Social Media and Politics: Reinterpretating the Nature of Youth Political Participation

For citation: Gureeva A.N., Dunas D.V., Muronec O.V. Social'nye media i politika: k voprosu o pereosmyslenii prirody politicheskogo uchastija molodezhi [Social Media and Politics: Reinterpretating the Nature of Youth Political Participation]. Mediaskop 3. Available at: http://www.mediascope.ru/2638

@ Anna N. Gureeva

Associate Professor at the Chair of Media Theory and Economics, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia), gureevaan@gmail.com

@ Denis V. Dunas

Senior researcher at the Chair of Media Theory and Economics, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia), denisdunas@gmail.com

@ Ol'ga V.Muronec

Senior Lecturer at the Chair of Advertising and Public Relations, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia), muronets@yandex.ru

Abstracts

Contemporary media audiences, especially young people, are often associated with apolitical views, and their activity in social media on socio-cultural issues is not perceived as political activity. Today, however, both the forms of political participation and its content have been significantly transformed. The article explores the problem of socio-cultural determinacy of contemporary political activity on the example of representatives of Russian youth, its focus on social change in everyday life.

Keywords: Media activism, mediatization, politics, youth, social media.

Notes

Molodezhnyj aktivizm = obshhestvennaja pol'za? [Youth Activism = Public Benefit?].  VCIOM, 2019. Available at: https://wciom.ru/analytical-reviews/analiticheskii-obzor/molodyozhnyj-aktivizm-obshhestvennaya-polza

Muhametshina E. (2020) Bolee 80% rossijskoj molodezhi ravnodushnyj k politike [More Than 80% of Russian Youth Are Indifferent to Politics]. Vedomosti,April 30. Available at: https://www.vedomosti.ru/society/articles/2020/04/29/829352-molodezhi-ravnodushni

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