AUDIENCE FATIGUE, THE NORMALIZATION OF WAR, AND THE CRISIS OF MEANING IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE
Editorial Note
This article was first published in the journal Interview Ukraine, No. 5-2023 (May 2023), as an analytical reporter-style article devoted to the transformation of journalism and media practices under conditions of a protracted armed conflict, as well as to changes in public perceptions of war, trust, and meaning in the public sphere.
In 2023, the editorial board decided to republish the article in the International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, Volume 4, Issue 2 (2023), due to its pronounced interdisciplinary character and analytical significance for research in media studies, political communication, and the sociology of conflict.
Upon republication:
- the content of the article was not subjected to substantive changes;
- the structure and argumentation were preserved in the author’s original version;
- the material is presented as an author-archived version in order to ensure academic accessibility and international citation.
Abstract
The article analyzes the transformation of journalism and public communication under conditions of a protracted armed conflict and the normalization of war in public perception. It examines processes of audience fatigue, declining emotional engagement, erosion of trust, and a crisis of meaning emerging in the media environment during the third year of the conflict.
Special attention is given to changes in media narratives, the transformation of the journalist’s role, and the shift of emphasis from emergency coverage to the routine documentation of events. The protracted conflict is examined as a factor shaping new limits of analytical journalism, public attention, and the symbolic production of meaning.
Keywords:
journalism; protracted conflict; audience fatigue; normalization of war; crisis of meaning; media narratives; trust; public sphere; analytical journalism.
Author: Oleksandr Hryhoriev
ORCID: 0009-0002-3975-358X
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research
Volume 4, Issue 2 (2023)
Reviewer (acknowledged): Myroslav Dochynets
ORCID: 0009-0007-2018-0132
DOI: pending
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