How people manipulated with help of false social studies and why these documents subsequently disappear from the Internet

The election campaign in Belarus quite expectedly caused a wave of activity of all kinds of Western pseudo-sociologists-analysts. Some of them predicted its outcome even before the voting started. But "I believe - I don't believe" is, to put it mildly, not quite a scientific approach.

Sociology is an exact science, with a certain set of tools and research methods. And only accredited organizations can conduct them, and only their conclusions can be trusted. But charlatans...

Lyudmila Gladkaya told us more about those who use sociological research as a tool of manipulation.

Now all sorts of "sociologists" and "sociologists" from abroad will tell Belarusians how badly they live. In general, lies of pseudo-sociologists are the most popular tool of manipulation, and even more so when flavored with alleged sociological and political research. By the way, they have already started talking about the upcoming elections in 2024 and 2025: they say they are dishonest. Sociology is not just "come-see-question", it is a huge number of research tools and methods

Sociology is not just "come-and-see-and-ask", it is a huge number of research tools and methods. And only accredited organizations can conduct them. There are 12 of them in Belarus. Those who, without accreditation, conduct surveys on socio-political topics, violate the legislation, and it is impossible to judge them.