Discourses on Languages and Identities in Readers' Comments in Ukrainian Online News Media: An Ethnolinguistic Identity Theory Perspective

Horbyk, Roman

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“…He refers to Ryabchuk (2000) who recognized ‘two Ukraines’ and processes of ‘creolization’, through which the Russian language acquired a privileged status over Ukrainian itself within the territory of Ukraine. Horbyk’s results confirm that in an increasingly digitally mediated landscape ‘the symbolic capital of Russian culture in Ukraine is, or at least was at the time the discussions were analyzed, greater than that of the symbolic Ukrainian culture’ (2018: 30).…”

Section: Journalism Migration and Imaginationmentioning

confidence: 67%

“…Bodin, 2014; Richter, 2007). Horbyk (2018), in his study on ethnolinguistic identities of online commentators at the website of Ukrainska Pravda in 2010–2012, offers a strong literature review on the construction of language-based identities in Ukraine. He refers to Ryabchuk (2000) who recognized ‘two Ukraines’ and processes of ‘creolization’, through which the Russian language acquired a privileged status over Ukrainian itself within the territory of Ukraine.…”

Section: Journalism Migration and Imaginationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Conflict as a point of no return: Immigrant and internally displaced journalists in Ukraine

Voronova

2019

European Journal of Cultural Studies

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The Ukrainian Euromaidan protests in 2013, alongside the Brexit vote and the so-called ‘refugee crisis’, have strongly changed the imaginary of Europe. Apart from ideological shifts and geopolitical changes, the situation in Ukraine has led to a geographic relocation and displacement of media producers and audiences alike. Yet, in the Ukrainian context and beyond, little is known about dislocated journalists in conflict situations. This article addresses the specific experiences of immigrant and internally displaced journalists, their imagined audiences and the overarching construction of post-revolutionary Ukraine as an imagined community. The argument draws empirically from the dislocatory experiences and relocatory trajectories of two groups: immigrant journalists, who moved to Ukraine from Russia, and journalists who migrated internally – to Kyiv and other government-controlled Ukrainian regions from Crimea and non-government-controlled areas of Donbas. For immigrant and internally displaced journalists, the search for new identities and positions is strongly related to their imagination of the audiences. The journalists notice a simultaneous fragmentation and unification of the audiences driven by both top-down and down-up intentions of post-revolutionary nation building. They hope to contribute to turning the fragmented communities into a media nation that will perceive them as ‘us’.

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Section: Journalism Migration and Imaginationmentioning

confidence: 67%

Section: Journalism Migration and Imaginationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Conflict as a point of no return: Immigrant and internally displaced journalists in Ukraine

Voronova

2019

European Journal of Cultural Studies

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“…Despite the language situation being diverse and hybrid (Horbyk, 2018), scholars argue that politicians manipulate language issues to divert attention from economic challenges (Korostelina, 2013). In reality, Ukrainians adapt to both Ukrainian and Russian, with the majority proficient in both languages (Riabchuk, 2012).…”

Section: Language and Ukrainementioning

confidence: 99%

Voices across borders: Exploring linguistic and national identity among Ukrainian expatriates in Tallinn

Stelmakova,

Zabrodskaja

2024

Forum Linguist. Stud.

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This article aims to understand how Ukrainian expatriates maintain their sense of national identity in light of the ongoing war in their home country. It seeks to identify specific cultural, linguistic, and social practices employed to preserve national identity. Additionally, this study explores the impact of the full-scale invasion on expatriates’ national identity and their practices. Furthermore, the study aims to investigate how the full-scale war has affected the attitudes and language usage of respondents with different linguistic backgrounds. Through the lenses of Social Identity Theory and concepts such as identity, its connection with culture and language, and national identity, the study’s findings were analysed. The primary tool utilised in this research was the semi-structured individual interview, specifically tailored to grasp the perception of identity, interpret practices, and uncover the underlying reasoning among the expats. The findings indicate that Ukrainian young adults exhibit strong cultural, social, and linguistic practices that aid in maintaining their national identity, with a particular emphasis on the civil component of national identity. The full-scale invasion has heightened the salience and strength of Ukrainian expatriates’ national identity and practices. Additionally, the study shows that the invasion has contributed to a positive shift in attitudes toward and increased usage of the Ukrainian language. The study highlights the significance of maintaining national identity among expatriates and emphasizes the growing understanding of the importance of national identity and the significance of its defining traits.

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A Medium Is Born: Participatory Media and the Rise of Clubhouse in Russia and Ukraine During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Boyko

Horbyk

2022

Baltic Screen Media Review

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Clubhouse is a social network allowing only real-time oral communication. While its 2020 worldwide launch went largely unnoticed in Eastern Europe, it took countries such as Ukraine and Russia by storm in February 2021. Users were enticed by the platform’s exclusivity (invitation only and limited to IOS users), unusual format, and compatibility with post-covid social life. For some time, Clubhouse was the dominant theme of discussions on other social media, mainstream news media organizations started launching daily talk shows in the app, and early adopters engaged in a plethora of participatory activities ranging from propagandist broadcasts to 24/7 rooms where bots would recite Russian classical poetry, from fervently seeking ways to monetise their participation to creating the somewhat unexpected genre of audial fakes. In this article we intend to analyse the turbulent arrival of the new app in Russia and Ukraine from the perspectives of media ecology and media archaeology. Focusing on the app’s mediality and remediation, the social media discourse about it and particular content in some of the notable rooms, we highlight the conjunction of social environment, the already existing and novel technological affordances, as well as users’ perceptions and expectations in the emergence of a new niche in the ecology of participatory media. Based on this, we will also try to outline some possible scenarios for the new platform in Eastern Europe’s dense mediascapes. We argue that the prompt rise of Clubhouse’s popularity was not thanks to its special authenticity, as some suggest, but rather because of the normalization of group long-distance conversations (e.g., via Zoom), coupled with the intentional monomedia poverty of affordances and clearly delimited boundary between the roles of broadcasters and listeners, which was perceived as liberating in a produsage-saturated environment. This actually limits the participatory media potential of content creators and influencers, increasing their power and reviving monological models of communication that suggest a passive audience.

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Discourses on Languages and Identities in Readers' Comments in Ukrainian Online News Media: An Ethnolinguistic Identity Theory Perspective

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Conflict as a point of no return: Immigrant and internally displaced journalists in Ukraine

Conflict as a point of no return: Immigrant and internally displaced journalists in Ukraine

Voices across borders: Exploring linguistic and national identity among Ukrainian expatriates in Tallinn

A Medium Is Born: Participatory Media and the Rise of Clubhouse in Russia and Ukraine During the Covid-19 Pandemic

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