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Sociology of communication processes in current scenarios and the “manipulation of news”

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  • Monica Calderaro

    (University of International Studies, Rome, Italy)

  • Vincenzo Mastronardi

    (University of International Studies, Rome, Italy)

  • Ionut Virgil Serban

    (University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania)

Abstract

This study examines the sociological processes underlying social influence, beginning with early military psychological operations (PSYOP) involving news manipulation and tracing their development toward contemporary techniques of persuasion. It focuses on the mechanisms through which influence is exerted and on the core principles involved in directing human behavior. The analysis also addresses mass suggestion, crowd psychology, and the erosion of individual identity, drawing on the foundational contributions of Gustav Le Bon and Sigmund Freud. These perspectives provide a framework for introducing eight typologies of the “change process” and for analyzing the corresponding reduction of individual volitional capacity.

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  • Monica Calderaro & Vincenzo Mastronardi & Ionut Virgil Serban, 2025. "Sociology of communication processes in current scenarios and the “manipulation of news”," Sociology and Social Work Review, International Society for projects in Education and Research, vol. 9(2), pages 49-61, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:edr:sswrgl:v:9:y:2025:i:2:p:49-61
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    1. Cristina Ilie Goga & Ionut Serban, 2018. "Methods used in the Educational Process: A Theoretical and Empirical Perspective," International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, vol. 8(4), pages 416-430, April.
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    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior

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