SMO

Over the four years of its implementation, special military operation has become a crucial factor influencing not only political, economic, technological, and purely military processes, but also the daily lives of citizens of Russia and Ukraine. Despite the fact that the conflct has lasted longer than, for example, the Great Patriotic War, not all of its aspects have received sufficient scholarly attention. One such issue is the attitude of Russian youth toward the special operation.

Despite the considerable attention paid to the attitude of young people towards special military operation (hereinafter referred to as SMO), the role of mass media in shaping the attitudes of this age group is not analyzed very often. Meanwhile, this is precisely what largely determines how young people perceive what is happening. In this regard, the aim of the study, the results of which are presented in this article, was to identify the dynamics of young people’s attitudes towards SMO in the context of their inherent media practices.