THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON THE PRESENCE IN THE ONLINE ENVIRONMENT OF THE INSTITUTIONS WITH A ROLE IN ENSURING NATIONAL SECURITY
THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON THE PRESENCE IN THE ONLINE ENVIRONMENT OF THE INSTITUTIONS WITH A ROLE IN ENSURING NATIONAL SECURITY

Summary/Abstract: The coronavirus pandemic surprised the entire planet and caused changes in everyone’s lifestyle. In many areas it took inventiveness to keep the situation afloat. The online environment became the main means of communication during the period when social distance became compulsory. In addition to communication, in many areas, the online environment has become the only possibility of carrying out activities. Areas such as education, culture and the economy have minimized physical interaction and adapted the activities to the online environment.National security institutions have also adapted to the use of the online environment to keep the population informed in the pandemic context. Social networks are the most widely used information tools of this period. If, until the beginning of the state of emergency, social networks were used by these institutions to some extent, the switch to online has led to an increased public presence in the virtual environment of institutions with a role in ensuring national security.Through this study, using content analysis, we will show whether and how much the pandemic has changed the work of national security institutions on social networks. The pandemic brought a wave of information to social media, and those who aimed to maintain a balance realized that they had to be present online. Perhaps this would have been necessary, regardless of the pandemic. Digital natives would have prompted a change in the way activities were carried out. We can say that the pandemic has just hastened things.

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