This article explores the contrastive linguacultural features of language units that express national mentality within Uzbek and English media discourse. Grounded in modern media linguistics and cognitive semantics, the study investigates how phraseological units, euphemisms, somatic metaphors, and pragmatic markers encode distinct cultural values. By analyzing contemporary media texts from publications such as Kun.uz, Daryo.uz, The BBC, and The Guardian, the paper demonstrates that Uzbek media relies heavily on high-context, collectivist, and relation-oriented language units. Conversely, English media discourse prioritizes low-context, individualistic, and linear-active rhetorical structures. The findings underscore how media language serves as a primary cultural repository for preserving and recontextualizing national worldviews in the globalization era.

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