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Content analysis reveals changes in media discourse on public procurement in Ukraine, highlighting transparency and accountability.
The purpose of the study is to investigate the dynamics of news activity of the specialized online resource Dozorro in 2022–2025 by analyzing changes in the coverage of public procurement in the context of war and reconstruction. Research methodology. The empirical basis of the study consists of news published by the resource’s journalists in the first half of 2022–2025. A methodology of qualitative content analysis was applied in combination with comparative and chronological analyses. Results. Two main discourses were identified: the «exposure discourse», focused on identifying violations and corruption risks, and the «efficiency discourse», focused on highlighting examples of savings, good governance, and institutional accountability. The analysis shows how wartime conditions influenced the themes, intensity, and interpretive strategies of published content: from a predominantly investigative approach in the pre-war period to an advocacy-oriented discourse, followed by the emergence of a more balanced narrative combining scrutiny with positive examples. The scientific novelty of this research lies in the author’s original typology of transformations in journalistic coverage of public procurement on the DOZORRO platform during the full-scale war in Ukraine. For the first time, the study examines the dynamics of media-based oversight of public finances through the lens of a specialized Ukrainian online resource dedicated to procurement monitoring. This research offers a novel academic perspective on the evolving role of a specialized platform in facilitating public control mechanisms under crisis conditions – a topic previously underexplored in Ukrainian scholarship. Practical significance. It has been shown that DOZORRO platform serves not only to document procurement violations, but also to shape the public agenda in the field of budget oversight. This opens up opportunities for further research into the role of online monitoring media as a factor contributing to enhanced transparency in public procurement in Ukraine. Key words: public procurement, Dozorro, Prozorro, content analysis, media, public control, transparency, reconstruction of Ukraine, martial law.
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