Digital media practices in a conflict setting: Ukraine after the Maidan

• Authors: Olena Nedozhogina
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

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.

Keywords

EN

Ukraine; digital media practices; identity; conflict; Russia

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Komunikacji Społecznej
• Journal: Central European Journal of Communication
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 3(24)
• Pages: 316-334

Dates

published

2019-08-08

Contributors

author

Olena Nedozhogina

• University of Tartu

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Identifiers

DOI

10.19195/1899-5101.12.3(24).3