FEATURES OF POLITICAL PARTICIPATION ON THE INTERNET IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIA

• Main Author: A. V. Sokolov
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kemerovo State University 2014-02-01
• Series: Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета
• Subjects: internet; political participation; online political campaign; channels of communication
• Online Access: https://vestnik.kemsu.ru/jour/article/view/1315

The paper presents data of sociological surveys on political participation of citizens and political actors in contemporary Russia on the Internet. The data were obtained by interviewing experts in 4 subjects of the Russian Federation (Yaroslavl, Vologda, Ulyanovsk and Novosibirsk region) and the mass survey of Internet users in 15 regions of the Russian Federation, actively participating in political campaigns on the Internet. This gave a possibility to obtain both quantitative and qualitative assessments of political participation on the Internet.The author characterizes the main objects of political activity on the Internet. The study highlighted areas of political participation, most effectively realized by using the Internet. The paper analyzes the activity of the political opposition on the Internet.It is stated that the Internet users can be divided into two unequal groups: activists and consumers of information. The author points out a high proportion of professionals among activists in the Internet. The biggest proportion of customers are young people.