Social Practices of Resilience to Information Disorders: Lithuania and Ukraine

• In Event: Resilience to Information Disorders: Policy Solutions, Media Strategies, Social Practices

Abstract

In the face of information chaos, the democratic states, including young democracies, have to develop adaptive resilience mechanisms that go beyond only reactive countermeasures. This paper examines the cases of Lithuania and Ukraine, and how sustaining the resilience against information disorders may function, integrating conceptual frameworks with empirical insights. Drawing on the structuration theory and the study of social practices, it unveils practical insights into countering disinformation (in broad meaning) in open societies facing hybrid attacks.

The research employs a conceptual methodology, structuring the model resilience to information disorders at macro (institutional policies), meso/intermediary (discursive and media practices), and micro (individual cognitive strategies) levels. Empirical data from Lithuania and Ukraine provide insight about how Ukrainian society has adapted during wartime and how Lithuania, as a NATO member, applies preventative resilience strategies. It inderscores the importance of social cohesion, trust-building, and employing proactive strategic narratives.

Author

• Dmytro Iarovyi, Kyiv School of Economics (Ukraine) / Vytautas Magnus U (Lithuania)