Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
информационный эффект
English translation:
media impact
Added to glossary by
rns
Jun 1, 2011 02:20
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Russian term
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информационный эффект
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Just checking if anyone knows of a set term before I go with the obvious "informational effect."
Уж мало кто из аналитиков, политологов, социологов не высказался в том смысле, что важнейшим признаком терроризма являются не жертвы, а информационный эффект.
From an article on terrorism.
Уж мало кто из аналитиков, политологов, социологов не высказался в том смысле, что важнейшим признаком терроризма являются не жертвы, а информационный эффект.
From an article on terrorism.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | media impact |
rns
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| 4 +2 | power to sway public opinion |
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Change log
Jun 6, 2011 05:31: rns Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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media impact
... operations are crafted to have a high media impact, and the global media's portrayal of Al-Qaeda
— http://goo.gl/4nIAM
— http://goo.gl/4nIAM
Example sentence:
It is often claimed that terrorist acts are mostly committed because of their media impact
it can even be suggested that there is a simple equation relating size of damage to media effect; the greater the damage, the greater the media impact
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power to sway public opinion
You could use the literal translation. Looking at the greater context (http://www.altruism.ru/sengine.cgi/13/24?page=&print=1>), I'd suggest something like "power to sway public opinion".
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