MEDIA AS A FIELD OF CONFLICT:

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THE TRANSFORMATION OF JOURNALISM UNDER HYBRID POLITICAL PROCESSES

Editorial Note

This article was first published in Interview Ukraine, No. 12-2020 (December 2020), as a reporter-style analytical piece examining the transformation of journalism and the media environment under hybrid political processes.
In 2020, the editorial board decided to republish the article in the International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, Volume 1, Issue 1 (2020), due to its pronounced interdisciplinary nature and analytical relevance to research in media studies, political communication, and sociology.
Upon republication:

  • the content of the article was not substantively modified;
  • the structure and argumentation were preserved in the author’s original wording;
  • the material is presented as an author-archived version to ensure academic availability and international citation.

Abstract

This article analyzes the transformation of journalism under hybrid political processes characteristic of the early twenty-first century. It examines the changing role of media—from an institution of public information to an autonomous arena of conflict in which competing interpretations of social and political reality are produced and contested. Particular attention is given to the reporter as an active participant in the information process, as well as to the
ethical and institutional challenges emerging amid political polarization, digitalization, and mounting pressure on public discourse.

Keywords:

journalism; hybrid political processes; media reality; information conflicts; reporter; public sphere.

Author: Oleksandr Hryhoriev
ORCID: 0009-0002-3975-358X

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research
Volume 1, Issue 1 (2020)

Reviewer (acknowledged): Valerii Herlanets
ORCID: 0009-0001-6289-3241

DOI: pending

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