D.Sc. (Psychology), Associate Professor, Professor at the Department of Applied Social Psychology and Conflictology of St. Petersburg State Institute of Psychology and Social Work, Professor at the Department of Management in Mass Communications of Saint Petersburg State University
The features of the concept "social manipulation" are analyzed. It is substantiated that most of the features are formulated with methodological errors, namely a distinct subjectivism in...
The article considers the contents of crowd theories, proposed by Russian scientists and public figures from the 1880s to the 1930s. In particular, the contribution made by N.K. Mihaylovskiy, V.K....
The article contrasts two aspects of the relevance of social theories - scientific and public. It is stated that the paradigm of "psychological contagion", which viewed the crowd as an irrational and...
The article describes the results of empirical studies of discussions of false conspiracy-type rumors on the Internet. The content analysis of comments on the YouTube video hosting site was used as a...
The article considers the concept of role repertoire, traceable when discussing rumors in short-term communicative associations. The content of communicative role-playing strategy to counteract false...
The article analyzes the content of social functions of rumors. In particular, functions of understanding the situation, provision of psychological protection, restoration of subjective control,...
The article describes the theory of crowd, proposed by Vladimir Bekhterev. It’s fundamental differences from other theories of crowd of that time are clarifi ed. Analysis is given to a few...