The myth of Crimea: Crimean narrative in Russian and Ukrainian media
Date
2021
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Tartu Ülikool
Abstract
In 2014, Crimea was annexed from Ukraine by the Russian Federation. Two
opposing ways in which Crimean Peninsula, Crimean people and Crimean history
are depicted in Russian and Ukrainian media constitute two separate narratives.
This work explores the concept of narrative and the construction of the narrative
through media. Narrative, often used by political forces to construct or reclaim
meaning and thus influence the general public, is looked at through the prism of
framing theory. Packages within established frames are tested based on their
structure and viability. The connection between the narrative and identity,
memory and state ideology is being explored, and the comparison of Russian and
Ukrainian narratives as two competing mediums is being established.