The Ukraine conflict and the European media : a comparative study of newspapers in 13 European countries

Fengler, Susanne; Kreutler, Marcus; Alku, Matilda; Barlovac, Bojana; Bastian, Mariella; Bodrunova, Svetlana S.; Brinkmann, Janis; Dingerkus, Filip; Hájek, Roman; Knopper, Simon; Kus, Michal; Láb, Filip; Lees, Caroline; Litvinenko, Anna; Medeiros, Débora; Orlova, Dariya; Ozolina, Liga; Paluch, Anna; Nicoleta Radu, Raluca; Stefanikova, Sandra; Veldhoen, Henrik; Zguri, Rrapo

doi:10.1177/1464884918774311

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	The Ukraine conflict and the European media : a comparative study of newspapers in 13 European countries
Authors:	Fengler, Susanne Kreutler, Marcus Alku, Matilda Barlovac, Bojana Bastian, Mariella Bodrunova, Svetlana S. Brinkmann, Janis Dingerkus, Filip Hájek, Roman Knopper, Simon Kus, Michal Láb, Filip Lees, Caroline Litvinenko, Anna Medeiros, Débora Orlova, Dariya Ozolina, Liga Paluch, Anna Nicoleta Radu, Raluca Stefanikova, Sandra Veldhoen, Henrik Zguri, Rrapo
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.1177/1464884918774311
Published in:	Journalism
Volume(Issue):	21
Issue:	3
Page(s):	399
Pages to:	422
Issue Date:	2018
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Sage
ISSN:	1464-8849 1741-3001
Language:	English
Subjects:	Comparative research; Content analysis; Foreign correspondence; Journalism; Ukraine crisis
Subject (DDC):	070: News media, journalism and publishing
Abstract:	The crisis in Ukraine was one of the dominant topics in international news coverage of 2014 and the following years. Representing a conflict along the lines of an East-Western confrontation unprecedented since the end of the Cold War, the news reporting in different European countries with different historical backgrounds is an essential research topic. This article presents findings of a content analysis examining coverage of the conflict in the first half of 2014 in newspapers from a diverse set of 13 countries: Albania, Czech Republic, Germany, Latvia, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, as well as Ukraine and Russia. Drawing on prior literature on news values, key events, and news cycles in foreign coverage, this study maps the evolution of the conflict in the course of four key events and identifies specific characteristics of the coverage in different newspapers. The results show that attention for the conflict varies considerably across the countries, which might be traced back to different degrees of geographical and cultural proximity, domestication, and economic exchange, as well as lack of editorial resources especially in Eastern Europe. Russia dominated the news agenda in all newspapers under study with a constant stream of conflict news. Contradicting prior literature, media sought to contextualise the events, and meta-coverage of the media’s role in the crisis emerged as a relevant topic in many countries with a developed media system.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/30382
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	Applied Linguistics
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Applied Media Studies (IAM)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen Angewandte Linguistik

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Fengler, S., Kreutler, M., Alku, M., Barlovac, B., Bastian, M., Bodrunova, S. S., Brinkmann, J., Dingerkus, F., Hájek, R., Knopper, S., Kus, M., Láb, F., Lees, C., Litvinenko, A., Medeiros, D., Orlova, D., Ozolina, L., Paluch, A., Nicoleta Radu, R., et al. (2018). The Ukraine conflict and the European media : a comparative study of newspapers in 13 European countries. Journalism, 21(3), 399–422. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884918774311

Fengler, S. et al. (2018) ‘The Ukraine conflict and the European media : a comparative study of newspapers in 13 European countries’, Journalism, 21(3), pp. 399–422. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884918774311.

S. Fengler et al., “The Ukraine conflict and the European media : a comparative study of newspapers in 13 European countries,” Journalism, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 399–422, 2018, doi: 10.1177/1464884918774311.

FENGLER, Susanne, Marcus KREUTLER, Matilda ALKU, Bojana BARLOVAC, Mariella BASTIAN, Svetlana S. BODRUNOVA, Janis BRINKMANN, Filip DINGERKUS, Roman HÁJEK, Simon KNOPPER, Michal KUS, Filip LÁB, Caroline LEES, Anna LITVINENKO, Débora MEDEIROS, Dariya ORLOVA, Liga OZOLINA, Anna PALUCH, Raluca NICOLETA RADU, Sandra STEFANIKOVA, Henrik VELDHOEN und Rrapo ZGURI, 2018. The Ukraine conflict and the European media : a comparative study of newspapers in 13 European countries. Journalism. 2018. Bd. 21, Nr. 3, S. 399–422. DOI 10.1177/1464884918774311

Fengler, Susanne, Marcus Kreutler, Matilda Alku, Bojana Barlovac, Mariella Bastian, Svetlana S. Bodrunova, Janis Brinkmann, et al. 2018. “The Ukraine Conflict and the European Media : A Comparative Study of Newspapers in 13 European Countries.” Journalism 21 (3): 399–422. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884918774311.

Fengler, Susanne, et al. “The Ukraine Conflict and the European Media : A Comparative Study of Newspapers in 13 European Countries.” Journalism, vol. 21, no. 3, 2018, pp. 399–422, https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884918774311.