Risk Reflexity and the Information Interpretation Conflict under the Conditions of the Coronacrisis

Abstract

—The new design of the relationship between risk reflection and information management, the formation of trust in information in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, and information parameters of the coronavirus crisis were investigated here. An analysis of the characteristics of the information interpretation conflict of risks and dangers has been carried out and a typology of risk reflections in assessing information about coronavirus has been proposed. The conflict potential of information flows that impose forms of risk perception and risk behavior, the mechanisms of formation of information inequality in the reflection of risks and the exclusion of social information in the policy of distribution and compensation of risk are revealed. Theoretical foundations for measuring behavior depending on the interpretation of information about risks are proposed, possible information tactics for risk management during conflicting interpretations are structured, and the characteristics of institutional failures in the field of information risk management are revealed.