Typology of fakes about the special operation in Ukraine in the digital public sphere
https://doi.org/10.21453/2311-3065-2023-11-4-100-111
Abstract
The article represents the analysis of fake information distributed in the digital public sphere, namely, of a very significant amount of digital content about the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine. The object of the study is the nature of the discursive interaction of agents of political communication in the digital public sphere in the process of broadcasting their views and opinions. The analysis is based on the messages posted primarily on the social network VKontakte. The most important criterion for selecting material included in the scope of the study was its fake, that is, unreliable, distorted content. As a result of the analysis, the authors make an attempt to classify the fake narratives within this topic and highlight their features. The understanding such features of fake narratives, on the one hand, should allow critical perception of the information disseminated in the sphere of public digital discourse and diagnose fake information as such, and, on the other hand, facilitate the legal assessment of fakes.
Keywords
digital communication,
digital public sphere,
Internet space,
political discourse,
fake narratives,
typology of fakes,
special military operation,
communicative features of fakes
Supporting agencies: The publication was prepared with the financial support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, project No. FZEW-2023-007.
About the Authors
A. V. Zaitsev
Kostroma State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Zaytsev Alexander Vladimirovich – DSc (Polit.), Professor of the Department of Philosophy, Cultural Studies and Social Communications
156005, Kostroma, Dzerzhinsky st., 17
F. T. Akhunzianova
Kostroma State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Akhunzyanova Farida Tagirovna – CandSc (Cult.), associate professor at the Department of Philosophy, Cultural Studies and Social Communications
156005, Kostroma, Dzerzhinsky st., 17
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Zaitsev A.V., Akhunzianova F.T. Typology of fakes about the special operation in Ukraine in the digital public sphere. Communicology. 2023;11(4):100-111. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21453/2311-3065-2023-11-4-100-111
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