Followers of our page already know about Kaarle and Svetlana’s involvement in the project into the content of war-related news in the main TV news bulletins around the world.
The project was initiated in March 2022 and focused on news in the first two months following the Russian attack on Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Initially, four countries participated, but the number soon grew to nine. Analyses of these countries’ bulletins were included in the project’s first interim report published in 2023.
Since then, the research group has published a comparative article on TV news coverage of the war in the International Journal of Communication, and spent time developing the findings into a book format. In the process, the number of participating countries has grown to eleven and the analyses have been elaborated on.
Now, as a result of hard work, the research group can present their findings in the edited volume Television and the War in Ukraine: Narratives from 11 Countries (Lexington Books, 2025).
The volume is a big co-operative effort, with Kaarle, Svetlana, Aaron Hyzen and Hilde van den Bulck acting as editors and 22 other scholars from around the world providing contributions to individual chapters.
Let us hear from the publisher about the contents:
Focusing on the first two months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, this book presents quantitative and qualitative analyses of the main television news coverage of the war in 11 countries across the geopolitical spectrum. Contributors discuss coverage by Russia’s Vremya, Brazil’s Globo Jornal Nacional, India’s DD The News, China’s CCTV News, South Africa’s SABC News, Qatar’s Al Tase’ah, Finland’s YLE News, UK’s BBC News, Germany’s ARD Tagesschau, Italy’s RAI TG1 and US cable and broadcast network news.
By selecting countries from across the geopolitical landscape and using a common methodological framework for a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the news in each country, contributors are able to draw clear comparisons and contrasts throughout the book. The analyses reveal both common and nation-specific themes and angles, demonstrating an unfettered relationship between news media and government and identifying geopolitical tensions and allegiances.
Along with a substantive introduction, methodological framework, conclusion, and reflective epilogue, the collective chapters in this book consider how these cases speak to perennial issues across the globe.
The book is available for purchase from the publisher’s website. TaRC congratulates Kalle, Sveta, and the entire team for putting together this important volume!