title: The democracy in a network society: Problems and prospects of development
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metadata.value: Samarin, Yaroslav V.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2020-10-19T18:44:10Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2020-10-19T18:44:10Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-06
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metadata.value: Samarin Ya.V. The democracy in a network society: Problems and prospects of development. Political Expertise: POLITEX, 2020, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 251–262.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu23.2020.204
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/19952
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metadata.value: This article examines the role of the new media and social networks as a factor in the development
  of deliberative democracy. In the late 1990s, it was thought that the communication revolution
  would be a way to overcome the crisis of representative democracy. With the development of the
  Internet, the transition from a hierarchical model of communications to a network was supposed
  to bring changes to the sphere of politics. New media and social networks should guarantee access of civil society to the political public sphere and help narrow the gap between the elite and
  the people. Requirements are being formulated to increase the transparency and accountability
  of state institutions, and to strengthen policy control. It was believed that the Internet will become
  a place where the principles of deliberative democracy will be embodied. But now we should
  admit that the new media development causes disappointment, and a times anxiety. Instead of
  the growth of public discussions, we may encounter “echo chambers”, a victim of the essence
  of information for effect, which as a result, leads to the radicalization of citizens. Governments
  and IT-corporations exploit the increased capabilities of social networks and Big Data to control
  and manipulate information, which jeopardizes the possibility of free discussion. The impact on
  emotions and simple slogans turned out to be more acceptable in the Internet age than a reflective discussion on social issues. The communication revolution has led to changes in the public
  sphere, but at the same time, it can lead to the erosion of democracy.
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metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Political Expertise: POLITEX;Volume 16; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: deliberative democracy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: network policy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: political communication
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: public sphere
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: democracy crisis
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: mass media
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The democracy in a network society: Problems and prospects of development
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metadata.value: Article
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