Distraction is the shifting of attention from one object to another. It is carried out through the dissemination of information that is an external stimulus to a person engaged in an important activity at that moment.
Example.
An important event in the information space:
The North Atlantic Council officially launched the process of Finland and Sweden’s accession to NATO.
At the same time, the news breaks:
Syria has decided to recognize the independence of the so-called LPR and DPR.
“The EU candidacy will not actually change anything for Ukraine, the main thing is that the processes do not cause problems for russia,” d.peskov said.
This method of russian propaganda is aimed at diverting the attention of their domestic consumers from important events to less significant ones in order to reduce psychological resistance from society and create a certain “victory” for the russians.
