Debate on Foreign Policy Choice in the Media Landscape of Ukraine

Yakovlev, Denys V.; Amirov, Artur; Stoliarova, Anastasiia

doi:10.2991/assehr.k.211218.014

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“…The informational determinant (or the influence of the mass media institute) on foreign policy choice deserves special attention. Mass media can create a picture of the world that determines the system of political coordinates and contributes to one or another choice (Yakovlev, Amirov & Stoliarova, 2021). The ability of the media to influence choices by setting priorities and determining the main topics for the public agenda is emphasized by agenda-setting theorists (McCombs, 2005).…”

Section: Alternatives and Determinants Of Foreign Policy Choicementioning

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Conceptualization of Ukraine's Foreign Policy Choice as a Marker of Democratization

Amirov

2023

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The purpose of the article is to conceptualize foreign policy choice as one of the markers of the democratization of political institutions in Ukraine. Special attention is focused on the connection between the democratization of political institutions and Ukraine's foreign policy choice. The choice between democracy and authoritarianism is not only a matter of internal transformation. It covers the foreign policy space as well. Ukraine has chosen the path of European and Euro-Atlantic integration. The implementation of this foreign policy choice requires the activation of democratization processes and the expansion of the space for individual freedom of choice. For this reason, the values of freedom of speech and individual rights are noted among the determinants of Ukraine's democratic foreign policy choice. The implementation of the democratic foreign policy choice made by the Ukrainian political class is impossible without effective institutions: free mass media, electoral contests, and parliamentarism. All of them should contribute to political and economic competition and the creation and strengthening of the middle class, which, in fact, should make a democratic political choice. The research used an interdisciplinary approach, which made it possible to determine the differences between existential and marketing choices, between everyday and political choices and substantiate the presence of political, legal, economic, and communicative dimensions of foreign policy choice. The importance of historical prerequisites for foreign policy choice is substantiated.

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Section: Alternatives and Determinants Of Foreign Policy Choicementioning

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Conceptualization of Ukraine's Foreign Policy Choice as a Marker of Democratization

Amirov

2023

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“…Ukraine's foreign policy choice defines European and Euro-Atlantic integration at the level of consensus of the ruling class, it is enshrined in the legal field. Strategic choice is made… EU and NATO integration is hampered by the need for simultaneous disintegration with the Soviet totalitarianism and the postimperial legacy» (Yakovlev, Amirov & Stoliarova, 2021).…”

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Challenges for the Political Competence of Citizens in the Context of Ukraine's European Integration

Stoliarova

2023

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The article aims at identifying the latest challenges for the political competence of Ukrainian citizens in the context of European integration. Russia's large-scale aggression is certainly becoming a major challenge for citizens, those who are forced to save their lives under daily cruise missile attacks launched from a terrorist country. At the same time, the war leveled differences between the regions on the issue of European and Euro-Atlantic integration, consolidated Ukrainian society around democratic values and democratic choice. Political competence of citizens is defined as a complex socio-political phenomenon that allows assessing the rationality and effectiveness of government actions and exercises the right to change government. Applying the institutionalism of rational choice, it has been determined that it is the ability of citizens to make democratic choices in difficult conditions that is a convincing evidence of a high level of political competence. Based on the method of historical institutionalism, the completion of the post-Soviet transformations stage is noted. Ukrainians have made their choice in favor of democracy. At the same time, new challenges arise for the citizens’ political competence. They are institutional in nature and are associated with the activities of such institutions as elections (electoral campaigns at the national and local levels), mass media, the institute of political education, civil society, and so on. It is proved that the political competence of citizens is manifested in the electoral process, but is not limited to just participation in voting. It consists in the implementation of a control function – a critical and rational assessment of the actions of public authorities and the opposition. This is the reason for the role of mass media and civil society. The challenges to the activities of the mass media institute are the mediatization of politics (media shows, media scandals) and, at the same time, attempts by the public authorities to restrict freedom of speech. Such restrictions, which are absolutely justified under martial law, potentially pose a threat minding a return to the authoritarian model in the relations "Power – Mass media – Society". Special attention is paid to the role of the institute of public intellectuals in the process of forming the political competence of citizens.

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“…This influence is exerted by various collective and individual actors -the government, various social groups, classes, global media, civil society institutions, opposition actors, etc. All of them are participants in the institutional interaction that determines the space for both domestic and foreign political choices of Ukraine in modern conditions (Yakovlev, Amirov & Stoliarova, 2021). The technologies of political influence on the Ukrainian mass media and their transformation in the post-communist context are still not sufficiently defined.…”

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Technologies of Influence on Mass Media in Ukraine: the Post-Communist Context

Zahirnyi¹

2023

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The article is devoted to transformations of technologies of political influence on mass media in Ukraine. The essence of the post-communist context of transformations of technologies influencing the mass media is determined. It consists in the transition from the Soviet heritage (state and party censorship, administrative pressure on journalists and editors) to the oligarchic model of mass media activity (the use of economic leverage, hidden political advertising, and dependence on the owner). The methodological approach of historical institutionalism is used to determine the transformations of technologies of influence of public power and oligarchic groups on the mass media in the post-communist context. It has been specified that the creation of a democratic model of mass media activity is an integral part of the democratization of the Ukrainian political process. The study of technologies of public power influence on the mass media allows reconstructing creatively some provisions of the theory of democratic transition, determining its essence and directions in Ukraine. Special emphasis is placed on the need to overcome the post-communist legacy and the importance of understanding the democratic transition of Ukraine as the achievement of its ultimate goal – full-fledged European and EuroAtlantic integration. Despite the long debates in Ukrainian political science regarding the use of such terms as "post-communism" and "democratic transition", the events of recent years, and especially the war of the russian federation against Ukraine (i.e. actions aimed directly against the democratic transition of Ukraine) have convincingly proven the scientific value and the importance of researching the post-communist context of mass media activity. The essence of certain technologies of influence on the mass media, which characterize the relations between the government, society, and the mass media in the post-communist context, is noted.

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Debate on Foreign Policy Choice in the Media Landscape of Ukraine

Cited by 4 publications

References 8 publications

Conceptualization of Ukraine's Foreign Policy Choice as a Marker of Democratization

Conceptualization of Ukraine's Foreign Policy Choice as a Marker of Democratization

Challenges for the Political Competence of Citizens in the Context of Ukraine's European Integration

Technologies of Influence on Mass Media in Ukraine: the Post-Communist Context

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