The Greek Newspaper Coverage of the Ukrainian War: The Pre-Invasion Phase and the Day of the Invasion
This paper is a first attempt to look at the Greek media coverage of the Russian-Belarus invasion of Ukraine. Three daily newspapers are used during the period of December 2021-February 2022 to measure the frequency of coverage of the issue during the pre-invasion phase and the first day of the inva...
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| description | This paper is a first attempt to look at the Greek media coverage of the Russian-Belarus invasion of Ukraine. Three daily newspapers are used during the period of December 2021-February 2022 to measure the frequency of coverage of the issue during the pre-invasion phase and the first day of the invasion. In addition, a qualitative content analysis is employed to account for the three newspapers’ stance on the Russian-Belarus invasion. One conclusion that emerges, which to many would appear surprising, is that all newspapers unequivocally condemned the Russia-Belarus invasion without any strings attached to their position. Since these three newspapers cover a wide spectrum of the Greek political ideology, it appears that despite Greece’s long historical, economic, and cultural (religion included) ties with Russia, this invasion was considered unacceptable. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-85aa2e31d356403cb503cad7390a8a6b2024-03-01T10:42:50ZengAthens Institute for Education and ResearchAthens Journal of Mass Media and Communications2407-94992023-10-019436338210.30958/ajmmc.9-4-10The Greek Newspaper Coverage of the Ukrainian War: The Pre-Invasion Phase and the Day of the Invasion Gregory T. Papanikos0President, Athens Institute for Education and Research, Greece and Professor, MLC Ljubljana, Slovenia.This paper is a first attempt to look at the Greek media coverage of the Russian-Belarus invasion of Ukraine. Three daily newspapers are used during the period of December 2021-February 2022 to measure the frequency of coverage of the issue during the pre-invasion phase and the first day of the invasion. In addition, a qualitative content analysis is employed to account for the three newspapers’ stance on the Russian-Belarus invasion. One conclusion that emerges, which to many would appear surprising, is that all newspapers unequivocally condemned the Russia-Belarus invasion without any strings attached to their position. Since these three newspapers cover a wide spectrum of the Greek political ideology, it appears that despite Greece’s long historical, economic, and cultural (religion included) ties with Russia, this invasion was considered unacceptable. https://www.athensjournals.gr/media/2023-9-4-10-Papanikos.pdfrussiabelarusukrainegreek mediawarpublic opinionpollsnewspapers |
| spellingShingle | Gregory T. Papanikos The Greek Newspaper Coverage of the Ukrainian War: The Pre-Invasion Phase and the Day of the Invasion Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications russia belarus ukraine greek media war public opinion polls newspapers |
| title | The Greek Newspaper Coverage of the Ukrainian War: The Pre-Invasion Phase and the Day of the Invasion |
| title_full | The Greek Newspaper Coverage of the Ukrainian War: The Pre-Invasion Phase and the Day of the Invasion |
| title_fullStr | The Greek Newspaper Coverage of the Ukrainian War: The Pre-Invasion Phase and the Day of the Invasion |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Greek Newspaper Coverage of the Ukrainian War: The Pre-Invasion Phase and the Day of the Invasion |
| title_short | The Greek Newspaper Coverage of the Ukrainian War: The Pre-Invasion Phase and the Day of the Invasion |
| title_sort | greek newspaper coverage of the ukrainian war the pre invasion phase and the day of the invasion |
| topic | russia belarus ukraine greek media war public opinion polls newspapers |
| url | https://www.athensjournals.gr/media/2023-9-4-10-Papanikos.pdf |
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