Why Did MH17 Crash

Blame Attribution, Television News and Public Opinion in Southeastern Ukraine, Crimea and the De Facto States of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria

Bibliographic Data

ID3948491
AuthorsGerard Toal (0000-0002-9110-458X, Virginia Tech, corresponding author), John Ο’loughlin (University of Colorado Boulder), John O’loughlin (University of Colorado Boulder)
Year2018
Volume23
Issue4
Pages882-916
Publication date2018-10-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeopolitics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14650045.2017.1364238
OpenAlexW2758152376
LanguageEN
Citations received18

Shock events are often pivotal moments in geopolitics and objects of intense disagreement among conflicting parties. This paper examines the downing of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over eastern Ukraine in July 2014 and the divergent blame storylines produced on Russian and Ukrainian television about the event. It then examines results of a question asking why MH17 crashed in a simultaneous survey conducted in December 2014 in six oblasts in Southeastern Ukraine, Crimea, and the de facto states of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria. An analysis of the surveys shows that blame attribution was driven more by television viewing habits than by any other factor

Attribution · Blame · Crash · De facto · Geopolitics · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · The Holocaust · Ukrainian · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · Law · Nuclear Issues and Defense · Psychology · Social Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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