Television and the War in Ukraine - Narratives From 11 Countries

Focusing on the early months of the war in Ukraine, this book presents quantitative and qualitative analyses of the main television news coverage in 11 countries across the geopolitical world. Contributors reveal both common and nation-specific themes and angles, indicative of an unfettered relationship between news media and government.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Kaarle Nordenstreng
Chapter 2 Methods
Hilde Van den Bulck & Svetlana Pasti
Chapter 3 Russia's Vremya: On to Victory!
Svetlana Pasti
Chapter 4 Brazil's Journal Nacional: Ambiguous Positions, Adapting Contents
Liziane Soares Guazina, Fernando Oliveira Paulino, Fernanda Vasques Ferreira & Bruno Araujo
Chapter 5 India's DD The News: Taking the Middle Ground
Nagamallika Gudipaty & Suchitra Patnaik
Chapter 6 China's CCTV News: Neutral in a Chinese Way
Tao Zhang
Chapter 7 South Africa's SABC News: Cautious About the War
Musawenkosi Ndovu & Meli Ncube
Chapter 8 Qatar's Al Tase'ah News: Al Jazeera Beyond National Perspectives
Kamal Hamidou, Mohammed El-Fatih Hamdi & Hichem Akoubache
Chapter 9 Finland's YLE News: Triggering a Geopolitical Turnaround
Hanne Vuorela
Chapter 10 UK's BBC News: Highlighting Impact on Civilians
Savyasaachi Jain
Chapter 11 Germany's ARD Tagesschau: Mixed Topics and Neutral Angle
Liane Rothenberger & Irina Böttcher
Chapter 12 Italy's RAI TG1: A Firmly Pro-West Perspective
Giuliano Bobba, Antonella Seddone & Elisa Iannone
Chapter 13 USA's Cable Networks: Putin's War
Aaron Hyzen & Hilde Van den Bulck
Chapter 14 USA's Broadcast Networks: Shifting Coverage
Henry Wolgast & Danilo Yanich
Chapter 15 Comparisons
Kaarle Nordenstreng, Svetlana Pasti, Aaron Hyzen & Hilde Van den Bulck
Chapter 16 Conclusions and Discussion
Kaarle Nordenstreng, Svetlana Pasti, Aaron Hyzen & Hilde Van den Bulck

About the author

Edited by Kaarle Nordenstreng; Aaron Hyzen; Hilde Van den Bulck and Svetlana Pasti - Contributions by Hichem Akoubache; Bruno Araujo; Giuliano Bobba; Irina Böttcher; Fernanda Vasques Ferreira; Liziane Soares Guazina; Nagamallika Gudipaty; Mohammed El-Fate

Product details

• Authors: Kaarle Hyzen Nordenstreng
• Assisted by: Aaron Hyzen (Editor), Hilde Van den Bulck (Editor), Hilde Van Den Bulck (Editor), Aaron Hyzen (Editor), Kaarle Nordenstreng (Editor), Nordenstreng Kaarle (Editor), Svetlana Pasti (Editor), Svetlana Pasti (Editor), Hilde Van Den Bulck (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2025
• EAN: 9781666967883
• ISBN: 978-1-66696-788-3
• No. of pages: 282
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Russia, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, HISTORY / Russia / General