The Project «Donbass. Realities» of the Ukrainian Editorial Office of Radio Liberty: Information Resistence to Russian Military Agression
Abstract
Research Methodology. The methods of analysis and synthesis, detailed monitoring of the «Donbass. Realities» website and materials on the topic were used in the article to achieve the reliability of the research results.
Results. The creation of the project «Donbass. Realities» was a response of the Ukrainian editorial office of Radio Liberty to Russia’s hybrid warfare. The main task of the editorial office of «Donbass. Realities» is to convey objective information to Ukrainians, who are now in a kind of information vacuum under the strong influence of aggressive Russian propaganda.
At the same time, the journalists of the «Donbass. Realities» project are aware of the limits of their professional capabilities and influence. They are unable to take over the functions that the state has to fulfill in the sphere of information, but their work helps to close a certain area within the limits of opposition to Russian propaganda in the occupied Ukrainian territories. By combining the work of radio, website, posting materials on social networks, they are trying to find the optimal way to reach an interested audience.
Novelty. Taking into consideration the short history since the creation of the «Donbass. Realities» editorial office, the project has not become the subject of analysis of scholars and media experts yet. Generalization and consideration of all the facts and circumstances that led to the creation of the project «Donbass. Realities», made it possible to understand the timeliness and necessity of such step in the conditions of Russian military aggression and occupation of part of the Ukrainian territory.
The practical significance. The study of the «Donbass. Realities» project reveals what the prompt and adequate response of the domestic media to the Russian hybrid aggression against Ukraine should be. The creation of similar projects and their interaction should be a consolidated response to the Kremlin media propaganda.
Key words: the project «Donbass. Realities», the Ukrainian editorial office of Radio Liberty, propaganda, Russian military aggression, occupation.
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