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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Political Science</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Political Science</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Политология</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-1438</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-1446</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">20980</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-1438-2019-21-1-118-128</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>CURRENT PROBLEMS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>АКТУАЛЬНЫЕ ВОПРОСЫ ПОЛИТИЧЕСКОЙ НАУКИ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">THE IMPACT OF THE INTERNET ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRACY IN THAILAND</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>ВЛИЯНИЕ ИНТЕРНЕТА НА РАЗВИТИЕ ДЕМОКРАТИИ В ТАИЛАНДЕ</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Sathita</surname><given-names>Dejthongpong</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Сатхита</surname><given-names>Деджтхонгпонг</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Trainee of the Department of Comparative Politics of Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>стажер кафедры сравнительной политологии Российского университета дружбы народов</p></bio><email>sathita_d@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский университет дружбы народов</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2019-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2019</year></pub-date><volume>21</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 21, NO1 (2019)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 21, №1 (2019)</issue-title><fpage>118</fpage><lpage>128</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2019-04-18"><day>18</day><month>04</month><year>2019</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2019, Sathita D.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2019, Сатхита Д.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2019</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Sathita D.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Сатхита Д.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/20980">https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/20980</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article examines the role and peculiarities of the internet in Thailand as well as its influence on the development of democracy in the country. At present, information technology is becoming an essential communication tool and the internet plays an important role in political communication. The author uses comparative political method to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of using the internet as a communication instrument in democratic society. Also, the article focuses on the function of the internet as an information transmission channel. The analysis results show that the main advantage of using the internet as a political communication tool is low cost of information distribution as well as allround access to various information sources. This encourages citizens to participate in political activities of the state. On the other hand, the mass distribution of the internet as the main source of information has its disadvantages: unreliability of data, wide access to false information and discordance of opinions. In Thailand, citizens do not have free access to the Internet, so it is doubtful that it will have a great impact on the development of democracy in the country.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В статье рассматриваются роль, особенности и влияние Интернета на развитие демократии в Таиланде. В настоящее время Интернет играет важную роль в политической коммуникации. Опираясь на сравнительный подход, автор анализирует преимущества и недостатки использования Интернета как инструмента коммуникации в демократическом обществе. Также большое внимание уделяется особенностям Интернета как канала передачи информации. В результате исследования автор приходит к ряду выводов. С одной стороны, главным преимуществом использования Интернета как инструмента политической коммуникации является низкая ценовая политика распространения информации и доступ к разным источникам информации в любое время. Это стимулирует граждан участвовать в политической деятельности. С другой стороны, массовое распространение Интернета как способа получения информации имеет свои недостатки: поток недостоверной информации, широкий доступ людей к дезинформации и дальнейшее расхождение мнений, чреватое политическими конфликтами. В Таиланде граждане в целом не могут свободно использовать Интернет, поэтому сложно сказать, что он оказывает влияние на развитие демократии в стране.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>the internet</kwd><kwd>Thailand</kwd><kwd>democracy</kwd><kwd>political participation</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Интернет</kwd><kwd>Таиланд</kwd><kwd>демократия</kwd><kwd>политическое участие</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><award-group><award-id></award-id></award-group></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Bogdanov D.V. Social Functions of the Internet. Vestnik Nizhegorodskogo Universiteta im. N.I. Lobachevskogo. 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