FRAMING RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR AND VLADIMIR PUTIN’S IMAGE: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF NEW YORK TIMES ONLINE COMMENTARY ARTICLES
Journal: Jurnal e-Bangi/e-Bangi
Year: 2023

The news of Russia launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 shocked the world. However, the media has different interpretations of this invasion. Ukrainian and Western media use the term “war,” whereas the Russian media call it a “special military operation”. Storylines or frames provided by mass media greatly influence public perception of the situation. Once a frame has become extensive in media discourse, it raises the public’s expectation of the political legitimation a