Within the state of war with Russia, Ukraine faces an extremely complex social and political
situation. In this scenario, Ukrainian journalism suffers a difficult situation that could be
affecting the democratic role of the profession and undermining fundamental rights. This
study investigates the peculiarities of the current state of Ukrainian journalism and pays
special attention to the impact on it of propaganda and oligarchy media ownership. In
particular, the paper aims to advance knowledge ...
Within the state of war with Russia, Ukraine faces an extremely complex social and political
situation. In this scenario, Ukrainian journalism suffers a difficult situation that could be
affecting the democratic role of the profession and undermining fundamental rights. This
study investigates the peculiarities of the current state of Ukrainian journalism and pays
special attention to the impact on it of propaganda and oligarchy media ownership. In
particular, the paper aims to advance knowledge on how the recent blocking of Ukrainian TV
channels affects journalists' professional activities, and the right to freedom of speech in the
country. To meet this goal, in-depth literature review, analysis of secondary data and
semi-structured online interviews with Ukrainian journalists are conducted. Results show that
the private interests of media owners and the blocking of the TV channels affect journalism
in undesirable ways, including a degradation of the right to freedom of speech in Ukraine.
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