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Published December 9, 2020 | Version v1
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Distortion of Information as a Management System Influence Technology

  • 1. Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Academician of the Academy of Political Sciences of Ukraine

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The problem of information distortion is related to the dissemination, accumulation and processing of data in the information society. Distortion of information is a certain attributive feature of human communication, and therefore, the ability to better understand and recognize it – is important for almost all spheres of public life. There are many reasons for the distortion of information, but they are mainly related to: hostile competition; conflict of opposing interests; falsification of facts, deliberate introduction of society into a deceptive state; “Erroneous” or even false explanations, conclusions and interpretations; creating a “non-existent reality” and to achieve victory over the enemy and discredit him. In practice, the greatest distortion of information is observed in the planning of works, in oral orders and in decision-making. Distorted information can be: 1) impulsive – it is noise of various nature, radio waves, special transmitting devices, as well as: fatigue, inattention, excessive emotionality; 2) episodic, which involves the extraction of information data and information provided at the appropriate time and context. There is also a strategic distortion of information, which is aimed at the gradual creation of the desired image (state, party, individual). It is determined that inaccurate messages are distributed by the main subsystems and their elements: the state, political parties, specialized services, WMC, corporations and agencies. Unreliable and unreliable data are constantly “flowing” from one area to another: intensifying and exacerbating conflicts and intensifying contradictions in society – creating crisis situations in the state. The article suggests that in Ukraine such a “tolerant and condescending” attitude of citizens to the distortion of information by the authorities, special services, political parties, officials, the media is preserved for the “stability” of patterns of behaviour and values that were inherent in the post-Soviet space (we have in mind – a person of the mass).

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