ПОЛІТИЧНА КОМУНІКАЦІЯ В МЕРЕЖІ ІНТЕРНЕТ ЯК НОВИЙ ВЕКТОР РОЗВИТКУ ПОЛІТИЧНОЇ КУЛЬТУРИ В КРАЇНАХ АРАБСЬКОГО СВІТУ

Abstract

Since early 90's of the XX century up to our times, in the context of the Internet role transformation analysis, it has become a factor of the information technology rapid spread and the number of network users growth (from several millions to several billion) not only for entertainment, communication or search information, but also it has acquired significance as an influential political tool in the struggle for power, thus conceptualizing the relevance of the current study. For the last decades, the Internet has begun gaining the role of a powerful and informative engine, developing at the expense of social networks. It is social networks that have become an arena for both domestic and international political struggle.The study suggests a thesis that the geo-cultural factor specificity of the “century of new technologies” was significantly evident during the “Arab Spring” period. Herewith, the freedom of the Internet is not the same in the Arab world countries. It is rather limited as taken for the Gulf countries. The factor of social networks in protest movements requires a more detailed study, especially in relation to the level of political culture, economic development and public consciousness of the Arab countries population.