Brovko V. Y. Main approaches to conceptualizing information policies

Abstract: The article explores major existing approaches to defining the essence of information policies in various fields of public authority work. The author provides comparison between Russian and foreign experience in this particular area and offers his own approach to defining information policies. Modern science offers a large number of works on information policies, however, a unified approach to the definition and essence of this term is yet to be reached. In light of this, to put together a correct and comprehensive opinion of what information policies are, we must study the most common approaches adopted by scholars and specialists of various fields of science, because the matters of information and communication may be equally important for multiple fields of social life and public space. The methodological basis of this research is built upon the systemic, structural and functional, comparative historical, comparative political, geopolitical, cultural and civilization-based approaches, and the methods of analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, modeling and observation. This article closely examines the major existing approaches to defining information policies and points out the interdisciplinary differences in their interpretation that can be found in research that belongs to different fields of knowledge. The author offers his own definition that he considers to be broad and comprehensive, reflecting the meaning of information policies to its fullest.

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