Dunyaeva M.M. On the subject of specifi cs of informational confrontation between Russia and Georgia

Abstract: The subject of this research is the work of mass media and its role in the informational confrontation during the Russo-Georgian conflict of 2008. The article reviews the origins, specifics, character and the main milestones of the informational warfare between Russia and Georgia during the period of 1991-2014. The author offers the periodization of this conflict, highlights its details that emerged during the informational war of 2008, and offers an assessment of its current status. The theoretical fundament of this work is the research of Russian and foreign scholars, experts in conflict resolution and modern informational and political processes. The methodology behind this work includes: systemic, dialectic, logical, functional, analysis and synthesis, empirical, prognostic scenario analysis, and content analysis. The scientific novelty of this research consists in the substantiation of the new approaches to the role of mass media during military and political conflicts, identification of the mechanisms of informational warfare in the modern world, as well as use of conceptual progress in the context of Russia-Georgia relations.

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