Cyfrowe linie podziału – dyskurs o uchodźcach wojennych z Ukrainy na polskim X/Twitterze
Digital dividing lines – discourse on war refugees from Ukraine on the Polish X/Twitter
Author(s): Rafał Olszowski, Tomasz Piróg, Tomasz MasłykSubject(s): Social Sciences, Psychology, Communication studies, Sociology
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Geopolityczne
Keywords: social media;X;Twitter;war refugees;Ukraine;framing; discourse analysis
Summary/Abstract: The article examines discourse on Ukrainian war refugees from Ukraineconducted on the Polish platform X/Twitter in 2022. The aim of the study is to identifythe dominant interpretative frameworks, positions, and structures of the actorsshaping the debate, as well as to assess their significance for the social perception ofrefugee migration and for the geopolitical role of Poland. The analysis is based on acollection of 56,044 posts and combines quantitative and qualitative methods,including social network analysis, stance detection, and frame analysis. An in-depthanalysis was conducted on a sample of the 200 most widely shared posts selected fromthe monthly Top-20 rankings. The results indicate a strong polarization of discourseand the existence of four distinct narrative orders in which war and migration areinterpreted as a humanitarian challenge, a geopolitical conflict, an economic problem,or a matter of historical memory.
Journal: Przegląd Geopolityczny
- Issue Year: 2026
- Issue No: 55
- Page Range: 111-138
- Page Count: 28
- Language: Polish
