Valiullin, I.I. Evolution of the term “information war” in the political science.

Abstract: This article is devoted to the studies of the genesis of the phenomenon and definition of the information war. Information war is to a considerable degree a publicist term, which was formed by the concepts of post-industrial (information) society (era) by Daniel Bell, Alvin Toffler, Manuel Castells, etc., and on the other hand due to reflection of objective matters in journalism, such as formation of the information sphere, new types of mass media, faster spread of information and greater influence of information on the other spheres of social life. At the same time, the term “information war” reflects at least two key tendencies: firstly, it is projection of the tension from the military (force) sphere to the information sphere, and, secondly, it is realization of an advantage in an information sphere in the force dimension of a conflict. The term “information war” is taken from the Western military-related discourse. It was introduced by Thomas P. Rona in 1976 in his report for the Boeing company, which was entitled: “Weapon System and Information War”. In this report he stated that information infrastructure becomes one of the most important and most vulnerable sectors of American economy.

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