Schenina O.G. Digital space of political relations: topological perspective. In: Opportunities and threats of digital society: conference materials ...

Abstract

The article is devoted to the consideration of the space of political relations in the context of digitalization based on the methodological synthesis of methods of political science and topology. Of particular research interest is the change in approaches to the analysis of modern processes of formation and development of a network society: digitalization, informatization and network management. They largely change the space of the world of modern man and society as a whole, so it is difficult to fully assess the opportunities, risks and threats that are formed in the depths of the emerging network society. Purpose and methods of research: consideration of approaches to the analysis of the concept of space in the perspective of the study of political relations based on the use of topology methods. In addition, the methodological basis of the study was a network approach, content analysis, and discourse analysis. It is shown that digitalization modifies the space of politics in general and political relations in particular. The conclusion is made about the expansion of the arsenal of methods used by political sciences in the process of analyzing modern reality.

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