The Russian Revolution Of 2013

The Russian Revolution was a series of two revolutions that consisted of the February Revolution and the October Revolution. The February Revolution of March 8th, 1917 was a revolution targeted and successfully removed Czar Nicholas II from power. The February Revolution first began to take place when strikes and public protests between 1916 and early 1917 started occurring. These strikes were created to protest against and to blame Czar Nicholas II for Russia’s poor performance in WWI and severe food shortages that the country facing. Soon, violence between protesters and authorities began to escalate, and on February 24th, 1917 in the city of Petrograd, hundreds of thousands of male and female workers flooded the streets. They all had the same purpose which was to protest against the “Great War” and the monarchy. The protests began to escalate and the vastly outnumbered police were unable to control the crowds. When news of the unrest reached the czar, he ordered the military to put an end to the riots by the next day, and on February 26th, 1917, several troops of a local guard regiment fired upon the crowds, but however many soldiers felt pity and empathy for the protesters than the czar, and on the next day, more than 80,000 soldiers join the protest even directly fighting the police.

The Russian revolution was going on in 1917, during the final phase of World War 1. Russia had bean in the war , and transformed into the union of soviet socialist republicans(USSR). During the war tzarism was overruled and taken over by a democracy. The russian Revolution generally took out powerful leader and spread power throuhgout the country and the government. Russia was probably changed the most but also for the better during WW1.

Ukraine’s hope and will was in the hands of the dictator Joseph Stalin. Joseph Stalin instilled a totalitarian government into Ukraine’s society. Moreover, Stalin tried to cut any threats that would affect his plan in making Russia a communist utopia, by using the secret police. But according to document 1, the Ukrainian’s were independent, rebellious people who believed strongly in their culture and traditional ways consequently, this caused much controversy with Joseph Stalin and the Ukrainian’s, such as Ukrainian’s not being able to speak up about the collectivization and not being able to practice different religions because of Russification. Likewise, Stalin used propaganda for in an effort of gaining support for collectivization, this

Similarly, the Western news reports about escapes put the United States at a disadvantage when it came to brokering with the Soviet Union. By sticking their noses in the situation, journalists complicated the problem that the government was working delicately to solve. Link White called this reporting “risky, irresponsible, undesirable and not in the best interest of the United States.” Though it is the media’s responsibility to act as the fourth estate of the government, they should also be wary when analyzing if their actions could cause more harm than good in the long

Additionally, we find that the protests were very different than the protests in the U.S. To start, massive corruption, voter intimidation, and direct electoral fraud had caused an entire country to go out and affirm their beliefs in certain leaders. The people of Ukraine’s galvanized an entire country dedicated to change in government whereas concerns in the U.S seemed to mainly show problems with social inequality. The dichotomies between these too protests as we see were very different and very clear. Some additional distinctions in the protest include that the U.S was made up of micro groups that were unsatisfied with the disparities occurring between the different classes, the groups were seemingly fragmented, had no straight forward vision, constantly contradicted themselves, made noise by occupying public spaces, were relatively small and unthreatening, and eventually, many might say the “occupy movement”

In the beginning of the article, the writer defines the crisis of foreign news by explaining the audience how much has the number of employed foreign journalists reduced over time. According to Goodman, “Back in 2003, American Journalism Review produced a census of foreign correspondents then employed by newspapers based in the United States, and found 307 full-time people. When AJR repeated the exercise

In 2007, in Russia, the owner and the editor-in-chief of a daily paper, was condemned for incitement to hatred through the means of media (European Court of Human Rights, 2015). He wrote and published some articles

The two countries, Russia and Ukraine, had different reactions towards the armed violence and impeachment of the Ukrainian president. Although the majority of the Ukrainians opposed Viktor’s decision to procrastinate the signing the EU-Ukraine integration agreement, all the ex-presidents accused for its interference with the affairs of Crimean. The former presidents of Ukraine, including Leonid Kravchuk and Leonid Kuchma described the present crisis as Russia’s political interventions designed to interfere with the internal affairs of Ukraine and its relationship with the European Union (Hanschke 1). The people of Crimea have not been seeking for secession from Ukraine, but their interest is to have extended autonomy and rights to govern the Crimean affairs with minimum involvement of the government of Ukraine. Russia, on the other hand, have dismissed the accusation and stated that it is pursuing the interest of the people of Crimea to join the Federation of Russia. Russia holds that the people of Crimea have the power to decide the future of their territory and Russia will be ready to respect their decision. Study shows that about 90

Along with Professor Joesph Manzella, a colleague at Southern Connecticut University, Dr. Yacher has been watching Central Asia begin to come out of its totalitarian phase. Kyrgyzstan especially has made significant strides away from totalitarian journalism, in which the government is the final word on truth, and toward the Western method in which the media acts as a watchdog. Halfway between these two schemas, Kyrgyzstan does not neatly fit under any of the labels representing the different types of journalism. Instead, Kyrgyzstan, like Indonesia and Venezuela, is in a transitional phase, neither totalitarian nor

Depending on where you get your news, what TV shows you watch, and by which mediums you most frequently consume the media, your individual interpretation of the same event may vary greatly with that of others. The advantages of a 21st century media are unquestionable. In an advanced society it is completely reasonable to assert that differing ideologies are necessary and in fact healthy for a learned civilization. The importance of credible institutions reporting on the behalf of the masses is a vital part of the freedoms expected to be globally upheld. Unfortunately, there are some clearly negative societal consequences of our vast media markets as well. As they do at times, veer away from credibility and steer towards agenda based and profit influenced reporting. When consuming any form of media, it is vital to be cautionary of different biases, and factors that may impact the way information is presented to you as a consumer. It is important to acknowledge that all media sources operate within the boundaries of some agenda or purpose. Media sources often times provide very different accounts of the same information. The Syrian refuge crisis has sparked an extensive amount of discussion globally. in 2016, it has been one of the most frequently covered topics of discussion. The uniquely demanding crisis, has had great impact on political rhetoric in every corner of the world. The nearly 6 million estimated individuals fleeing Syria have been the topic of much discussion.

In contrast to research on the protest paradigm and other marginalization devices that have a tendency toward negative coverage of protests, the work of Harlow and Johnson (2011) has suggested that new forms of media have created opportunities for legitimation of protest activity. Harlow and Johnson’s content analysis of coverage of the Egyptian Revolution protests by the New York Times, the Twitter feed of New York Times reporter Nick Kristof, and Global Voices, an international network of bloggers and citizen journalists, found that while the Times coverage stuck to the protest paradigm, Kristof and Global Voices diverged from the paradigm. The New York Times failed to fully explain why the protests were occurring, relied on routines and focused on the drama, spectacle, and violence of the protests rather than the protester’s grievances. The New York Times also used more official sources than citizen sources despite having reporters in Cairo. Some stories portrayed the protesters in a negative light by blaming them for travel delays and oil prices (Harlow & Johnson, 2011). Global Voices, on the other hand, was able to provide the context that the New York Times did not. Global Voices was more likely to use legitimizing and accountability frames, to portray the protesters positively and to use citizen

The framing techniques that media utilizes can be telling of the source of the reporting and can also be beneficial in discerning public opinion on domestic and foreign affairs. What the media reports on as well as how they present their reports are often consistent with their host countries interests, but it is my belief that differences occur when reporting on similar issues in foreign countries. The goal of this research is to discover how media frame stories differently with respect to geography, and to unearth possible patterns and themes in framing while exposing and explaining any anomalies. This leads to the main question of how do media outlets adjust their framing when reporting on domestic versus international protests? In short, what role does proximity play in framing strategies? Protests are a type of political discourse and demonstration that are not unique to any region or country, even though their subject matter may be. In the following study, I will analyze existing research to focus on protests and movements such as the Occupy movement, Gezi protests, Arab Spring,

The conflict between the Ukraine and Russia is the Ukraine's most long-standing and deadly crisis; since its post-Soviet independence began as a protest against the government dropping plans to forge closer trade ties with the European Union. The conflict between Russia and the Ukraine stems from more than twenty years of weak governance, the government’s inability to promote a coherent executive branch policy, an economy dominated by oligarchs and rife with corruption, heavy reliance on Russia, and distinct differences between Ukraine's population from both Eastern and Western regions in terms of linguistics, religion and ethnicity (Lucas 2009).

The methodology chosen is qualitative in nature and involves an extensive review of literature in this area of study.

I study Journalism, so I felt that I had an opportunity to solidify the media's role in all facets of regional and international relations, with regards to development, transition, and influence (regional as well as global). I first chose examine Daniel Lerner's development continuum, and this as a reference point, to discuss the role mass media plays in global transition and development, in particular how it is suited to aide in the socio-political development as well as the transition from Communism in Eastern Central Europe. Second, I wanted to do a journalistic comparison; I examined