media

The digital television space has the informational and technological potential to ensure access to information and influence the deployment of democratic processes in the state. The typological structure of media content and the development of democratic processes in Ukraine are closely related. As a powerful resource of civil society, the media forms and satisfies information needs, determines public opinion, and influences the public consciousness of broad population segments.

The article explores the role of language as a tool of modern Russian manipulative propaganda. It establishes that the language utilized by totalitarian regimes to shape an alternative reality is referred to as “Newspeak”, a term inspired by George Orwell’s novel “1984”. This artificial language serves the totalitarian system by creating a fabricated reality that benefits the propagandist. Modern Russian Newspeak is not a novel concept; while Orwell coined the term, the underlying idea predates him.

This article examines the interconnected dynamics of NATO’s evolving security role, domestic political transitions in Ukraine, and the influence of major European media outlets in shaping international perceptions of the Russian-Ukrainian war. The analysis highlights how NATO, confronted with intensified hybrid, cyber, and conventional threats, continues to adapt its decision-making structures and operational capabilities while facing persistent challenges related to burden-sharing, rapid response, and alliance cohesion.

During the Russian–Ukrainian war, journalists, human rights defenders, volunteers, and ordinary citizens of Ukraine document violations of international laws and rules of warfare committed by Russian military forces. Russian troops deliberately and systematically attack hospitals, kindergartens, and schools; direct FPV drones and missiles at residential buildings; torture prisoners of war; execute captured soldiers; abuse civilians; carry out forced deportations and sexual violence.

Corruption undermines citizens' faith in a democratic, independent, law-abiding, and European Ukraine. It negatively affects the country's international image and is the most serious offense in the context of contemporary challenges related to Russian aggression and the protection of national security. The key to successfully overcoming this destructive and harmful phenomenon is an effective combination of measures to prevent and combat corruption, as well as the involvement of the public as an agent in the fight against corruption.

Media texts use the names “internally displaced person”, “IDP” (without decoding), “migrant” to refer to people who were forced to change their place of residence within Ukraine due to the war, there are individual cases of using the names “refugee”, “new resident”, “evacuee”, “new arrival”. Each nominative unit has some differences in meaning, confirmed by the media context of their use. The abbreviation “IDP” most often reflects depersonalization, passivity, inability to take active actions.

The article reviews scientific publications by Ukrainian and foreign researchers of photography and examines theoretical aspects of modern photodocumentary. The main research methods are content analysis, synthesis, generalization, deduction and induction, and comparison. The description of materials by Ukrainian photojournalists identifies the process of creating visual stories in the printed magazine Reporters. The empirical material analyzed identifies ways of visually reflecting russian aggression.

A smartphone is not only a means of communication, but also a gadget that helps a modern person better understand the effectiveness and optimize some of his own needs. Today, it plays the role of not only a full connection, but also provides constant access to various sources of information, searches for informational opportunities and promotes the popularization of his own content and himself. That is why these gadgets have also rapidly taken an important place in the work of journalists.

This article explores the image of Poles in the Ukrainian mediaspace during the Russo-Ukrainian war, focusing on the period from 2022 to 2024. Using qualitative content analysis of Ukrainian regional media, the study examines how Polish-Ukrainian relations have been framed in the context of war, humanitarian aid, historical narratives, and geopolitical alliances. The research identifies dominant themes in media discourse, including Poland’s role as a key ally in Ukraine’s resistance, a provider of refuge and humanitarian support, and a long-standing historical partner.

The article identifies the peculiarities of coverage of environmental issues in the local media in the context of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the russian aggressor. The authors of the article have identified the patterns of actualization of environmental issues in journalistic investigations on the example of NGL.media. The main ways of data visualization in publications, including interactive maps aimed at providing a high-quality visual representation of the destructive effects caused by russian aggression on the environment.