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The concepts of platform society in contemporary socio-cultural research
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2019-8-161-171
Abstract
The article discusses modern research strategies of socio-cultural analysis of information and communication processes and technologies in a mediatized society. The attention of scholars is attracted by the place and role of global media digital platforms in political, economic and social management. In particular, research interest is aimed at studying the forms and methods of the impact of media platforms on social communications, the public and private spheres of society. The search for scholars is closely connected with the problems of updating concepts, conceptual apparatus and problem fields in socio-cultural studies. This contributes to the introduction of the key concept of “platform society” into research circulation, stimulates the formation of the concepts of the same name and the interdisciplinary direction of platform studies in socio-cultural studies. In the theoretical development of the latest concepts of a “platform society”, several problem nodes can be distinguished. Among them: the content of the concept of “platform society”, the idea of “platform” management of media content and social communication, the role of digital platforms in the formation of a “new sociality”.
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G. I. ZverevaRussian Federation
Galina I. Zvereva, Dr. of Sci. (History), professor
bld. 6, Miusskaya Sq., Moscow, Russia, 125993
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For citation: Zvereva G.I. The concepts of platform society in contemporary socio-cultural research. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2019;(8):161-171. https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2019-8-161-171
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