Abstract

BAHRUZ, Elvin Talishinsky. Manipulation as a form of information-psychological war. Universidad y Sociedad [online]. 2023, vol.15, n.5, pp. 143-150.  Epub Oct 10, 2023. ISSN 2218-3620.

Information and communication technologies as the basis of the information society revolutionized society in all spheres of life and man itself. Considering this, in the article it is analyzed the problem of manipulative influence. Particular attention is paid to the description of the main features that make it possible to distinguish manipulation from other types of influence, and the structure of the phenomenon under study. Analysis of manipulation as a form of psychological impact indicates the presence of three major paradigms explaining the nature and patterns of psychological influence: object (reactive approach), subjective and personal (or intersubjective). The article considers also the types of psychological impact. The research of the manipulation demonstrates the complex phenomenon taking place in the process of interaction between subject and object, in which, owing to the skill of the first, the manipulation goes unnoticed and violates the intent, which do not coincide with the true desires of the existing object, and, by immorality and social unacceptability, presents the information-psychological threat to the individual and society as a whole.

Keywords : Manipulation; Influence; Information-psychological war; Informatization of society.

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