Grażyna Piechota

The aim of the article is to analyze the Information Security Strategy of Ukraine in the context of the current documents on that matter. The document presents exogenous and endogenous threats to the information environment of the Ukrainian state and proposes measures to combat them: protection of the information space, ensuring effective strategic communication of Ukraine, development of media education, shaping Ukrainian civic identity, and information reintegration of Ukrainian citizens living in the temporarily occupied territories. The actions taken by the Ukrainian society after the aggression of the Russian Federation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 prove that the implementation of strategic documents on information security is highly effective.

JEL: F0, M0, Z1, D8

The article concerns the propagandist influence of the media narratives created during political protests. The results of research carried out during the „Yellow Vests” revolution in France, present the activity of Russian propaganda media. The quantitative analysis confirmed the hypothesis that the propaganda narrative does not have to involve creating fake news and trolling, or disinformation activities that are usually the domain of interference of the Russian Federation in the information security of third countries. Instead, effectively implemented propaganda can take the form of an intensive coverage of events that builds a narrative fostering the fulfillment of propaganda goals. The article shows the important role of social media used as a channel of „telling” stories about political protests, to strengthen the phenomenon of cyberpolarisation. Creating the network enclaves of deliberation effectively sustains interest in the protest, increasing the range of information about it and activating antagonisms between social groups.

The article contains an analysis of contextual models used for propaganda activities carried out in two state television stations – RT and CCTV, in connection with the protests in Hong Kong that have been ongoing since June 2019. The research, referred to in the text, is an analysis of the narrative created in connection with the protests on both televisions in the context relevant to the achievement of propaganda goals by broadcasters. Storytelling built a one-sided picture of events as a tool for persuasion and influence on public opinion using the existing social and political polarization. The research was carried out using the quantitative and qualitative method. The obtained conclusions are part of the research on propaganda and contemporary distribution channels to create alternative images of reality using contextual models by mass media positioning themselves as state broadcasters.