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Social Laser: Media and Social Mobilization
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: Received: 19 December 2023 / Approved: 20 December 2023 / Online: 20 December 2023 (14:01:18 CET)
How to cite: Rodin, L.; Khrennikov, A. Social Laser: Media and Social Mobilization. Preprints 2023, 2023121570. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.1570.v1 Rodin, L.; Khrennikov, A. Social Laser: Media and Social Mobilization. Preprints 2023, 2023121570. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.1570.v1
Abstract
Media is obtaining a leading role in contemporary strategic communication, the development especially visible in the context of social-political and geopolitical conflicts. This study introduces an interdisciplinary theory of Social Laser and applies it in the analysis of social mobilization around the current militarized situation in Eastern Europe. We analyze quantitatively the content of three Swedish newspapers and qualitatively the related Facebook discussions. As demonstrated, social lasing has been employed as an instrument in information warfare. An “information tsunami” was generated by the Swedish national mass media at the outbreak of military events in March-May 2022. It shaped social dynamics on the related social media platform. The intensity of dissident actions increased when the information pressure subsided.
Keywords
digital media; Russian‐Ukrainian conflict; quantum physics; Facebook; emotional energy; information radiation
Subject
Social Sciences, Decision Sciences
Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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