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Vad kokar i den ryska mediakitteln? En analys av användningen av begreppen sjajtany, desjajtanizatsija och desatanizatsija i rysk media under 2022

Kinnefors, Elin LU (2024) RYSK13 20241
Russian Studies
Abstract
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to investigate how Russia communicates with their religious and ethnic minorities on the invasion of Ukraine. To do this I have studied the use of the words “shaytany”, “shaytanizatsia” and “desatanizatsia” describing Ukrainians and the invasion of Ukraine in Russian state-controlled media during 2022. My hypothesis was that these words are used in a narrative directed towards the Muslim minorities in Russia to justify the war in Ukraine to them. My findings indicate that these terms were used much more frequently in 2022, than in the years before and after – 43 out of 48 Telegram posts that I found in Russian state-controlled media using these terms are from 2022 and only three posts from 2023-2024.... (More)
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to investigate how Russia communicates with their religious and ethnic minorities on the invasion of Ukraine. To do this I have studied the use of the words “shaytany”, “shaytanizatsia” and “desatanizatsia” describing Ukrainians and the invasion of Ukraine in Russian state-controlled media during 2022. My hypothesis was that these words are used in a narrative directed towards the Muslim minorities in Russia to justify the war in Ukraine to them. My findings indicate that these terms were used much more frequently in 2022, than in the years before and after – 43 out of 48 Telegram posts that I found in Russian state-controlled media using these terms are from 2022 and only three posts from 2023-2024. The study employs a discourse analysis to analyze four of these posts containing links to longer texts. The results of this analysis indicate that the terms were part of a narrative directed towards Muslims, but was probably discontinued due to the use of antisemitic and islamophobic content. (Less)
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author
Kinnefors, Elin LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
What is Cooking in the Russian Media Cauldron? An Analysis of the Terms shaytany, deshaytanizatsia and desatanizatsia in Russian Media during 2022
course
RYSK13 20241
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Ryssland, ryska, Ukraina, sjajtaner, desjajtanisering, desatanisering, media
language
Swedish
id
9172396
date added to LUP
2024-08-29 15:44:39
date last changed
2024-08-29 15:44:39
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  abstract     = {{Abstract: The purpose of this study is to investigate how Russia communicates with their religious and ethnic minorities on the invasion of Ukraine. To do this I have studied the use of the words “shaytany”, “shaytanizatsia” and “desatanizatsia” describing Ukrainians and the invasion of Ukraine in Russian state-controlled media during 2022. My hypothesis was that these words are used in a narrative directed towards the Muslim minorities in Russia to justify the war in Ukraine to them. My findings indicate that these terms were used much more frequently in 2022, than in the years before and after – 43 out of 48 Telegram posts that I found in Russian state-controlled media using these terms are from 2022 and only three posts from 2023-2024. The study employs a discourse analysis to analyze four of these posts containing links to longer texts. The results of this analysis indicate that the terms were part of a narrative directed towards Muslims, but was probably discontinued due to the use of antisemitic and islamophobic content.}},
  author       = {{Kinnefors, Elin}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Vad kokar i den ryska mediakitteln? En analys av användningen av begreppen sjajtany, desjajtanizatsija och desatanizatsija i rysk media under 2022}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}