02204nas a2200193   4500008004100000022001400041245012700055210006900182300001200251490000700263520149400270653000901764653002401773653001701797653002501814653002301839100002301862856012501885       2023                        eng d  a2300-168200aRefugees, IDPs or just Ukrainians? Local Online Media and Perceptions of Donbas Internally Displaced Persons (2014–2018)0 aRefugees IDPs or just Ukrainians Local Online Media and Percepti  a127-1570 v123 a<p>The purpose of this paper is to define, through content and frame analysis, the peculiarities in the representation of Ukrainian internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ukraine&rsquo;s local media and to compare this case with previous findings about the general peculiarities of perceptions of IDPs in the mass media. Two Ukrainian news sites were studied (2014&ndash;2018), giving a total 328 news items. My study revealed that the mass media do not differentiate between the terms &lsquo;refugee&rsquo; and IDP and describe these latter as passive people (174 mentions as opposed to 77 mentions for active people). However, in the Ukrainian case, IDPs were in the top three of the most popular sources at the beginning of the resettlement (2014&ndash;2015). Later, the coverage became an episodic one, with publications about the topic typically having only one source &ndash; officials. The mass media preferred such frames as: &lsquo;generalisation&rsquo;, &lsquo;victim&rsquo; and &lsquo;help-receiver&rsquo;. The &lsquo;threat&rsquo; frame was less often used; however, some aggressive and manipulative phrases were disseminated. A &lsquo;criminal&rsquo; frame was not at all popular. Thus, the local press may be an important forum for IDPs; Ukrainian journalists were interested in their stories although the coverage needs some improvement (a more &lsquo;active&rsquo; angle, clear reference to IDPs as IDPs and not refugees and stories of socialisation etc.).</p><p>&nbsp;</p>10aIDPs10ainternet-journalism10anews sources10aUkrainian mass media10aUkrainian migrants1 aSteblyna, Nataliia  uhttp://www.ceemr.uw.edu.pl/content/refugees-idps-or-just-ukrainians-local-online-media-and-perceptions-donbas-internally