The influence of information and communication technologies on the development of social and political structures of the network society

• Iryna Verkhovod Ukraine Borys Grinchehko Kyiv Unversity, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9176-2574
• Vira Haponenko Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1004-3165
• Oleg Kravtsov Dnipro University of Technology, Dnipro, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8027-1796
• Тetiana Kravtsova Dnipro University of Technology, Dnipro, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5138-3799
• Svitlana Bulbeniuk Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9760-7850

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10909782

Keywords: social groups, network society, socio-political structures, information, communication, organization

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to analyze the transformation of the socio-political structures of the network society, taking into account the influence of globalization processes and the development of information and communication technologies. Since we live in a networked society where information and communication technologies play a key role, it is important to examine how these factors shape the socio-political landscape. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to study the relationship between social and political structures, globalization processes and the development of information and communication technologies. We used the following methods: abstraction, deduction, systematization and generalization. It has been determined that the emergence of a network society causes a restructuring of socio-political institutions, which leads to the emergence of new structures and determines the specifics of the functioning of socio-political networks in the context of globalization. The influence of social institutions on digitalization is analyzed. The study of the representation of social interests at the network level was conducted in Ukraine in 2022. The transformation of the influence of information and communication networks on the development of socio-political structures of the network society and the formation of approaches to the interaction of the political apparatus with citizens is investigated.

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