Caricature as one of the information mechanisms for constructing the image of Russia’s war against Ukraine: Based on the materials of “The Times” and “The Sunday Times”

Kutsyk, Ruslan (2022) Caricature as one of the information mechanisms for constructing the image of Russia’s war against Ukraine: Based on the materials of “The Times” and “The Sunday Times” Skhid (3). pp. 15-24. ISSN 2411-3093

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Abstract

The article presents the author’s vision of the caricature as an informational mechanism for constructing the image of Russia’s war against Ukraine. The subject of the study is the satirical graphics of one of the most famous and authoritative publications in the world, namely the British newspaper “The Times” and its separate Sun-day edition “The Sunday Times”. Chronologically, the work covers a small but revealing period: the first 7 days of Russia’s full-scale armed aggression. At this time, the world mass media literally “exploded” with information messages about events in Ukraine. As a result of the research, it has been defined that from the first days of the full-scale war, the caricaturists of “The Times” and “The Sunday Times” took a clearly ex-pressed pro-Ukrainian and anti-Russian position. The main object of their ridicule was V. Putin, a series of different images was attached to him: “Russian-Soviet leader”, “shirtless macho” and “dwarf”. With the increase in the number of rocket attacks on Ukrainian cities and killed civilians, the authors of the caricatures treated the image of the Russian president even more contemptuously, emphasizing the fact of his degradation as a “homo sapiens” kind. The positive image of the Ukrainian president be-came a direct controversy of the negative image of V. Putin. In front of the readers of “The Times” and “The Sunday Times”, V. Zelensky appears as a “great leader” who, personifying Ukraine and its people, courageously resists the offensive of the Russian army. Caricaturists also drew attention to the image of political leaders of the West, who were also criticized for their inability to successfully oppose Russia’s armed aggression. The policy of the British government regarding resolving the issue of the entry of Ukrainian refugees to the United Kingdom was separately ridiculed.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	caricature; information mechanism; image construction; Russia’s war against Ukraine, full-scale invasion; newspaper; The Times; The Sunday Times
Subjects:	Це архівна тематика Київського університету імені Бориса Грінченка > Статті у наукометричних базах > Index Copernicus Це архівна тематика Київського університету імені Бориса Грінченка > Статті у журналах > Фахові (входять до переліку фахових, затверджений МОН)
Divisions:	Це архівні підрозділи Київського університету імені Бориса Грінченка > Факультет суспільно-гуманітарних наук > Кафедра історії України
Depositing User:	Руслан Ростиславович Куцик
Date Deposited:	07 Dec 2022 15:31
Last Modified:	07 Dec 2022 15:31
URI:	https://elibrary.kubg.edu.ua/id/eprint/43228

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