Expert tells how not to fall for the bait of propaganda in social networks
Responsible consumption of information during wartime is a matter of national security.
Propagandists who want to influence your brain know well where to set traps. This is the subject of Olga Bulkovska's piece on Pershomu.
The state of emotional swings is very successfully used by a huge machine of rospropaganda.
It is necessary to realise that now Ukrainians and the whole world have two wars going on. One is for the physical destruction of military and civilians and the seizure by Russian terrorist troops of the territories of our independent European state. The other is psychological - for our brains.
One of the main signs of propaganda is an emotionally coloured vocabulary.
Words and expressions (like "Attention! Important information! Verified information! Check if your city is on the list"), radical ("We should take to the streets!", "Everything is mired in corruption!") or stereotypical oppositions ("The state gives everything to resettlers, and we have to survive on our own money!") - and you immediately have to think about why this is the way the information is presented.
Media that work according to standards or official TG channels do not allow themselves such clickbait. Even very important information is presented without emotional "pedalling", weighing every word. Experts warn: HOW it is written is no less important than WHAT is written.
If the information has an illustrative photo, check its original source and whether it has had any extraneous influences (i.e. whether it has been edited). A simple Google image search will weed out the bulk of fakes.
Adhere to a few simple rules of info-hygiene, filter the news - and you will not give your personal information into the hands of fraudsters, nor will you spread outright nonsense or propaganda.