A Comparative Analysis of U.S. and International Media Coverage of the Russia-Ukraine War (2022-2023)
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narrative framing, ideological positioning, thematic emphasis, and linguistic choices. The sample includes 390 articles from six (U.S. and international) news sources over 13 months. The selected sources are centrist newspapers that represent a diverse range of political ideologies. Articles were coded according to a detailed coding scheme, which results in insights into the patterns, language, and ideologies that shape war reporting.
How and why does the reporting of the Russia-Ukraine war differ between news sources in Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine-supporting states, and Ukraine-non-supporting states between February 2022 and February 2023? H1
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine goes back over ten years. However, it was in February of 2022 that Russia launched its largest military operation since the Cold War into Ukraine. (Walker, 2023). When reporting war, media coverage plays a crucial role “in establishing what society knows or at least believes to be the truth about the war in Ukraine” (Pavlik, 2022, p.291). In Russia, for example, President Putin “instituted a new law restricting freedom of speech and press regarding the war” (Pavlik, 2022, p.231). Historically, other nations' reports on a full-scale, ongoing war depend on several cultural, economic, and political factors. To understand the media’s influence in the Ukraine-Russia conflict, several communication theories must be analyzed to see how the media play a key role in conflict coverage. These frameworks help reveal how the media shapes individual and collective opinions. Analyzing key theories such as framing (Entman), indexing (Bennett), the CNN effect (Livingston), and media spectacles (Kellner) will explain how and why narratives are constructed. This paper examines
The framing of the Russia-Ukraine war will differ the most between news sources in Russia and Ukraine. The data collection involves a comparative analysis of U.S. and international media coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war to understand how and why war is reported through four categories
The framing of the Russia-Ukraine war will not be different between Neutral states and Ukraine’s supporting states. H2
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