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Tom 12 Nr 3: Fall 2019

Digital media practices in a conflict setting: Ukraine after the Maidan

  • Olena Nedozhogina
DOI
https://doi.org/10.19195/1899-5101.12.3(24).3
Przesłane
września 4, 2019
Opublikowane
2019-09-04

Abstrakt

This article is a qualitative investigation of the mechanisms of reproduction of national identity narratives through digital media practices of hybrid populations in a conflict context using the example of Ukraine after the outbreak of the conflict with Russia. The article is based on a collection of 14 in-depth interviews with Russian-speaking Ukrainians from various regions. The findings point to several conclusions: first, hybrid/heterogeneous media practices are not always accompanied by high engagement. However, diverse heterogeneous and non-diverse homogeneous practices characterized by high engagement produced opposing narratives of national identity in the post-change Ukraine: a nation-centered interpretation of national identity homogeneous versus a universalistic post-national interpretation heterogeneous.