Aspects of Dynamic Modeling of Information Impacts in Social Networks

Abstract

This article analyzes the territorial and dynamic aspects of the propagation of information in social networks. The results of such analysis made it possible to draw a conclusion about the formation of practically a hierarchical structure of interconnections between manipulative influences (MI) different in nature, aimed at individual groups of individuals and society as a whole. A set of models for the implementation of the confrontation with informational influences in social networks aimed at achieving destructive goals has been synthesized. Very important results obtained by the authors in this study are the analytical dependencies on various factors for a certain amount of time required for maximizing the number of “infected” users of social networks due to the implementation manipulative influences; extremum of those who are in the so-called “latent” state; reaching the level of 95% of the number of “infected” of the total number of users living in certain settlements or in a certain territory. The success of the implementation of this study and its practical significance, primarily due to the application of the principle of clustering by the authors to mathematical model various situations regarding the propagation of information on a homogeneous territory.