Language and War: Identity Politics in Intermedia Society and the Invasion of Ukraine

Abstract

This paper analyzes the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022, from the perspective of a “language war” within an intermedia society. The term “intermedia” refers to a comprehensive media environment in which diverse media intervene with each other in a multilayered manner. The term “language war” refers to the manner in which the struggle for supremacy (war) is generated and determined by “language” in a broad sense, or rather, by “descriptions of situations”.