How the work of a Ukrainian journalist changed during the war
Abstract
Journalism and war or journalism in the conditions of war is a special type of journalism, specific media communication aimed at covering military conflicts. Today, Ukraine is directly involved in the war, so it is very important to study the changes that took place in journalism during the military confrontation between Ukraine and Russia. The article analyzed how the work of a Ukrainian journalist changed during the war from the point of view of both the audience and the journalists themselves. The main emphasis is on the analysis of the professional skills of journalists, which are transformed under the influence of war and impose many responsibilities and restrictions on journalists, and the specifics of the information war as a second front. Journalistic activity in the conditions of war is analyzed from the point of view of social responsibility and the struggle for information space in the conditions of propaganda and fakes, which are an integral part of the struggle for victory.
Disinformation and the spread of fake news, which are tools of socio-political and military confrontation, also became the subjects of this study. It is important for recipients of news messages to develop the ability to think critically, check facts, and analyze primary sources to establish true information. Such skills make the work of Ukrainian journalists much easier, and it will be more difficult for propagandists from the aggressor country to win the heads and hearts of our people who observe information hygiene.
The article examines the special language of the media in the conditions of war, analyzes the change in journalists’ rhetoric, the transformation of speech, and the introduction to the modern use of war-related neologisms, which play a significant role in journalistic narratives, the correlation, and correspondence between information policy and journalistic standards, which can change in the conditions of war.
Based on foreign experience, in particular Israel, examples of media models that can be applied in the Ukrainian context are given. It is important that Ukrainian experts are able to competently and professionally build the media world in the conditions of war in such a way that it does not harm either the military or the victims of Russian aggression.
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