Abstract:

Panel Description: This panel will examine how Central Asian media covered the war in Ukraine. Topics include the distribution of information about the war among social media users, the methods to expose pro-war fakes in Central Asia, the influence of information policies towards countering propaganda, and the general absence of research on how Russian media dominated the public sphere in Central Asia. The panel will provide a comparative analysis of the information in different media systems in the Central Asia Region; the discussion will revolve around similarities and differences in media coverage across countries in Central Asia. The discussion will also involve other factors such as the nature of new content and its relationship with media format, channels, and distribution frequency.

Panelists will discuss the following questions: What are the key features of fake information about the war in Ukraine in Central Asia? What is the role of social media in the distribution of information about the War in Ukraine? How did Russian media dominate the public sphere in Central Asia? Social media and propaganda: what consequences does it have? What are some of the methods to expose pro-war fakes? Panelists will focus on the importance of national or international policies toward countering propaganda. They represent post-soviet countries, such as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

Moderator & Chair: Jatin Srivastava, Professor, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Director, Institute for International Journalism, Ohio University.

Discussant: Karlyga Myssayeva, Associate Professor, Vice-Dean Faculty of Journalism, al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazNU)

Panelists:

Jazgul Ibraimova, Coordinator of the project by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, Cabar Asia.

“How Central Asian media covered the war in Ukraine”, Kyrgyzstan;

Karlyga Myssayeva, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Vice-Dean Faculty of Journalism, al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazNU)

Content Analysis of War in Ukraine on social media in Kazakhstan

Ainur Slamgazhy, Ph.D., Assistant professor Astana IT University, Kazakhstan

‘Coverage of the war in Ukraine in Kazakhstani media: a comparative analysis of state and privately owned media