Digital Warfare : Media and Technologies in the Russo-Ukrainian War / Nadia Zasanska.

Foreword: War in the Smartphone Age -- Introducing Digital War: Ukraine, Russia and the Augmented Frontlines of the Future -- The Russo‐Ukrainian War: Expanding the Context -- The Húrin Effect and the Augmented Horizons in War of Accretion -- Beyond Technodeterministic Dreams, Towards Technology as Redemption -- The Aims and Contents of the Present Volume -- References -- Part I. Society, Communication and Activism ; Homeland Humanitarianism in Russia’s War Against Ukraine ; From Leaflets to Livestreams: The Evolution of Wartime Communication ; Language of War: Neologisms in British Media and Their Role in the Ukrainian War Narrative -- Part II. War Reality and Disinformation ; AI visions: Representing Russia's War Against Ukraine for Humans and Machines ; LLMs as Information Warriors? ; Biolabs: The Spread of a Russian Disinformation Campaign ; More Than Slacktivism: Russian Instagram Celebrities -- Part III. Memory, Community and Resilience ; An Unexpected Battlefield: Weaponization of Online Piracy ; “Today We are Drawing Death”: Artistic Responses to the Bombing of Okhmatdyt ; “May the Force Be with You”: Ukrainian War Humor ; When War Cats Go Viral -- Part IV. Religion, Media and War ; The Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s Online Media ; The World Russian People’s Council and Russo‐Ukrainian Relations ; “The Lord is my Banner”: Making War Sacred in Russian Orthodox Media -- Part V. Book Reviews ; Managing Meaning in Ukraine ; War in the Smartphone Age -- The Locardian Threshold -- Appendix -- Afterword: Digital Formation of Resistance -- Contributors.

Digital media and technologies remain unpredictable when we approach them as actors in armed conflicts. Artificial intelligence, drones, information leaks, hacking, propaganda and fakes become part of war reality. The contributors to this volume prompt us to focus on the virtual fronts of the Russo-Ukrainian War, examining the agency of an individual, community and society in the digitalized war reality. This collection illustrates how digital spaces empower society to stay resilient, resist Russias aggression and defend democratic values in times of adversity and severe trials.