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Article
Social Media in Information Warfare
Author(s)
Alexander Anatolievich Grabelnikov
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DOI:10.17265/2578-4269/2023.01.002
Affiliation(s)
Department of Mass Communications, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Russia
ABSTRACT
Social media have become a completely new field for information warfare. Social media have impacts on those, who unlike the television audience, desire for information and are not informationally passive. In the “Conflict in the south-east of Ukraine” new players have appeared in information warfare — active, authoritative bloggers, who have their own pages on social media and thousands of subscribers. They actively influence the audience and have professional exposure to the official media. In 2022 social media are actively involved in the dissemination of information in the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Social media are also used by the authorities, professional politicians, and propagandists of the opposition, which is especially evident from YouTube video hosting. Meanwhile, many fakes about the crisis appeared on social media and mainly come from abroad. Therefore, it’s important for journalists, who are likely doctors of society, to fulfill their responsibilities in military operations.
KEYWORDS
social media, information warfare, Ukraine crisis, fake news, Russia-Ukraine crisis
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