Studio Session 1 || Rebecca Hairfield

In the first studio session, my group-mate and I worked to achieve a common knowledge foundation before moving forward in our research. My knowledge of the Ukraine crisis included the start of the events in 2013 but did not expand to current news. In order to accumulate this basic knowledge I took the advice of the professor and started at Wikipedia. I have bookmarked four Wikipedia pages in order to provide a solid background and timeline for the events of the Ukrainian crisis beginning two years ago. I began with the general knowledge page titled “Ukrainian crisis” and then added “Euromaidan” and “2014 Ukrainian Revolution”. I also included the page on “Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation” in order to cover the Crimea portion of events that have continued to unfold through today. In an effort to include research of multiple mediums, I found a YouTube video from 2014 with views reaching 3 million, which claims to cover the events in Ukraine up until the date it was published. My group-mate also bookmarked NBC News’ page on the Ukraine in order to include research on current events as well as updates on the situation. Our research up until this point covers the (semi)historical recordings and timelines of the events as well as current events. Moving forward we will focus on the contributions and significance of media and the Internet in the unfolding and intensification of events in the Ukraine.