Circumstances of the Political Activity on the Internet
Keywords:
political activity, internet, social networks, protest, networksAbstract
The article examines the institutional conditions for the formation and development of political activity on the Internet in Russia. Dynamics of Internet penetration in Russia is analyzed in the paper. The authors identify the major factors contributing to the increased intensity of civic engagement on the Internet: the spread of the Internet, the proliferation of mobile Internet access, the growth of dissent, the formation of public online services. In the paper also analyzes the regulatory and legal conditions of political activity on the Internet. The author points out that one of the factors stimulating Internet activity in modern Russia is the inefficiency of institutions of representative democracy. As a result, there are increased network forms of organization of civic engagementDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17072/2218-1067-2015-1-157-167References
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