Digital media practices in a conflict setting: Ukraine after the Maidan
Digital media practices in a conflict setting: Ukraine after the Maidan
Author(s): Olena NedozhoginaSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Social Sciences, Media studies, Political Theory, Communication studies, Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: Ukraine; digital media practices; identity; conflict; Russia;
Summary/Abstract: This article is a qualitative investigation of the mechanisms of reproduction of national identity narratives through digital media practices of hybrid populations in a conflict context using the example of Ukraine after the outbreak of the conflict with Russia. The article is based on a collection of 14 in-depth interviews with Russian-speaking Ukrainians from various regions. The findings point to several conclusions: first, hybrid/heterogeneous media practices are not always accompanied by high engagement. However, diverse heterogeneous and non-diverse homogeneous practices characterized by high engagement produced opposing narratives of national identity in the post-change Ukraine: a nation-centered interpretation of national identity homogeneous versus a universalistic post-national interpretation heterogeneous.
Journal: Central European Journal of Communication
- Issue Year: 12/2019
- Issue No: 24
- Page Range: 316-334
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English