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Disinformation as Tool of Information Warfare: Example of Disinformation Against Russia
Author(s)
Xuan Li
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DOI:10.17265/2578-4269/2023.01.021
Affiliation(s)
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Russia
Jinan University, China
ABSTRACT
Disinformation has been widely used as an information warfare tool since the Cold War. After Putin came to power in 2000, the disinformation against Russia did not subside with the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Instead, the West launched the third generation of normalized information warfare against Russia, in which disinformation is the main tool. The notion of disinformation results from the subjective interpretation of events, and the ordinary audiences are unconvinced of the information’s authenticity. The dissemination of disinformation has a significant effect on the people’s minds and behavior. Therefore, Russia listed the online spread of disinformation as one of the main threats to Russia’s national information security in 2021. By identifying disinformation to strengthening the overall resilience of societies against these threats, “disinformation” has gradually become a labeling tool to expose propaganda, which meanwhile decline the public trusts in the media and the country that publishes the information.
KEYWORDS
information warfare, disinformation, Russia
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