The institution of presidency in the information space of the modern world

Authors

  • Валентина Кнурова/ Valentina Knurova Astrakhan State University

Keywords:

presidential leadership, president, mass media, information space, communicative technologies, Internet.

Abstract

The article analyzes the main approaches to the positioning of the president in the modern information space, involving an image choice, top-priority practices of public relations, etc., and emphasizes the necessity of distinguishing between the processes of information “delivery” and perception. The notion of the “information space criticality level” is introduced, two types of information flows between the president and citizens (upstream and downstream) are considered. The author also defines a problem of information space misrepresentation, which makes the direct connection between society and the authorities impossibleDOI: 10.17072/2218-1067-2016-2-52-61

Author Biography

Валентина Кнурова/ Valentina Knurova, Astrakhan State University

Associate Professor

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Published

2018-10-07

How to Cite

Valentina Knurova В. К. (2018). The institution of presidency in the information space of the modern world. Bulletin of Perm University. Political Science, (2), 52–61. Retrieved from http://press.psu.ru/index.php/polit/article/view/1707