The role of the Internet in political socialization of modern Russian youth
https://doi.org/10.24290/1029-3736-2022-28-2-93-118
Abstract
The article analyzes the role of innovative mass media, in particular Internet in the process of political socialization of the Russian youth, taking place in the context of deep socioeconomic and political transformations, globalization and digitalization. The transformational potential of Internet technologies is undeniable today. Political news aggregators, online bloggers, anonymous Telegraph channels present a broad range of political information and opinion. Considering the Internet as a revolutionary means of communication, the authors carried out an analysis of its main characteristics, research of virtual communities as a space of political socialization, the processes of hybridization, which implies the actual consolidation of the properties of real and virtual communities. The importance of an adequate assessment of the role of innovative media in the political socialization of young people, in shaping the political subjectivity of young Russian citizens is obvious.
About the Authors
T. N. Samsonova
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
PhD in Political Science, Professor, Department of Politology and the Sociology of Political Processes, Faculty of Sociology
Moscow, Russian Federation, 119234
E. K. Leonov
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Master’s Student, Department of Politology and the Sociology of Political Processes, Faculty of Sociology
Moscow, Russian Federation, 119234
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Samsonova T.N., Leonov E.K. The role of the Internet in political socialization of modern Russian youth. Moscow State University Bulletin. Series 18. Sociology and Political Science. 2022;28(2):67-85. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24290/1029-3736-2022-28-2-93-118
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