Author: D. N. Kravtsov
Communicology. 2017. Vol.5. No.3
Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA). Moscow, Russian Federation.
Annotation: the article considers the phenomenon of information-psychological weapons as an independent means of conducting information and psychological wars, used to achieve geopolitical goals and protect national interests. Information-psychological warfare is presented as a form of information confrontation, carried out at the communicative level through the use of means and methods of information-psychological influence on the mass consciousness for the purpose of its modification. These means and methods, acquiring the functional properties of weapons, are used by the opposing sides to solve internal and external political problems. One of the main types of information and psychological weapons is propaganda, and the analysis of contemporary military and political conflicts allows us to talk about the formation of a new kind of information and psychological weapons – information-simulated impact.
Key words: information and psychological weapons, information confrontation, information and psychological impact, national security, protection of national interests.
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For citation: Kravtsov D. N. Information-psychological warfare as a means of protecting the national interests of the state. Communicology (Russia). Vol. 5. No. 3. Р. 78-89 DOI 10.21453/2311-3065-2017-5-3-78-89
Inf. about authors: Dmitry N. Kravtsov, post-graduate student of the RANEPA. Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. Russian Federation, Moscow.
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Vanderbilt University. P. 289. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
Communicology. 2017. Vol.5. No.3
Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA). Moscow, Russian Federation.
Annotation: the article considers the phenomenon of information-psychological weapons as an independent means of conducting information and psychological wars, used to achieve geopolitical goals and protect national interests. Information-psychological warfare is presented as a form of information confrontation, carried out at the communicative level through the use of means and methods of information-psychological influence on the mass consciousness for the purpose of its modification. These means and methods, acquiring the functional properties of weapons, are used by the opposing sides to solve internal and external political problems. One of the main types of information and psychological weapons is propaganda, and the analysis of contemporary military and political conflicts allows us to talk about the formation of a new kind of information and psychological weapons – information-simulated impact.
Key words: information and psychological weapons, information confrontation, information and psychological impact, national security, protection of national interests.
Text: PDF
For citation: Kravtsov D. N. Information-psychological warfare as a means of protecting the national interests of the state. Communicology (Russia). Vol. 5. No. 3. Р. 78-89 DOI 10.21453/2311-3065-2017-5-3-78-89
Inf. about authors: Dmitry N. Kravtsov, post-graduate student of the RANEPA. Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. Russian Federation, Moscow.
References
1. Vorontsova L.V., Frolov D.B. Istoriya i sovremennost' informatsionnogo protivoborstva /
L.V. Vorontsova, D.B. Frolov. M.: Goryachaya liniya-Telekom, 2006. 192 s. [Vorontsova L.V., Frolov D.B. 2006. History and Modernity of Information Confrontation / L.V. Vorontsov, D.B. Frolov. Moscow: Hot Line-Telecom, 192 p.] (In Russ.); Díez Nicolás J. The perception of security in the international comparative perspective // Perspective. Vestnick RUDN. Series of Sociology. 2016. Vol. 16. No. 2. P. 219-258.
2. Manoylo A.V. Gosudarstvennaya informatsionnaya politika v osobykh usloviyakh: Monografiya.
M.: MIFI, 2003. 388 s. [Manoylo A.V. 2003. State information policy in special conditions: Monograph. Moscow: MIFI, 388 p.]. (In Russ.).
3. Pocheptsov G.G. Informatsionno-psikhologicheskaya voyna. M.: SINTEG, 2000. 180 p.
[Pocheptsov G.G. 000. Information-psychological war. Moscow: SINTEG, 180 p.]. (In Russ.).
4. Krysko V.G. Sekrety psikhologicheskoy voyny (tseli, zadachi, metody, formy, opyt) /
V.G. Krysko [Pod obshch. red. A.E. Tarasa]. Mn.: Kharvest, 1999. 448 s. [Krysko V.G. 1999. Secrets
of psychological warfare (goals, tasks, methods, forms, experience) / V.G. Krysko [Under Society.
Ed. A.E. Tarasa]. Minsk: Harvest, 448 p.]. (In Russ.).
5. Klauzevits K.F. O voyne. URL: http://militera.lib.ru/science/ clausewitz/01.html [Klausewitz
K.F. About war. URL: http://militera.lib.ru/science/ clausewitz / 01.html.]. (In Russ.).
6. Ogannisyan A. Gibridnyy voyny: traditsii i novatsii // Put' k miru i bezopasnosti. 2015. No1(50).
P. 111-119 [Ogannisyan A. 2015. Hybrid War: Traditions and Innovations. The Way to Peace and
Security. No 1 (50). P. 111-119.]. (In Russ.).
7. Popov V.D. Informatsionno-psikhologicheskiy faktor sovremennogo krizisa. M.: Izd-vo RAGS,
2009. 148p. URL: http://www.webarhimed.ru/assets/ files/Raboti_POPOVA_V.D./Informacionno_
psixologiheski_faktor.pdf [Popov V.D. 2009. Information-psychological factor of the current crisis.
Moscow: RAGS Publishing House, 148 p. URL: http://www.webarhimed.ru/assets/ files / Raboti_
POPOVA_V.D. / Informacionno_psixologiheski_faktor.pdf.]. (In Russ.).
8. Karayani A.G. Informatsionno-psikhologicheskoe protivoborstvo v sovremennoy voyne. M.:
Voennyy universitet, 1997. 246 p. [Karayani A.G. 1997. Information and psychological confrontation
in modern warfare. Moscow: Military University, 246 p.]. (In Russ.).
9. Manoylo A.V., Petrenko A.I. K voprosu ob informatsionno-psikhologicheskom oruzhii. URL:
http://psyfactor.org/lib/psywar22.htm. [Manoylo A.V., Petrenko A.I. On the issue of information and
psychological weapons. URL: http://psyfactor.org/lib/psywar22.htm.]. (In Russ.).
10. Pocheptsov G.G. Informatsionnye voyny. Osnovy voenno-kommunikativnykh issledovaniy.
M.: Refl-buk, 2000. 576 p. [Pocheptsov G.G. 2000. Information war. Fundamentals of military-
communicative research. Moscow.: Refl-beech, 576 p.]. (In Russ.).
11. Grachev G. V. Informatsionno-psikhologicheskaya bezopasnost’ lichnosti – sostoyanie i
vozmozhnosti psikhologicheskoy zashchity. M.: Izd-vo RAGS, 1998. 125 s. [Grachev G.V. 1998.
Information-psychological security of the individual – the state and the possibilities of psychological
defense. Moscow: Publishing house RAGS, 125 p.]. (In Russ.).
12. Bodriyyar J. Dukh terrorizma. Voyny v zalive ne bylo. / J. Bodriyyar; per. s fr. pod. red.
A. Kachalova. Moscow: Ripol Klassik, 2016. 224 p. [Bodriyyar J. 2016. The spirit of terrorism. There was no war in the Gulf. J. J. Bodriyyar; Per. With fr. under. Ed. A. Kachalov. Moscow: Ripol Klassik, 224 p.]. (In Russ.).
13. Voyna v Yuzhnoy Osetii: informatsionnaya sostavlyayushchaya konflikta. URL: https://topwar.
ru/17455-voyna-v-yuzhnoy-osetii-informacionnayasostavlya yuschaya-konflikta.html [The war in
South Ossetia: the information component of the conflict. URL: https://topwar.ru/17455-voyna-v-
yuzhnoy-osetii-informacionnaya sostavlya yuschaya-konflikta.html.]. (In Russ.).
14. Golubev A.A. Dolgo zapryagaem, no bystro uchimsya. URL: http://nvo.ng.ru/spforces/
2014-04-04/7_psycho.html. [Golubev A.A. We harness for a long time, but we learn fast. URL: http://nvo.ng.ru/spforces/2014-04-04/7_psycho.html.]. (In Russ.).
15. Pentagon gearing up to fight the PR war. Washington Post, February 6, 2013.
16. Szunyogh, Béla. 1955. Psychological warfare; an introduction to ideological propaganda and
the techniques of psychological warfare. United States: William-Frederick Press. P. 13. Retrieved
2015-02-11.
17. Doob, Leonard W. 2015.The Strategies Of Psychological Warfare. Public Opinion Quarterly
13.4 (1949): 635-644. SocINDEX with Full Text. Web. 20 Feb.
18. Wall, Tyler. September 2010. U.S Psychological Warfare and Civilian Targeting. United States:
Vanderbilt University. P. 289. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
