A little less than a century ago, news about World War II was shown in movie theaters. During the Vietnam War, Americans could tune in from their living rooms.

Today, the world is learning about the war in Ukraine in real-time, often from their smartphones.

What You Need To Know

• As the war in Ukraine rages on, experts say new forms of consuming media – particularly, on cellphones and online – have implications for the future of American democracy


• Ukraine is banking on Western journalists to sway world opinion, part of a media strategy that gives access to fighter pilots, to Ukrainian officials frequently posting on social media and to soldiers on TikTok


• In the middle of it all is Ukraine’s media-savvy, comedian-turned-president Volodymyr Zelenskyy – filming selfie-style videos from his besieged capital – that are going viral


• Kristine Berzina, head of the geopolitics team at the German Marshall Fund Alliance, told Spectrum News in part: “Ukraine is really showing the U.S. why democracy matters"

“This war, in terms of communication, has been different from the very beginning,” Kristine Berzina, head of the geopolitics team at the German Marshall Fund Alliance, told Spectrum News.

Before any shots were fired, the Biden White House took a rare step of revealing sensitive U.S. intelligence about Russia’s intentions – that President Vladimir Putin intended to send a large amount of forces to invade Ukraine, that he would send troops to topple Kyiv and that the capital...

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