List of issues > Series «Political Science and Religion Studies». 2022. Vol 39
The Impact of the Internet and Social Networks on Sustainability of Liberal Democracies
Author(s)
V. A. Furs
Abstract
The article examines causal links between the development of Internet technologies and crisis phenomena in liberal democratic systems. Following the principles of a comparative analysis, the author compared the state of democratic institutions and mechanisms before and after total digitalization. The author analyzed the stereotype concerning liberalizing effect of social networks and confirmed the con-clusion about their ideological neutrality. The study found two main forms of destabilizing effect of the Internet and social networks on liberal democracies.
About the Authors
Furs Vitaly Aleksandrovich, Candidate of Sciences (Political Science), Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Academy of State Fire Service EMERCOM Russia, 4, B. Galushkin st., Moscow, 129366, Russian Federation, e-mail: vitaly.furs@yandex.ru
For citation
Furs V.A. The Impact of the Internet and Social Networks on Sustainability of Liberal Democracies. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Political Science and Religion Studies, 2022, vol. 39, pp. 37-45. https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2022.39.37 (in Russian)
Keywords
liberal democracy, democratic systems, digital dictatorship, electronic democracy, social networks, Internet impact, digitalization.
UDC
321.7
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2022.39.37
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