“You Are the Anna Frank of Generation Z!”: War Influencers, News Production, and Consumption in the Russian-Ukrainian War Cover Image

„Te vagy a Z generációs Anna Frank.” Háborús influencerek, hírgyártás és hírfogyasztás alakzatai az orosz–ukrán háborúban
“You Are the Anna Frank of Generation Z!”: War Influencers, News Production, and Consumption in the Russian-Ukrainian War

Author(s): Ádám Guld
Subject(s): Media studies, Theory of Communication
Published by: Korunk Baráti Társaság
Keywords: Russian-Ukrainian war; war news; social media; influencers; generation Z

Summary/Abstract: News about danger and violence always receives a lot of media attention, so war news is particularly prominent in the content. Consumers pay very close attention to reports of armed conflicts, especially if they feel culturally or geographically close to them. On 24 February 2022, Russian and Ukrainian social media went into war mode, and TikTok and Instagram were flooded with war-related shares. Generation Z is at the forefront of the production and distribution of war content, significantly reshaping traditional forms of news production and consumption. This paper addresses the phenomenon by examining the activities of Generation Z influencers active on the international scene.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 60-69
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Hungarian
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