STRATEGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STATE AND SOCIETY COMMUNICATIONS DURING THE LEGAL REGIME OF MARTIAL STATE

Abstract

A key feature of the democratic development of Ukraine is the establishment of an effective system of relations between state authorities and society at all levels of government, orientation towards an effective dialogue with society, based on the principles of openness and transparency. The modern information society requires state authorities to observe the basics of their activity in terms of transparency, openness, and active feedback. Russia’s aggression against Ukraine led to the search for new tools for a comprehensive system of interaction between the state and society, including a response to informational aggression. One of these tools was the development and implementation of a strategy for the development of communications between the state and society during the legal regime of martial law. The communication strategy of the state and society in Ukraine has gone through a rather eventful development path – from its perception as a little-known tool imitated from European countries to the full realization of its possibilities and practical application. The article focuses on the need to establish effective communications between the government and society under martial law. It is noted that downward communications are becoming extremely important: the efficiency of informing citizens by state bodies about the progress of adapting state processes to today’s requirements. Problematic issues related to the implementation of the strategy for the development of communications between the state and society are outlined, as well as the difficulties that arise in the Ukrainian practice of using it to develop an adequate response to russian propaganda.