MEDIA RESEARCH OF AN ONLINE PUBLICATION «DETECTOR MEDIA» AND MANIPULATIONS IN THE MEDIA SPACE

Abstract

The article analyzes modern media studies of the period of the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war, which were carried out based on the materials of the well-known Ukrainian online publication «Detector Media». The objects of the study were six materials, the subject of which is caused by the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war in 2023-2024, in particular: «War and Inclusivity: How Hostile Propaganda Attempts to Impair Ukrainians’ Perception of People with Disabilities (2023); «I am for Russia because Russia has a bigger pension». How Russian propaganda tells about the elderly (2023); «Stolen childhood». How Russian propaganda justifies the deportation of children to Russia and accuses Ukraine of crimes against them (2023); Russian networks: coordinated information influence in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (2024); «Expression of will without choice»: how Russian virtual «elections» are held in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine (2024); Propaganda manipulation of geopolitical topics in Eastern Europe (2024). During the study of the information resource materials, methods such as observation, classification, and the analysis of documentary information were used. It was concluded that during the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war, the Internet publication «Detector Media» conducted media research, the content of which is mostly related to the study of Russian propaganda manipulations. This allows the Ukrainian information consumer to understand fake news and trust verified sources of information.