Experts on TV at the Announcement of Hostilities in Ukraine: Choices, Approaches, Figures
Experts on TV at the Announcement of Hostilities in Ukraine: Choices, Approaches, Figures
Author(s): Elena FuchedzhievaSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Media studies, Civil Society, Governance, Communication studies, Sociology, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of the arts, business, education, Sociology of Politics, Geopolitics
Published by: Институт по философия и социология при БАН
Keywords: experts; crisis; media; war; hostilities; Ukraine
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to examine in detail the selection of experts whom journalists invite to comment when a crisis occurs – how their presence is justified, how they are introduced to the public, what expertise they hold. The paper reviews the first 24 hours after the announcement of hostilities in Ukraine and the characteristics of the experts who analyzed the unfolding crisis on three Bulgarian national TV stations: Bulgarian National Television (BNT), bTV, and NOVA. The data obtained are processed, and conclusions are drawn about the characteristics of the interviewees, based on figures of the expert described by various researchers so far. This paper is part of a dissertation titled “Expert Discourse during Crises and the Critical Function of Journalism” (in Bulgarian), which was successfully defended on 10 April 2024 at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”.
Journal: Социологически проблеми
- Issue Year: 57/2025
- Issue No: Special
- Page Range: 181-194
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
