Manipulation of information one of the key problems of the contemporary media world

Abstract

The article presents the phenomenon of information manipulation. At the beginning, a de-scription of the concept of information and its place in the catalogue of public goods was made. In the second part, the term information manipulation was characterized, and the starting point for this was the concept of manipulation. The characteristics of the analyzed phenomenon are also presented, describing various classifications of manipulation in the media. At the end, several examples of manipulation were presented, as well as ways of counteracting them.