Hybrid warfare in the context of information confrontation
Research Article
How to Cite
Aliyev D.F. Hybrid warfare in the context of information confrontation. Science. Culture. Society. 2024. Vol. 30. No. 4. P. 8-20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.19181/nko.2024.30.4.1 (in Russ.).
Abstract
The article reveals the place and role of information influence on the enemy's audiences in conflicts of hybrid format. A brief review of the main scientific approaches to the study of hybrid wars in modern academic literature is given. Methodological and legal difficulties in the search for an adequate definition of the concept of ‘hybrid warfare’ are noted. It is emphasised that the ways of hybrid influence on the masses are the result of globalisation and the formation of information society. The peculiarities of unconventional techniques in military-political conflicts are considered by the author in the context of the policy of ‘post-truth’. The objective prerequisites for the spread of various ways of manipulating information in order to achieve political superiority over the enemy are analysed. The existing methods of cognitive influence on the consciousness of citizens are considered as weapons that are used by participants of military-political confrontation anonymously, without a declaration of war. The authors conclude that the success of hybrid attacks depends not so much on technology as on the ability of the authorities to maintain socio-political stability in the state.
Keywords:
hybrid war, information influence, information-psychological operation, unconventional conflict, post-truth, post-factual politics, political destabilisation, mass consciousness, target audiences, media image
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28. Copeland N. Psychology and the soldier. Moscow: Voenizdat; 1991. (In Russ.). ISBN 5-203-01275-X.
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30. Bryant J., Thompson S. Fundamentals of Media Effects. Moscow: Villiams; 2004. (In Russ.). ISBN 5-8459-0597-4.
31. Vasilkova V., Legostaeva N. Social bots in political communication. RUDN Journal of Sociology. 2019;19(1):121–133. (In Russ.). DOI 10.22363/2313-2272-2019-19-1-121-133.
32. Kasyuk A. Y. Information warfare: history and contemporaniety. Vestnik of Moscow State Linguistic University. Social sciences. 2018;(1):26–39. (In Russ.).
33. Nizovtseva N. F., Grishanin N. V. Hybrid war as a geopolitical trend. Nauchnye trudy Severo-Zapadnogo instituta RANKhiGS. 2016;7(3):76–85. (In Russ.).
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Received: 06.04.2024
Accepted: 20.12.2024
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Aliyev, D. F. (2024). Hybrid warfare in the context of information confrontation. Science. Culture. Society, 30(4), 8-20. https://doi.org/10.19181/nko.2024.30.4.1
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