Psychotechnologies in the information wars: the anatomy of a publication about Vietnam
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https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/%20spbu13.2017.109Abstract
Research is devoted to the analysis of the article ‘Vietnam Finds an Old Foe Has a New Allure’, which was published in the influential newspaper ‘The New York Times’ in 2000 and was soon translated to Russian. In this article the material is given in a special way that prompted the formation of a negative opinion about the regime in Vietnam. As a result of applying psychotechnologies after reading this article usual reader cannot arrive at a clear logical conclusion, but certain emotional “precipitate” nevertheless remains. Professionally prepared information thus forms a kind of “distorting mirror”, which greatly distorts perception of the world. In the course of the study it is concluded that the article published in the well-known newspaper encloses a psychoactive text, which contains predefined suggestions. In this paper are shown specific examples of psychotecnologies with contradictions, therapeutic metaphors and information phantoms used in the article.
Keywords:
propaganda, psychotechnologies, information phantoms, manipulation, informational wars, psychological warfare
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2017-03-20
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Колотов, В. Н. (2017). Psychotechnologies in the information wars: the anatomy of a publication about Vietnam. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, 9(1), 106–122. https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/ spbu13.2017.109
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