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Background. The political space is permeated with diverse types and kinds of discourses, which operate simultaneously and which concurrently function as autonomous, heterogeneous and continuous information flows. By applying language filters, geo-positioning data, markers of discursive practices to the online space, it is possible to identify the areas that are characteristic of a country, a city, a certain group of people, a political partyВ’s electorate, etc. The communication and the formation of social practic...

The authors reveal the structure of the new political phenomenon - network public policy, formed under the influence of societal changes in contemporary society. As a result of these changes, political institutions and practices acquired new network universal qualities. Network public policy takes place in an environment integrated with the Internet public space and includes the activities of various social and political actors that have significant levels of reflection and use network mechanisms to search for res...

The research aim of this paper is to reveal the repertoire and the role of personalized images in the overall structure of the image of Europe as perceived by the young generation in todayВ’s Russia. The study is based on the theoretical model of the image of Europe as an integral part of the political picture of the world, this model encompasses the methodological approaches of phenomenology, constructivism and visual sociology. Twelve focus group discussions with representatives of various groups of youth includ...