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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">25710</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-1438-2021-23-1-47-59</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>YOUTH IN POLITICS</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>МОЛОДЕЖЬ В ОНЛАЙН-ПОЛИТИКЕ</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">Reinforcement Theory and Study of the Impact of Internet Technologies on Political Participation of Modern Youth</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>«Теория подкрепления» и изучение влияния интернет-технологий на политическое участие современной молодежи</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Grishin</surname><given-names>Nikolay Vladimirovich</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Гришин</surname><given-names>Николай Владимирович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Doctor of Political Science, Professor of the Department of Political Institutions and Applied Political Studies</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор политических наук, профессор кафедры политических институтов и прикладных политических исследований</p></bio><email>nvgrishin@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Saint Petersburg State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2021-03-18" publication-format="electronic"><day>18</day><month>03</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>23</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Youth and Politics</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Молодежь и политика</issue-title><fpage>47</fpage><lpage>59</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2021-02-19"><day>19</day><month>02</month><year>2021</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2021, Grishin N.V.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2021, Гришин Н.В.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2021</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Grishin N.V.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Гришин Н.В.</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/25710">https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/25710</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article examines the methodological possibilities of reinforcement theory in the field of studying the influence of Internet technologies on political behavior. The prospects of the “theory of reinforcement” are considered in the context of the changing role of Internet technologies in the political process since the beginning of the 2010s and the growing popularity of competing methodological directions, first of all, the “theory of mobilization”. It is revealed that the rivalry between the theory of reinforcement and the theory of mobilization at the present stage turns into a state of methodological dualism. Reinforcement theory not only retained its significance in the context of the growth of political mobilization in the period of the 2010s, but also received further development: the new concept of “selective avoidance” supplemented its theoretical apparatus. Reinforcement theory retains its significance for the study of political leadership among Russian youth, the activities of radical youth organizations. One of the factors in preserving the methodological potential of reinforcement theory in the study of the political activism of Russian youth is the practical combination of its principles with the network approach.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Рассматриваются методологические возможности «теории подкрепления» в области изучения влияния интернет-технологий на политическое поведение. Выявлены перспективы «теории подкрепления» в контексте изменения роли интернет-технологий в политическом процессе с начала 2010-х гг. и роста популярности конкурирующих методологических направлений, прежде всего - «теории мобилизации». Установлено, что соперничество «теории подкрепления» и «теории мобилизации» на современном этапе переходит в состояние методологического дуализма. «Теория подкрепления» не только сохранила значимость в условиях роста политической мобилизации периода 2010-х гг., но и получила дальнейшее развитие: новый концепт «выборочного уклонения» дополнил ее теоретический аппарат. «Теория подкрепления» сохраняет свою значимость для изучения политического лидерства в среде российской молодежи, деятельности радикальных молодежных организаций. Одним из факторов сохранения методологического потенциала «теории подкрепления» при изучении политического активизма российской молодежи является практическое совмещение ее принципов с сетевым подходом.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>theory of reinforcement</kwd><kwd>theory of mobilization</kwd><kwd>political activism</kwd><kwd>Russian youth</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>теория подкрепления</kwd><kwd>теория мобилизации</kwd><kwd>политический активизм</kwd><kwd>российская молодежь</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><award-group><funding-source><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="ru">Исследование выполнено при финансовой поддержке РФФИ и ЭИСИ в рамках научного проекта № 20-011-31753 «Молодежь мегаполисов как социальная основа публичного протеста: предпосылки, технологии, формы, риски и эффекты политической онлайн-мобилизации».</institution></institution-wrap><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="en">The reported study was funded by RFBR and EISR, project number 20-011-31753 “Youth of Metropolis as a Social Basis for Public Protest: Prerequisites, Technologies, Forms, Risks and Effects of Political Online Mobilization”.</institution></institution-wrap></funding-source></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">Baringhorst, S. 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