Ukraine’s Euromaidan: Broadcasting through Information Wars with Hromadske Radio

How can you counteract an information war? Hromadske Radio, Public Radio Ukraine, decided to provide accurate and objective information to audiences – free of state and corporate censorship and any kind of manipulation. They broadcasted throughout Ukraine’s Euromaidan, and beyond. This book brings together a series of English language reports on the Ukraine crisis first broadcast on Hromadske Radio between 3 February 2014 and 7 August 2015. Collected and transcribed here, they offer a kaleidoscopic chronicle of events in Ukraine. Bookending the reports, purpose written introduction and conclusion sections contextualize the independent radio project within the larger picture of Ukraine’s media and political developments – both before the Euromaidan and in its dramatic aftermath.https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/historybooks/1000/thumbnail.jp

Rückblick auf die Entwicklung der Medien in der Ukraine - zwei Jahre nach dem Euromaidan

Revolution, Annexion, Krieg und Wirtschaftskrise schaffen für die Medien ein schwieriges Arbeitsumfeld. Dies ist jedoch die Realität, in der Journalisten in der Ukraine seit zwei Jahren arbeiten. Es ist unnötig zu erwähnen, dass diese schwierigen Bedingungen unterschiedliche Auswirkungen auf die nationale Medienlandschaft haben. Die wichtigsten Veränderungen, die es zu erwähnen gilt, sind das fast völlige Verschwinden der Zensur und das kontinuierliche Aufstreben neuer Projekte. Nichtsdestotrotz hat sich die Struktur der Medienlandschaft nur wenig verändert

Ukraine: The Road to Independence

This article examines Ukraine\u27s road to independence, the unexpected twists and turns on the way and the geo-political implications of this historic development

Breaking Through the Information Blockade: Election and Revolution in Ukraine 2004

The mass media are an important part of modern elections and revolutions. This was certainly the case in Ukraine in 2004 when a key Presidential election erupted into the Orange Revolution and resulted in a change in the country’s ruling political elite. This paper looks at the impact of the mass media on political events in Ukraine during the 2004 presidential election campaign, and suggests that television in particular played a central role in the events which led to the Orange Revolution and its aftermath. It looks at how both the establishment and the opposition used the media to try and achieve their political goals, whether they were successful, and what the implications are