The Thousand Year Lie : Russian Propaganda And The War In Ukraine
Open Access
Author:
Datsenko, Anastasiya
Area of Honors:
Criminal Justice
Degree:
Bachelor of Science
Document Type:
Thesis
Thesis Supervisors:
Kurt Fowler, Thesis Supervisor David Ruth, Thesis Honors Advisor
Keywords:
Propaganda social sciences Criminal justice Russia Ukraine War Russo-Ukrainian war History
Abstract:
This research examines the historical significance and implications of wartime propaganda, and specifically its connection to the current Russo-Ukrainian War. This thesis will review past propaganda literature and structures in order to compare the commonalities between different historical models and purposes of propaganda. To achieve this the collected media data of Putin’s Russian presidential speeches from February 2022 until February 2024, will be analyzed and the way in which governments and politicians report on the conflict and the underlying messages that are transmitted will be examined. The objective is to identify the cultural, social, and political symbolism of Putin's propaganda model, and outline the cultural process of propaganda dissemination. The analysis will focus on the patterns and themes that reveal the social processes of propaganda and how information and misinformation impact the perceptions of the on-going war in Ukraine.
