Free speech versus defence of the nation? The media as sources of national insecurity in Ukraine

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dc.contributor.authorSzostek, Joanna
dc.contributor.authorOrlova, Dariya
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-06T09:44:18Z
dc.date.available2023-10-06T09:44:18Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThe media can cause concern in the context of national security: they are described as potential tools and targets of attack that can be "weaponised", and as a space where "information war" is waged. Governments may try to block media that are deemed a security threat, but the rationale for taking such an action deserves careful consideration, given the tension between media restrictions and the democratic principle of free speech. This article scrutinises the security rationale for restrictions imposed by Ukraine on Russian and "pro-Russian" media from 2014. When justifying restrictions, Ukrainian officials highlighted the threat of media content both distorting perceptions of reality and weakening the foundations of Ukrainian nationhood. We, therefore, analyse survey data to investigate whether the use of the banned media was associated with variation in Ukrainian citizens’ perceptions of truth and national values. We find that the use of the banned media was linked to mistaken beliefs about the veracity of news headlines, both true and false; it was also associated with lower support for democracy in Ukraine (a key national constitutional value). This evidence from the Ukrainian case informs our discussion about the media’s impact on national (in)security and rationales for media restrictions in democratic contexts more broadly.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSzostek J. Free speech versus defence of the nation? The media as sources of national insecurity in Ukraine / Joanna Szostek & Dariya Orlova // European Security. - 2023. - 1-25 р. - https://doi.org/10.1080/09662839.2023.2231369en_US
dc.identifier.issn0966-2839
dc.identifier.issn1746-1545
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/09662839.2023.2231369
dc.identifier.urihttps://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/handle/123456789/26338
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.sourceEuropean Securityen_US
dc.statusfirst publisheduk_UA
dc.subjectUkraineen_US
dc.subjectRussiaen_US
dc.subjectmediaen_US
dc.subjectsecurityen_US
dc.subjectinformation waren_US
dc.subjectpropagandaen_US
dc.subjectarticleen_US
dc.titleFree speech versus defence of the nation? The media as sources of national insecurity in Ukraineen_US
dc.typeArticleuk_UA
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