In wartime battle over imagery, so far it hasn't been close
02.03.2022 - 20:41
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Ukraine, the conflict with Russia is experienced almost solely through the media. In that theater, it hasn't been close.Virtually all of the war's indelible images — the defiant guards on Snake Island, a woman's chilling offer of sunflower seeds to a Russian soldier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying he wants ammunition instead of a ride — have served to rally the world to his country's side.Ukraine may ultimately be overcome by sheer military might, but the power of war's imagery will likely never be underestimated in the future.News coverage has emphasized a David vs.
Goliath theme, capturing both the fortitude and suffering of Ukrainians, and the country's leaders have skillfully provided material to advance the narrative.“They seem to recognize that this is a war of images as much as a ground war,” said Kenneth Osgood, a professor of history and an expert on propaganda and intelligence at the Colorado School of Mines. “Because without support, as a military reality, Ukraine doesn't stand a chance.
As a political reality, it absolutely does.”Few moments captured the imagination quite like the answer offered by Ukrainian soldiers stationed on Snake Island in the Black Sea, when those on a Russian warship told them to surrender or face a bombing.“Russian warship,” the answer came back, “go (expletive) yourself.”The Ukrainian Navy later said those soldiers, thought initially to have been killed in the ensuing bombing, survived but were captured.“It was as brave and courageous and in-your-face as it could possibly be,” said Marty Kaplan, professor at the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism at the University of Southern California. “That's what the world was seeing.
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