The effect of nationality and media on knowledge, evaluation, and framing of the Russian Crimean annexation
Journal: Furman University Scholar Exchange (Furman University)
Year: 2015

This paper explores the effect of nationality and media awareness on political attitudes toward the 2014 Russian annexation of the Crimea, a region that previously belonged to the Ukraine. 20 Russian respondents and 22 American respondents were interviewed to develop measures that captures each respondents’ level of knowledge about the Crimean annexation, their positive or negative evaluation of the annexation, and the type of language that they use to frame the reasons for the Annexation. Two-s