Å kommunisere en konflikt – aktører i RTs dekning av situasjonen i Ukraina i februar–mars 2014
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Communicating Conflict: Actors in RT Coverage of the Situation in Ukraine February–March 2014
This article analyses the Russian public diplomacy news organization RT’s coverage of the situation in Ukraine in February–March 2014, the period that culminated with the annexation of Crimea. It finds that enemy images were drawn of the West/USA and of Ukrainian radicals, whereas the liberal opposition and in part the new Ukrainian government were subjected to "symbolic annihilation" – that is they were not represented at all, only indirectly in depictions of the enemy image of the other actors. Locating these portrayals in the theoretical literature on "strategic narratives", the author interprets them as attempts at achieving consensus around Russia’s own perspectives on international affairs, which include the promotion of a world order in which the USA is no longer a hegemon and Russia is respected as a great power.
(Published: May 2017)
Citation: Malin Østevik (2017) «Å kommunisere en konflikt – aktører i RTs dekning av situasjonen i Ukraina i februar–mars 2014», Nordisk Østforum 31 [1], 1–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.23865/nof.v31.579
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Conflict in Ukraine, RT, public diplomacy, strategic narratives, enemy images
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Opphavsrett (c) 2017 Malin Østevik
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