Media Coverage of Military and Political Crises
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https://doi.org/10.52575/2712-7451-2025-44-2-249-260Keywords:
mediatization, conflict, social networks, media, communicationAbstract
The modern information environment is characterized by an active involvement of media in the processes of formation and transformation of public consciousness during armed conflicts, which necessitates a comprehensive study of the mechanisms of media influence on the perception of military actions and the development of mediatized warfare models. The aim of the study is to systematize theoretical approaches to the research into mass media role in the coverage of modern military conflicts and to create a conceptual model of mediatized war, reflecting the key trends of information interaction between the conflict participants. The study shows that the process of war mediatization is a multilevel system of information circulation, including the levels of citizen journalism, traditional media and subjects of the political process, each of which influences another, forming individual images of the conflict among the audience due to the diversity of sources and algorithms of content personalization.
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