THE IMAGE OF SERVICEMEN WITH DISABILITIES IN UKRAINIAN ONLINE MEDIA: PROBLEMATIC AND THEMATIC ASPECT OF PUBLICATIONS

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Published: Oct 11, 2023

Abstract

Abstract. The article examines the problematic and thematic aspect of publications in Ukrainian online media about military personnel who became disabled as a result of the Russian-Ukrainian war, classifies the messages by topic and identifies legal, social, medical, rehabilitation, psychological and educational aspects; the problems that most often concern this category of people are identified. The study uses the methods of analysis, classification, synthesis, monitoring and statistical calculation. The author emphasizes the conflicting attitudes of the state, Ukrainian society and the media towards servicemen and women with disabilities caused by war. The positive attitude of the state and medical professionals towards them and their glorification in the media correlates with the bureaucracy of state institutions, disrespect for the military, for volunteers with disabilities, lack of digitalization and proper information, poor quality medical services, extortion of bribes for granting disability status, negligence and unpreparedness to work with the military, and inaccessibility to various institutions, lack of systematic modern rehabilitation, which forces Ukrainian military personnel to travel abroad to receive quality treatment and prosthetics, a paucity of publications on psychological and educational topics, ambiguous attitudes in society, as people have not yet been able to develop a culture of communication with people with disabilities, and a lack of information in the media. It has been found that in some media there is a tendency to increase the number of publications about servicemen who have received disabilities as a result of the Russian-Ukrainian war, while in some publications there is no such tendency.

How to Cite

Polumysna, O. (2023). THE IMAGE OF SERVICEMEN WITH DISABILITIES IN UKRAINIAN ONLINE MEDIA: PROBLEMATIC AND THEMATIC ASPECT OF PUBLICATIONS. Baltic Journal of Legal and Social Sciences, (3), 140-152. https://doi.org/10.30525/2592-8813-2023-3-18
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Keywords

servicemen with disabilities, conflict, media, online media, Russian-Ukrainian war, state, Ukrainian society.

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