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<p>Media events, Dayan and Katz argue, compose a narrative genre that follows specific structural principles and narrative tropes and that works toward societal integration. However, a specific subset of media events is labelled transformative, and these work towards societal change. In this article, we point to an unresolved tension between transformative events and what has subsequently been introduced as disruptive events. Our discussion builds on research on the developments in post-Soviet Ukraine, and we analyse, firstly, the transformative and disruptive relations related to the so-called Euromaidan Revolution, and secondly, how these events can be placed in a wider narrative of three Ukrainian revolutions. Our analysis concludes that narrative analysis can help explain the ways in which these events are understood by broader international audiences.</p>
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Media events, Dayan and Katz argue, compose a narrative genre that follows specific structural principles and narrative tropes and that works toward societal integration. However, a specific subset of media events is labelled transformative, and these work towards societal change. In this article, we point to an unresolved tension between transformative events and what has subsequently been introduced as disruptive events. Our discussion builds on research on the developments in post-Soviet Ukraine, and we analyse, firstly, the transformative and disruptive relations related to the so-called Euromaidan Revolution, and secondly, how these events can be placed in a wider narrative of three Ukrainian revolutions. Our analysis concludes that narrative analysis can help explain the ways in which these events are understood by broader international audiences.

Disruption and transformation in media events theory: The case of the Euromaidan Revolution in Ukraine

Nordic Journal of Media Studies

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Media events, Dayan and Katz argue, compose a narrative genre that follows specific structural principles and narrative tropes and that works toward societal...

Disruption and transformation in media events theory: The case of the Euromaidan Revolution in Ukraine

Published Online: May 07, 2022

Page range: 99 - 117

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/njms-2022-0006

Keywords
media events, transformative events, disruptive events, Ukraine, narrative, ceremony

© 2022 Göran Bolin et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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Disruption and transformation in media events theory: The case of the Euromaidan Revolution in Ukraine

Published Online: May 07, 2022

Page range: 99 - 117

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/njms-2022-0006

Keywordsmedia events, transformative events, disruptive events, Ukraine, narrative, ceremony

© 2022 Göran Bolin et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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Keywords
media events, transformative events, disruptive events, Ukraine, narrative, ceremony