Methodology for revealing psychologically dangerous aesthetic impacts in information streams

Aspects of the influence of information technology are complex and multifaceted. This article clarifies the structure, meaning and possibilities of information warfare and its tools. Direct and indirect ways of creating and supporting the beliefs of recipients are considered, the importance of an aesthetically designed impact on the audience is highlighted. Particular attention is paid to the concept of fantasy theme analysis. A functional representation of the author's psychodiagnostic technique is proposed, which is the basis for identifying non-adaptive features of an individual's behavior. Automatic processing of the received data by methods of system analysis is provided.