Mediatization of weapons as a tool for achieving political and military goals
https://doi.org/10.21453/2311-3065-2026-14-2-127-140
Abstract
The starting point of this article is Marshall McLuhan’s philosophical concept of innovative understanding of media. Based on its fundamental principles, the author develops the assumption that, under certain conditions, many things in the real world can become media. The author shows that the leading condition by which things become media is the purposeful activity of people, in the process of which things are endowed with certain meanings. As a result of the research, the mechanism of mediatization of weapons at the state and military levels is described, and the forms of social practice associated with the implementation of the media function of weapons are highlighted. Using the example of specific facts, the possibilities of using weapons in the role of media are demonstrated. Ultimately, this makes it possible to increase the effectiveness of the use by state and military authorities of the mediatization factor of weapons in the interests of achieving political and military goals, and gives the prospects for further study of the mediatization of real-world objects.
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About the Author
V. I. Timofeev
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Timofeev Vladimir Ivanovich – Doctor of Political Sciences, Associate Professor, Profes sor of the Department of Advertising, Public Relations and Design
115054, Moscow, Stremyanny lane, 36
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Timofeev V.I. Mediatization of weapons as a tool for achieving political and military goals. Communicology. 2026;14(2):127-140. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21453/2311-3065-2026-14-2-127-140
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