DOI: 10.46340/eppd.2024.11.3.5
Іryna Habro, PhD in Political Science
Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University, Mykolaiv, Ukraine
Оleksandr Shevchuk, D.Sc. in Political Science
Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University, Mykolaiv, Ukraine
Liudmyla Lanoviuk, PhD in History
National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Viktoriia Khvist, PhD in History
National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
How to cite: Habro, I., Shevchuk, O., Lanoviuk, L., & Khvist, V. (2024). Information Hygiene During the Armed Aggression of the Russian Federation Against Ukraine. Evropský politický a právní diskurz, 11, 3, 51-59. https://doi.org/10.46340/eppd.2024.11.3.5
Abstract
The article reveals the concept and essence of information hygiene as a system of knowledge that studies the patterns of information influence on the formation, functioning, and state of mental, physical and social well-being of a person and society, which develops measures to improve the information environment. The main function of information hygiene at the state level is to protect the national information space from the interference and influence of the information policy of foreign countries, from imposing other, atypical behavior patterns (political, social, ideological) on citizens. The article analyzes the key tools and means of informational and psychological influence on the consciousness of Ukrainian citizens by the Russian Federation during the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. The Russian Federation uses all available communication channels against Ukraine and its population to destabilize the situation and spread disinformation: television, the Internet, radio, press, rumors, diplomacy, expert community, etc. The main object of defeat is a person, subjected to a covert influence through his/her nervous system and psyche, mostly at the subconscious level.
According to the rules of information hygiene, citizens of Ukraine should not trust anonymous sources in Telegram, they should read official sources and independent media. People in Ukraine need to give up reading breaking news and only headlines. Much of the information that pops up in every social media user’s news feed comes from their environment. Everyone’s infohygiene also depends on the hygiene of those around us. Information hygiene during the war is a filtration of the flow of received information, which helps not to clog the head with fakes, resist the enemy’s IPSO and minimize the impact of information viruses on people.
Keywords: information hygiene, armed aggression, Russian-Ukrainian war, information-psychological special operation, fake, misinformation.
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