Modern Warfare: The Impact of Social Media on Citizen Journalism in Interstate Conflicts involving Ukraine
Journal: Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University)
Year: 2025

This thesis explores Ukrainian citizen journalism on social media during the first three months of the 2022 Russian invasion. It aims to fill a gap in the research regarding the use of social media by citizens during domestic conflicts and interstate conflicts. This study defines ‘citizen journalists’ in the social-media age by building on the existing literature. I identify them primarily as residents of a country, who use their personal social media accounts to publish original content that ha