Informacinių grėsmių ir priešiškos propagandos Lietuvoje vertinimas ir institucinio atsako pajėgumai ; Assessment of Information Threats, Hostile Propaganda and Institutional Response Capacity in Lithuania
In Lithuania, the number of information threats and hostile propaganda is growing every year. It is pointed out that propaganda has manifested itself in culture and education as well as in foreign policy. Research object - threats and hostile propaganda. The aim of the thesis – to assess the capacity of the institutional response to information threats and hostile propaganda in Lithuania. The tasks of the thesis: to elucidate the theoretical aspects of information threats and propaganda based on the scientific analysis of the literature; to analyse the European Union's legal framework for combating propaganda/disinformation/fake news; to conduct an overview of information threats and hostile propaganda in Lithuania; to evaluate the attitude of experts to information threats and hostile propaganda as well as the institutional response to them in Lithuania. The methods of the thesis: analytical descriptive method, logical-analytical method, comparative method, expert survey/expert evaluation, data analysis method, data content analysis method, data systematization and summarization methods.