Sventytska O. Informational terrorism as phenomenon of modern international policy

The thesis is devoted to the studying of the phenomenon of terrorism taking into consideration its informational component, to the determination of interdependence between mass media and the displays of terrorism in the conditions of cultural and informative globalization. The possibilities of using of traditional and modern mass media by terrorists are analyzed in the thesis. The specialties of influencing on public opinion of terrorist subjects materials of mass-media are explored. The definition of the general principles of the political and ethical regulation of mass media in the context of fighting against terrorism is focused attention. Тhe necessity of complex approach to the problem of the terrorism preventive measures in cultural, informative, political, social and legal fields is accented. The recommendations about political and information counteraction of terrorism are offered.