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  • Essay / Russia, Ukraine and the world: current events - 1452

    International politics, as one might imagine, includes foreign affairs. This is why the subject and objective of this article revolve around current events in Eastern Europe. It will focus on both Russia, Ukraine and the world, and from there it will be analyzed using the resources provided in class. After all, this is an international politics course, and one of the best ways to use skills and knowledge effectively is to focus on a current event or event. The newspaper will try to review in chronological order the events that occurred and what is currently happening in Ukraine. Then, an analyzed contribution will be implemented, providing the reasoning behind Russia's actions and the world's actions, and potentially some solutions. To begin, it is very important to talk about media prejudices and media representations of war. As some may know, "in times of war, when the government pressures the media to support its pro-war position and help mobilize public support from their readers, viewers and listeners." » (Edkins, Zehfuss 157, 158). This sentence basically explains that the media will often present a biased opinion in favor of their government during wartime, but in this case it is an escalation of the crisis in Ukraine, where actions and risks are still being scrutinized by all countries. Why is that. This is important to point out because this document may contain several news articles from these countries that may present a biased opinion against Ukraine and Russia. However, this will not necessarily influence the newspaper's drive to provide an anti-Russian perspective. This is not the purpose of the newspaper. It is still very possible for the media to argue against the media bias of the...... middle of the newspaper...... and in this case the government will be more inclined to respond. because of this (Robinson 1-2). With Crimea now part of Russia, perhaps the Ukrainian people will be able to take self-determined actions. Works Cited “Berkut Burns from Cocktail Molotov”. YouTube. YouTube, January 21, 2014. Web. March 19, 2014. Edkins, Jenny and Maja Zehfuss. World Politics: A New Introduction. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2009. Print.Piers Robinson: The CNN Effect: The Myth of News, Foreign Policy, and Intervention, (London: Routledge, 2002), pp.7-24. “The European Elections Monitor”. Viktor Yanukovych wins the presidential election in Ukraine. Np, and Web. March 20, 2014. “Revolution in Ukraine. Riot police snipers shoot at civilian protesters. » YouTube. YouTube, February 23, 2014. Web. March 18, 2014. “Timeline of key events in Ukraine protests.” Yahoo! News. Yahoo!, February 20, 2014. Web. March 22. 2014.