Disruption and transformation in media events theory: The case of the Euromaidan Revolution in Ukraine
Media events, Dayan and Katz argue, compose a narrative genre that follows specific structural principles and narrative tropes and that works toward societal integration. However, a specific subset of media events is labelled transformative, and these work towards societal change. In this article, w...
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| description | Media events, Dayan and Katz argue, compose a narrative genre that follows specific structural principles and narrative tropes and that works toward societal integration. However, a specific subset of media events is labelled transformative, and these work towards societal change. In this article, we point to an unresolved tension between transformative events and what has subsequently been introduced as disruptive events. Our discussion builds on research on the developments in post-Soviet Ukraine, and we analyse, firstly, the transformative and disruptive relations related to the so-called Euromaidan Revolution, and secondly, how these events can be placed in a wider narrative of three Ukrainian revolutions. Our analysis concludes that narrative analysis can help explain the ways in which these events are understood by broader international audiences. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ce3a4ca5b081442985804de537335ac22023-01-19T13:51:14ZengSciendoNordic Journal of Media Studies2003-184X2022-05-01419911710.2478/njms-2022-0006Disruption and transformation in media events theory: The case of the Euromaidan Revolution in UkraineBolin Göran0Ståhlberg Per1Media & Communication Studies, Södertörn University, SwedenMedia & Communication Studies, Södertörn University, SwedenMedia events, Dayan and Katz argue, compose a narrative genre that follows specific structural principles and narrative tropes and that works toward societal integration. However, a specific subset of media events is labelled transformative, and these work towards societal change. In this article, we point to an unresolved tension between transformative events and what has subsequently been introduced as disruptive events. Our discussion builds on research on the developments in post-Soviet Ukraine, and we analyse, firstly, the transformative and disruptive relations related to the so-called Euromaidan Revolution, and secondly, how these events can be placed in a wider narrative of three Ukrainian revolutions. Our analysis concludes that narrative analysis can help explain the ways in which these events are understood by broader international audiences.https://doi.org/10.2478/njms-2022-0006media eventstransformative eventsdisruptive eventsukrainenarrativeceremony |
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| title | Disruption and transformation in media events theory: The case of the Euromaidan Revolution in Ukraine |
| title_full | Disruption and transformation in media events theory: The case of the Euromaidan Revolution in Ukraine |
| title_fullStr | Disruption and transformation in media events theory: The case of the Euromaidan Revolution in Ukraine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Disruption and transformation in media events theory: The case of the Euromaidan Revolution in Ukraine |
| title_short | Disruption and transformation in media events theory: The case of the Euromaidan Revolution in Ukraine |
| title_sort | disruption and transformation in media events theory the case of the euromaidan revolution in ukraine |
| topic | media events transformative events disruptive events ukraine narrative ceremony |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/njms-2022-0006 |
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