Å kommunisere en konflikt – aktører i RTs dekning av situasjonen i Ukraina i februar–mars 2014
Journal: Nordisk øst-forum/Nordisk østforum
Year: 2017

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 wer