Of informational policy

T.N. Chumachenko - Candidate of Political Science, The chair of international relations Abai KNPU

The article is devoted to some theoretical aspects and the basic components of information policy. The author analyzes an informational policy as the measures to control State’s informational environment, cyber space, and mass consciousness and protect them from influence and intervention. The article presents some internal and external threats, which may be organized by geopolitical competitors or internal opposition to destabilize social order. Informational security measures can be divided into internal (within the State) and external (international) levels. As a rule, in developed countries there are special agencies, which deal with information security and decide what kind of informational streams should be available for public. The article analyzes such a thing as an information war.

Кeywords: informational warfare, information policy, Informational security, informational streams.

Informational policy is the measures to control State’s informational environment, cyber space, and mass consciousness and protect them from influence and intervention. It is also means to respond all internal and external threats, which are organized by geopolitical competitors or internal opposition to destabilize social order.

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Чумаченко Т.Н. – с.ғ.к., халықаралық қатынастар кафедрасының аға оқытушысы, [email protected]