Ukraine-Russia Pace Negotiations: Research and Educational Approaches to Facts and Data Communication Management Cover Image

Преговори за мир между Украйна и Русия: Научноизследователски и образователни подходи за комуникационен мениджмънт на факти и данни
Ukraine-Russia Pace Negotiations: Research and Educational Approaches to Facts and Data Communication Management

Author(s): Maya Vasileva
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Media studies, Communication studies
Published by: Факултет по журналистика и масова комуникация, Софийски университет „Св. Кл. Охридски”
Keywords: Ukraine; Russia; peace; factuality; datafication; communication management
Summary/Abstract: This article presents research and educational approaches for the Washington Post fact-checker methodology of the famous literary character “Pinocchio“to be applied by communication specialists in creating a communication unit in the genre of “verification“, tracing the stages of impossible peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. The research aspects are in time limits up to 100 days from the beginning of the military situation outlined, covering the chronology of events, positions, demands, and mediation for negotiation stages, diplomatic statements and policy decisions, course of military actions impact on peace negotiations, and economic sanctions. The educational approaches pose models for structuring a communication unit with the obligatory element of fact-checking – selecting claims and facts’ tracing, verification through official documents and media publications, data analytics predictions and illustration, evaluation, and verdict processes. The paper also presents a comparison of publications of false facts on the war situation and justification of the products and techniques of propaganda warfare. Based on selected and verified facts, the trainee communication specialists draw a “verdict“ on a statement about a forecast for negotiations and military actions.

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