Post-Photojournalism

Post-Truth Challenges and Threats for Visual Reporting in the Russo-Ukrainian War Coverage

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ID22010928
AuthorsCarolina Fernández-Castrillo (0000-0001-6108-6440, Universidad San Carlos, corresponding author), César Lizardi Ramos (0000-0002-8103-977X, Universidad San Carlos)
Year2025
Volume13
Issue1
Pages37-60
Publication date2025-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDigital Journalism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2167-0811 • E-ISSN: 2167-082X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/21670811.2023.2295424
OpenAlexW4390779018
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited55

The visual framing of war has always been the most challenging area of photojournalism, and even more so in the post-digital age, when the transition from analog to digital becomes almost indistinguishable. We examine the photographic coverage of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict during the first half of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by analyzing the major Russian and Ukrainian newspapers: Rossiyskaya Gazeta and Ukrayinska Pravda. These media are the most representative open-access newspapers from countries at war in terms of the number of users and articles dedicated to war coverage. Based on a sample of 17,546 news articles published during the first six months of the war (10,376 Ukrainian and 7,170 Russian) and focusing on a precise selection of key events of the conflict, we combine and integrate quantitative methods and in-depth analysis. Both newspapers share structural features to classify and access the reported issues by tagging them with a significant range of keywords that contribute to shaping readers’ and viewers’ perceptions of the conflict. In our mixed methods research, we examine the sample to establish a categorization of the main characteristics of post-photojournalism, where old practices collide with the new dynamics of the post-truth era of photojournalism

Categorization · Digital media · Journalism · Linguistics · Media studies · Newspaper · Photography · Photojournalism · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Ukrainian · Visual arts · Computer Science · History · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Public Relations and Crisis Communication

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