Xenophobia as an effective technology of modern information warfare

  • Olga M. Shevchenko Institute of Sociology and Regional Studies, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don gashv2007@yandex.ru
  • Liumila L. Shtofer Rostov State University of Economics, Rostov-on-Don Filosofiya327@yandex.ru
How to Cite
Shevchenko O.M., Shtofer L.L. Xenophobia as an effective technology of modern information warfare. Humanities of the South of Russia. 2015. No. 1. P. 98-108. (in Russ.).

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of xenophobia as an effective technology for the creation of an "enemy image", which is used in modern infor­mation warfare. Based on constructivist approach in understanding xenophobia, the authors interpret it as a way of constructing the image of the "other" that allows different political forces to use xenophobia in the informational construction of social reality for its own influence and lobbying of its interests in the world.
Keywords:
xenophobia, the image of the enemy, information technology, information warfare, Russophobia, Islam-phobia, outcast States

Author Biographies

Olga M. Shevchenko, Institute of Sociology and Regional Studies, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don
доктор философских наук, доцент ка­федры конфликтологии и национальной безопасности 
Liumila L. Shtofer, Rostov State University of Economics, Rostov-on-Don
кандидат философских наук, доцент ка­федры философии и культурологии

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Shevchenko, O. M., & Shtofer, L. L. (2015). Xenophobia as an effective technology of modern information warfare. Humanities of the South of Russia, (1), 98-108. Retrieved from https://jour.fnisc.ru/index.php/hsr/article/view/3246
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