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1st Edition

Information, Security and Society in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Edited By Natalia Moch, Wioletta Sylwia Wereda, Jerzy Stańczyk Copyright 2024
    306 Pages 36 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    306 Pages 36 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge
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    The COVID-19 pandemic has forced society to re-evaluate security, crisis and risk management principles and policies so we are better prepared to deal with contemporary threats. This book provides an overview of selected and key changes that have taken place in the security environment across entities.

    The book analyzes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the security environment and modern societies. Using a holistic, interdisciplinary approach to security issues, it draws attention to political, military, cultural, information, legal, psychological and social aspects. Combining theoretical, empirical and practical perspectives, the editors and contributors present the result of research on both current and forecast effects of the pandemic on individuals, social groups, countries and the international community.

    This edited collection will be directly relevant for researchers and academics across a range of management disciplines, including risk, crisis and security management, information management and related fields.

    Part I: Security Environment in the Age of a Pandemic 1. Changes in the Strategic Environment Following the COVID-19 Pandemic 2. Safety Culture During the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Effectiveness of Dealing with the Coronavirus and its Consequences 3. Thanatological Perspectives of the COVID-19 Pandemic 4. Schengen and Security in Times of COVID-19 Part II: Psychological and Sociological Conditions of Security 5. Selected Psychological Determinants of Human Behvaiour During the COVID-19 Pandemic 6. Situational Awareness of the Population in the Sphere of Public Security Services Under COVID-19 Conditions 7. The Role of Media in Providing Information, Recommendation and Human Informational Security Part III: Information During Pandemic 8. Disinformation During the COVID-19 Pandemic 9. The European Union's Policy Towards the COVID-19 Crisis in 2020 and the Russian Contribution to Infodemic 10. Digital Competencies of Information Security in the International Environment in the time of Contemporary Threats 11. COVID-19 as an Element of Hybrid Threats Part IV: Security Operations in the Time of Pandemic Crises 12. Symbolic Representation of the Threats Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Crisis Management System in Poland and Selected Countries 13. Reasons for the Limited Effectiveness of the Recognition and Readout of Warning Signals – in the Light of Research on the Perceiving of Threats Caused by COVID-19 virus 14. Analysis of the Quality of Crisis Management Plans in Selected EU Countires in the Context on COVID-19 Pandemic 15. Action of Selected Entities of the Operational Security Subsystem in Combating the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Biography

    Natalia Moch, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Security, Logistics and Management at Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland.

    Wioletta Sylwia Wereda, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Security, Logistics and Management at Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland.

    Jerzy Stańczyk, Professor in the Faculty of Security, Logistics and Management at Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland.

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