Crisis in Ukraine Reflection
Throughout this
semester my group members and I covered the ongoing crises between Ukraine and Russia.
The coverage ranged from the cause of the protest to the shooting down of the MH17
plane. We provided a summary of the
events that happened in between as well. For example, we covered how Ukrainian president
was split between joining the European Union or siding with Russia, this split
between the country was one of the main causes for the beginning of the
crises. Russia then annexed Crimea, an island
if the coast of Ukraine and tensions rose higher. Russia and Ukraine agreed to a cease fire but
that was quickly broken and several riots broke out shortly after. Another important
thing that we talked about was the impact that Russia caused on the
international economy due to the sanctions imposed against them. The international
economy was affected because several countries had to stop importing and
exporting goods to and from Russia.
Finding information for our topic was rather
easy due to the fact that it affected much of the world and because it was
topic that was largely talked about. The way I conducted my research was quite
simple. I would research websites such as CNN and BBC and read the stories that
were written about it. Also, several of the events that followed the protest
were heavily covered so the information was easy to find. Working with a group
impacted the way I did my research because whenever I found something interesting
I would share it with the rest of the group.
Working
with a group was a nice experience because it meant that more people could research
different aspects of the crises and still make the ideas relate to the general
theme of what we were covering. It was also nice, because we were able to
divide the work and save a lot of time. From working in a group I learned how
to communicate with classmates better. As for the topic itself, I leaned so
much. Before, I started to do research on the topic of Ukraine I only knew the
basic summary of what was happening. Not only that but I knew these basic
things because of what mainstream media was covering and mainstream media does
not cover small details. They only report what they believe the audience would
enjoy and therefore small details are usually left out. However, doing this project made me learn more
of the details such as why exactly things where happening. For example, I learned
more about the Ukrainian soldiers and what they had to do in order to fight for
what they believed in. In other words I learned more about the details that the
mainstream media was not covering.
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