Solomia Fedushko

Ivan Khoma, Solomia Fedushko, Zoryana Kunch

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.

Olha Anisimova, Valeriia Vasylenko, Solomia Fedushko

The article presents the dynamics of social networks users increase, depending on the total world population from 2010 to 2018. It also identifies the most popular social networks in Ukraine. The systematic risk indicator of using social networks relative to the total number of Internet resources users is determined. Types of social intercourse in the process of the higher education institution image creation are presented. The peculiarities of using social networks in the formation of a positive image of an educational institution are highlighted. The statistical indicators of user actions in the official group of the Faculty of Mathematics and Information Technologies of Vasyl Stus Donetsk National University in January, February and March 2019 are presented, as well as the average attraction coefficient of users depending on the subject of publications. The main technologies of astroturfing in the creation process of the higher education institution negative image are considered.