History as a Weapon: Second World War Imagery in the Ongoing Russian–Ukrainian Cyberwar

• Authors: Liudmyla Pidkuĭmukha

Title variants

PL

Historia jako broń: obrazowanie drugiej wojny światowej w trwającej cyberwojnie rosyjsko-ukraińskiej

Abstracts

PL

Autorka koncentruje się na charakterystyce plakatów wojskowych wykorzystywanych jako element trwającej w regionie Donbasu rosyjsko-ukraińskiej wojny hybrydowej. Bada również funkcje, jakie pełnią plakaty w czasie konfliktu zbrojnego oraz analizuje rolę, jaką odgrywają w przekonywaniu i mobilizowaniu społeczeństwa, rekrutacji żołnierzy oraz utrzymywaniu wysokiego poziomu morale wśród wojska. Materiał badawczy obejmuje plakaty, które były eksponowane w latach 2014–2017, kiedy rozegrano najbardziej znaczące bitwy. W artykule autorka skupiła uwagę na werbalnych aspektach plakatów, a także na wizualnych konstrukcjach „przyjaciół” i „wrogów”. Ponadto analizuje wizerunek drugiej wojny światowej, motywy i symbole z przeszłości, które zostały wykorzystane zarówno w plakatach proukraińskich, jak i prorosyjskich.

EN

The article focuses on the characteristics of military posters employed as an element of the ongoing Russia–Ukrainian hybrid war in the Donbas region. The paper also examines the functions which posters fulfil in times of military conflict and analyses the role which posters play in persuading and mobilizing society, recruiting soldiers, and maintaining high morale among troops. The research material includes posters that were exhibited in 2014–2017, when the most significant battles took place. The article focuses on the verbal aspects of the posters as well as on the visual constructions of “friends” and “foes”. Furthermore, this investigation analyses the Second World War (WWII) images and symbols that have been used in both pro-Ukrainian and pro-Russian posters.

Keywords

EN

poster; propaganda; “friend/foe” opposition; WWII images; historical past; hate speech

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Slawistyki PAN
• Journal: Cognitive Studies
• Year: 2021
• Issue: 21

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Liudmyla Pidkuĭmukha

• Національний університет «Києво-Могилянська академія» [National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy], Kyiv

• https://orcid.org/0000000320171213

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Identifiers

DOI

10.11649/cs.2479

Biblioteka Nauki

49100369