Examines disinformation's impact on the meaning of peace during the invasion, implying a crucial shift in public discourse.
Key Points
The research investigates how disinformation alters the normative ideal of peace into a contested, strategic concept in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Utilized Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to examine semantic changes in media and political discourse.
Analyzed four dimensions of language manipulation related to peace in Russian media and key political addresses.
Investigated specific high-level political interactions, including meetings between Zelensky and Trump, and Lukashenko and Putin.
Disinformation distorts factual content and destabilizes shared semantic frameworks.
Identified mechanisms of erasure, substitution, and redefinition of peace in media and political contexts.
Revealed a process of semantic bleaching, transforming peace from a right into a conditional tool.