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Paper short abstract:

The development of the information space of Ukraine for a long time took place spontaneously, in the conditions of wild competition. Distancing from the totalitarian past, implementing the world standards for mas-media move to form an information strategy for subjects of socio-religious relations.

Paper long abstract:

Ukrainian society faces many challenges in forming a new Ukrainian information space, which for a long time was under the influence of Soviet (meaning Russian) narratives. Everything Ukrainian (language, culture, history, religion) was declared secondary to the great Russian culture, derivative and insignificant compared to the tremendous imperial history, and often false. Allowing the minimal presence of religion in the information space of Ukraine, the Soviet authorities clearly indicated which religion was desirable for presentation. Only Russian Orthodoxy (Russian Orthodox Church) was allowed to play such a role. The level, quality, scope, and content of such presence were determined in the Communist party offices in Moscow. According to its tradition, after 1991, the Soviet approach was transferred to the FSB, the Russian Orthodox Church, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Ministry of Education of Russia. Despite the information gateways opening in 1991, the internal censorship developed in the Soviet times still operates and puts pressure on the Ukrainian information space. Most of the Ukrainian media are still dependent on different financial and political groups. The situation in the religious domain is similar. Independent media keep rising in Ukraine. Therefore, religion needs to be sufficiently thoroughly and objectively presented in secular and religious information resources. Its confessional commitment or traditional godless criticism is felt when the necessity of religion is denied, and vulgar anti-clericalism is cultivated. The most successful in the age of information development are those religious organizations in Ukraine that quickly respond to technological revolutions and widely use the achievements of the information age (Internet, social networks, etc.).