From Online Voting to Protest Mobilization: How the Internet is Transforming Political Participation
https://doi.org/10.22394/1726-1139-2019-11-39-46
Abstract
This article is devoted to the study of the influence of Internet technologies and social media on the forms of political participation of modern citizens. The author notes that the Internet contributes more to the politicization of citizens, providing them with new opportunities for communication, obtaining and producing political information and committing collective actions. The author believes that under the influence of the Internet, political participation is transformed in two directions: 1. there is a technological modernization of instrumental and procedural forms of participation; 2. new forms of political participation are emerging.
About the Author
A. A. Malkevich
Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexander A. Malkevich, Associate Professor of the Department of Communication Technologies and Public Relations
PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor
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Malkevich A.A. From Online Voting to Protest Mobilization: How the Internet is Transforming Political Participation. Administrative Consulting. 2019;(11):39-46. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22394/1726-1139-2019-11-39-46
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