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Laughter during the war: Russian agression in Ukraine in political cartoons and memes

Modern wars differ from the classic ones in that they use not only military equipment and regular troops. Values, ideology, culture, symbols, media, humor are becoming weapons in the 21st century.
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Dr. Orest Semotiuk at the conference in Krakow

On 16 April, Dr Orest Semotiuk took part in the 1st International Scientific Conference ‘Ukraine – 20 years after the Orange Revolution – Security of Europe and the World in the 21st Century in the Context of the War in Ukraine’. The conference was organized in Krakow by the Institute of Journalism and International Relations of the University of the Commission of National Education in Krakow in cooperation with the Polish Geopolitical Society.

Dr Semotiuk gave a presentation on “How political humor became a weapon in the Russian-Ukrainian War: visual narrations in cartoons and memes”.