Fake news, demagoguery, bots, trolls, hackers - welcome to the era of total information warfare! Thanks to digital manipulation, invisible people are shaping public opinion and our future through their actions.
The online bridge "We learn from others and do not shy away from our own" with Peter Pomerantsev is another attempt by the Academy of Ukrainian Press to help society understand the causes and find solutions to the problem of information warfare. The live broadcast with the British journalist took place on 3 May and gathered a huge number of viewers on the Facebook platform - 623 users!
"Today we have an unusual meeting because Mr Peter is not only a world-class expert: a journalist, writer, producer, professor, and researcher of propaganda and the impact of information from all sides. Such an approach is extremely important now, in times of large-scale Russian aggression against Ukraine and the entire civilized world, because this war is the bloodiest crime of the 21st century!" said Tatiana Ivanova, moderator of the event, media expert, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Social Communications at Mariupol State University.
How has the rhetoric in the West changed? Is America really implementing its globalization plan? Why is the number of people affected by propaganda growing every day? Do we have a way out and what can we learn from disinformation flows? Who are journalists in this new world, and where does their responsibility end? These are some of the questions that were raised during the broadcast.
Peter gave examples of how sanctions work regarding economic impact, outlined the portrait of a Russian affected by propaganda and tried to characterize the motives: "The Russian Federation has champions of 'suicide of the nation'. Citizens do not want to take responsibility. Their propaganda does not inspire with something beautiful, it is as unattractive as possible.
Pay attention to how Putin's speeches look like - he and the whole of Russia seem to be humiliated by the world. He acts from a closed posture, complains, and then turns to aggression. This has a strong psychological impact on society. "Without Putin, there will be chaos" is his rhetoric, his attack on the nation. People are forced to be weak, and propaganda replaces this."
"How to tell the truth? Do we have to learn to face the most terrible truth and how to protect ourselves from propaganda?" Tatiana Ivanova asked her guest another question.
"This is a great struggle that continues. Humanity is confused now. Propaganda creates certain types of identity and there is competition between them. Propagandists do everything to humiliate democracy and the people. Can there be an information environment where people can perceive the truth? Or, can we create an information space where responsibility is promoted?" said Peter Pomerantsev, a British journalist, television producer and writer, professor at the Institute of Global Affairs at the London School of Economics, winner of several awards for his research books.
Record: https://www.facebook.com/aupfoundation/videos/192278320328773
