title: Social and political participation using digital services: An empty ritual or a genuine participation?
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metadata.value: Karagulyan, Egine A.
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Batyreva, Maria V.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2024-08-27T17:10:52Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2024-08-27T17:10:52Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2024-03
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Karagulyan E. A., Batyreva M. V. Social and political participation using digital services: An empty ritual or a genuine participation? Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Sociology, 2024, vol. 17, issue 1, pp. 65–83. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu12.2024.105 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu12.2024.105
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/47344
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: This article focuses on how modern digital services can involve citizens in socio-political
  processes. Based on a survey of residents of the Tyumen region, an assessment was made of
  the participation of citizens in socio-political
  processes, the demand for digital services by
  the population for the manifestation of socio-political
  activity, as well as the ability of these
  services to provide citizens with genuine political participation. The study found that only
  40 % of respondents use modern services and technologies to display their socio-political
  activity. In the great majority of cases, the use of digital services or platforms is apolitical
  (solving one’s own life problems, getting information, informing the authorities). The needs of citizens related to participation in social and political processes through digital services are
  fully satisfied, but these services do not provide citizens with genuine participation and don’t
  give the opportunity to influence ongoing social and political processes. Only a few services
  today enable citizens to reach a high level of sociopolitical participation. Most digital services
  provide only symbolic political participation, but their presence improves the system of public
  administration and interaction between the authorities and the population. We tend to see,
  even in the non-political nature of digital service usage, latent political participation that can
  become real. The use of digital services is important for society, as they significantly expand
  both the audience and the repertoire of citizens’ participation in socio-political
  processes; have
  a learning effect; contribute to increasing the openness and accountability of authorities to
  citizens. By properly analyzing the weaknesses of digital services and the demands of citizens
  for their improvement, one can make significant improvements.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: The study was funded by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) and the Expert Institute
  for Social Research (EISR) according to the research project no. 21-011-31407 “‘Smart’ technologies as a
  means of involving in social and political processes: expectations and reality”.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Sociology;Volume 17; Issue 1
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: social and political participation
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: digital services
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: level of social and political participation
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: engagement of citizens in political processes
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Social and political participation using digital services: An empty ritual or a genuine participation?
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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