In fact, truth and lies almost always go hand in hand and it can be quite difficult to distinguish between them. Deliberately spread false information, called disinformation, can become an effective tool in information warfare. By themselves, information wars are not a novelty that has appeared only now. They were…

Has the free internet come to an end? “Major online platforms have taken on heightened commitments to the EU to fight disinformation.” All MEDIA MEDIA were full of such headlines on June 16, 2022. What happened that day in Brussels. Deputy head of the European Commission Vera Yurova said that…

It is impossible to imagine what the world would be like without the Internet. But to dream up what the global network itself will be like is quite possible. Well, shall we try? If Tim Bernes-Lee himself spoke about the fact that creating the Internet, he saw it differently from…

“Major online platforms have taken on heightened commitments to the EU to fight disinformation.” All MEDIA MEDIA were full of such headlines on June 16, 2022. What happened that day in Brussels. The European Commission has signed with 34 online structures an updated Code to Combat Disinformation. This was announced at…

The World Wide Web has created a gigantic economy around itself, which not only provides a stable source of income for millions of people around the world, but also helps people stay in touch with their loved ones, regardless of the distance between them. …

Back in the XIII century BC. the kings of Egypt and the Hittite state inscribed on the stones of their palaces messages about victory in a battle that actually ended in a draw. In 1835 (the era of professional journalism in full swing), The New York Sun doubled its sales…

It’s no secret that people love to use social media. Whether it’s Facebook with over 2 billion active users since October 2018, Instagram with 1 billion users, or LinkedIn with over 590 million users, each platform offers a unique place to connect with friends, family, and sometimes with strangers. Most living…

Мгновенное распространение информации через социальные сети и мессенджеры — одна из примет современной эпохи. В интернете мало цензуры, поэтому важная информация распространяется вирусным путём, охватывает огромную аудиторию за считанные часы. Каждый настраивает собственный «информационный фильтр», чтобы отсеивать источники, не заслуживающие доверия. Психологи, изучающие феномен распространения вирусной информации, предупреждают, что это…

Изначально словосочетание «социальные сети» не ассоциировалось с интернетом. Социолог Джеймс Барнс охарактеризовал это понятие как структуру, в которой люди связаны между собой. Каждый человек так или иначе сталкивается с социумом. Детский сад, школа, работа, досуг — в каждой сфере люди взаимодействуют друг с другом. Общение происходит на разных уровнях: от…