THE POST-TRUTH PHENOMENON AS A CASE IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE ONGOING RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR: «FRIEND OR FOE» COGNITIVE CHOICE ISSUE

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https://doi.org/10.26661/

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the post-truth phenomenon, the Russian-Ukrainian war, interpretation of facts, cognitive war, information war, «friend-foe

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the manifestation of post-truth as a phenomenon in the conditions of the Russian-Ukrainian war made through the prism of the «friend or foe cognitive choice crisis. The author analyzes particular cases highlighted in all-Ukrainian and regional information re- sources, sociological surveys, oral history materials recording personal stories during the war, Russian textbooks introduced into the educational process in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.

It is emphasized that high indicators of general anxiety of the population, the crisis of traditional media such as television, press, radio, the rapid growth of users of media channels (New Media) of a new generation based on interac- tivity and digital technologies, the flourishing of populism, etc. became an important basis for the spread of the post-truth phenomenon in the conditions of the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war. It is noted that in the conditions of the Russian-Ukrainian war, society shows a tendency to dominate irrational cognition of reality, while emotions and personal beliefs prevail over rational thinking, the circumstances accompanying the event become more significant than objective factors.

   

 

 

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2025-12-05

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THE POST-TRUTH PHENOMENON AS A CASE IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE ONGOING RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR: «FRIEND OR FOE» COGNITIVE CHOICE ISSUE. (2025). Zaporizhzhia Historical Review, 8(60). https://doi.org/10.26661/