The Battlefield as Media Spectacle: The Russia–Ukraine War and the Media
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The paper analyzes the process of media involvement in the Russo–Ukrainian war and its effects. The starting point of this study is the hypothesis that disinformation can be no less essential in conducting warfare than weaponry. The paper examines the role of media in covering war and explores how disinformation manages to prevail over military machinery. The analysis primarily draws on the ideas of the Prussian officer and military theorist Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831), who argued that armed struggle constitutes the only effective means of conducting war, with the ultimate aim of destroying hostile forces to eliminate resistance (Clausewitz, 1832/1976).
The research traces the origins of the Russo–Ukrainian war to the emergence of a new and complex geopolitical hotspot. These issues are critically examined, analyzed, and interpreted throughout the paper.
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