Uloga dezinformacije u informacijskom ratovanju
The Role of Misinformation in Information Warfare

Summary/Abstract: Setting up information as a key instrument of the present, an instrument that possesses power, calls for the study of other forms of information such as misinformation or wrong information. With the changed role of information, also changed is the role of media that are becoming “the weapon of today”. With their effect on huge masses of people, media shape a picture of the world, and since they are principal carriers of information or misinformation, that picture of the world is often distorted. With the development of media and the power of their influence the importance of information is increasing, especially for certain groups of interest that in this way make their own benefit. With the examples provided in the paper, we will exemplify the way in which one influences public opinion by using false information. The aim of this paper is to familiarize us with the notion of misinformation, with the role of media in transmitting misinformation and with the effect misinformation makes on certain target groups for which it is intended in an information era that is overfull of information and misinformation, nonetheless, that have not been studied enough.

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