The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has had a profound effect not only on the warring countries but also on diasporas that are related to them. Bringing together theories of diasporic identities and new media, this paper explores how Ukrainian diasporic ‘selves’ are affected by the ongoing conflict with the focus on the role of social media in the formation of their national and ethnic identities. With a series of in‐depth interviews conducted in Europe and North America, this study identifies the functions of social media in diasporic self‐understanding, representation of national culture and online commemoration and mourning. The findings reveal that social media provide diasporic subjects with a space for the negotiation and performance of ethnic and national identities. Within this space, however, they experience ongoing contestation that makes ‘new’ diaspora members more prone to relate to the radicalised discourses on national history, explanations of the conflict and Ukrainian monolingualism.

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被有争议的数字空间改造了吗？与俄罗斯发生冲突后，社交媒体和乌克兰流离失所者“自我”

俄罗斯和乌克兰之间持续不断的冲突不仅对交战国产生了深远的影响，而且对与他们有关的侨民也产生了深远的影响。将流散身份和新媒体的理论结合起来，本文探讨了乌克兰流散的“自我”如何受到持续不断的冲突的影响，重点是社交媒体在其民族和种族身份形成中的作用。通过在欧洲和北美进行的一系列深入访谈，本研究确定了社交媒体在散发自我理解，民族文化表征以及在线纪念和哀悼中的功能。研究结果表明，社交媒体为流离失所者提供了谈判和表现种族和民族身份的空间。但是，在这个空间内