Between the "Self" and the "Other": Representations of Ukraine's Russian-speakers in Social Media Discourse
Journal: East/West Journal of Ukrainian Studies
Year: 2018

This paper analyzes the images of Ukraine’s Russian-speaking citizens as they appear in Ukrainian users’ posts on Facebook. Based on a systematic examination of the accounts of twelve prominent pro-Maidan personalities, my analysis pays attention to both the self-representations of those Ukrainians who primarily rely on the Russian language and to their representations by those individuals who locate themselves outside of this group. I argue that what usually appears in the self-representations