Abstract
The article deals with four aspects of the problem of truth in journalism of the Soviet era and their consequences in post-Soviet times: the problem of understanding the essence of the phenomenon, finding the truth in concrete situations, truth-telling by mass media to society, perception of the truth by the audience and social reflection. The methods, forms and means of the influence of Soviet journalism on the society are analyzed. The general scientific methods (analysis, deduction, induction, generalization) and the strategy of the substantiated theory are used. The results of the research have scientific and practical significance, they reveal the causes of certain social and communicative consequences of the controlled interaction of the society with the media, transformation of moral and ethical values and concepts, and provide research material on the methodology and technology of mass communication impacts. The author concludes about the need to return society as a whole, and journalism in particular, to understanding, perception of the essential meanings of the truth, in particular its metaphysical nature, and the formation of truth-centered socially responsible position of the journalist.
Highlights
The current situation, which is observed in the global information space and has threatening trends for society, can be defined as a "problem of truth"
One of the main things is that both Ukrainian and hostile to it – Russian – journalism were formed on a single ideological doctrines and principles, in the same ideological system that usurped the right to the truth and for seven decades "washed the brains" of the entire society in the direction it needs
It is worth noting that the problem of truth in modern social communication is the transformation of its meanings in the public consciousness, the substitution of absolute values of the relative, which is characteristic of the postmodern age, and the unpreparedness of the postSoviet society to formulate a request for truth to journalism and properly perceive it
Summary
The article deals with four aspects of the problem of truth in journalism of the Soviet era and their consequences in post-Soviet times: the problem of understanding the essence of the phenomenon, finding the truth in concrete situations, truth-telling by mass media to society, perception of the truth by the audience and social reflection. The methods, forms and means of the influence of Soviet journalism on the society are analyzed. The results of the research have scientific and practical significance, they reveal the causes of certain social and communicative consequences of the controlled interaction of the society with the media, transformation of moral and ethical values and concepts, and provide research material on the methodology and technology of mass communication impacts.
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