mechanisms and the media discourse are changed and depend on whether the information flow is generated by the institutional English-language media discourse or it is presented and promoted by individual media actors.

The article covers the problem of ecological neologisms which mostly appear in the present-day media discourse space and actively function there by making a significant impact on people’s environmental worldview. Moreover, the research also raises the problem of neologisms as an effective educational instrument for raising human ecological awareness. A comparative analysis of the most popular neologisms circulated in the Russian, British and American media discourse space is introduced in the study. Finally, it is suggested that green neology in its close correlation with media ecology provide a foundation for building and developing a new ecosystemic society with more sustainable ideology towards the future of the planet.