Media Manipulations in the Coverage of Events of the Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity: Historical, Linguistic, and Psychological Approaches

TL;DR

This paper analyzes media manipulation in Ukrainian Revolution coverage using historical, linguistic, and psychological methods, developing an algorithm to detect and counteract information distortions in online news sources.

Contribution

It introduces a novel algorithm for detecting media manipulations in online coverage of the Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity, integrating interdisciplinary approaches.

Findings

Identification of significant media manipulation patterns

Development of an algorithm for manipulation detection

Methods for counteracting information attacks

Abstract

This article examines the use of manipulation in the coverage of events of the Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity in the mass media, namely in the content of the online newspaper Ukrainian Truth (Ukrainska pravda), online newspaper High Castle (Vysokyi Zamok), and online newspaper ZIK during the public protest, namely during the Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity. Contents of these online newspapers the historical, linguistic, and psychological approaches are used. Also media manipulations in the coverage of events of the Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity are studied. Internet resources that cover news are analyzed. Current and most popular Internet resources are identified. The content of online newspapers is analyzed and statistically processed. Internet content of newspapers by the level of significance of data (very significant data, significant data and insignificant data) is classified. The algorithm of detection of the media manipulations in the highlighting the course of the Ukrainian revolutions based on historical, linguistic, and psychological approaches is designed. Methods of counteracting information attacks in online newspapers are developed.