Image phenomenon: genesis, ontology, functioning in media space

In the book of Yu. V. Belousova, the concepts of the image in philosophy are investigated, from the theory of recalling Plato to the phenomenology of E. Husserl, which turns to the consciousness of the individual and to the image, which is in this consciousness. The ideas about the image of existentialists are analyzed in detail, the epistemological aspect of the image associated with the semiotic and linguistic means of expression, and the communication aspect of the image as an iconic means of communication, the phenomenon of media reality is revealed. Author
shows that the image is a construct of consciousness, a means of communication, a system of codes and a text transmitted to another translated in an intersubjective field, while a media image is an image of a "second reality", a construct made by mass media. Such a construct is the image of Protestants and Protestantism.
The author clearly shows and analyzes various aspects of the functioning of the image of a Protestant in the media space of Russian society, both historically and on the material of modernity