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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">31848</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-1438-2022-24-3-419-432</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>DIGITAL POLITICS</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ЦИФРОВОЕ ПРОСТРАНСТВО ПОЛИТИКИ</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">Digital Political Communication in Russia: Values of Humanism vs. Technocratic Approach</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Цифровая политическая коммуникация в России: ценности гуманизма против технократического подхода</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8462-5320</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Bykov</surname><given-names>Ilya A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Быков</surname><given-names>Илья Анатольевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Doctor in Political Science, Professor of the Department of Public Relations in Politics and Public Administration</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор политических наук, профессор кафедры связей с общественностью в политике и государственного управления</p></bio><email>i.bykov@sbpu.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6154-6988</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kurushkin</surname><given-names>Sergey V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Курушкин</surname><given-names>Сергей Васильевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in Political Science, Lecturer of the Department of Theory of Journalism and Mass Communications</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат политических наук, старший преподаватель кафедры теории журналистики и массовых коммуникаций</p></bio><email>s.kurushkin@spbu.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="2022-09-07" publication-format="electronic"><day>07</day><month>09</month><year>2022</year></pub-date><volume>24</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Internet and Politics</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Интернет и политика</issue-title><fpage>419</fpage><lpage>432</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2022-09-07"><day>07</day><month>09</month><year>2022</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2022, Bykov I.A., Kurushkin S.V.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2022, Быков И.А., Курушкин С.В.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2022</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Bykov I.A., Kurushkin S.V.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Быков И.А., Курушкин С.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/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/31848">https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/31848</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">The massive spread of digital technologies has led to the transformation of practices related to communication and, in particular, political communication. The development of digital technologies in political communication results in the emergence of new participants, who can be called network actors, the perception of which by various social groups is transformed under the influence of the values shared by the communication parties. The research discusses the current state of the communications theory in the light of the digitalizing media space and the transforming humanistic values. The authors suggest applying the ideas of post-humanistic philosophy to the analysis of the problems and prospects of political communication in the context of digitalization. The purpose of the research is to study the specific features of political communication in a digital society based on an anthropocentric approach and in the context of opposing modern humanistic values to the ideas of technocratic control and management. The empirical basis of the study includes the results of two focus groups (students and senior citizens) held in St. Petersburg in the spring of 2022, where participants discussed the problems of communication between people and chatbots. It was found that although young people in general interacted more actively with chatbots, both age groups showed a favorable attitude towards chatbots and technological progress. However, in the senior age group, humanistic values manifested themselves more explicitly (the problem of a “live voice”, issues related to the emotional component of communication, and even concern for jobs that people might lose). The authors conclude about the insufficiency of the technocratic approach and the need to take into account the values of modern humanism in implementing new forms of communication with network actors.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">Массовое распространение цифровых технологий привело к трансформации практик, связанных с общением и политической коммуникацией. В результате развития цифровых технологий в политической коммуникации появляются новые участники, которых можно назвать сетевыми актантами и восприятие которых различными социальными группами трансформируется под влиянием ценностей, разделяемых участниками коммуникационных процессов. В исследовании рассматривается актуальное состояние теории коммуникаций в свете тенденций цифровизации медиапространства и трансформации гуманистических ценностей. Предлагается применение идей постгуманистической философии к анализу проблем и перспектив политической коммуникации в условиях цифровизации. Цель исследования заключается в изучении специфики политической коммуникации в цифровом обществе на основе антропоцентрического подхода и в условиях противопоставления современных гуманистических ценностей идеям технократического контроля и управления. Эмпирической базой исследования стали результаты двух фокус-групп (студентов и лиц пенсионного возраста), проведенных в Санкт-Петербурге весной 2022 г. В ходе фокус-групп участники обсуждали проблемы общения и коммуникации людей и чат-ботов. Было выявлено, что хотя молодежь в целом активнее взаимодействует с чат-ботами, обе возрастные группы продемонстрировали благожелательное отношение к чат-ботам и технологическому прогрессу. Однако в старшей возрастной группе гуманистические ценности проявлялись более эксплицитно (проблема «живого голоса», вопросы, связанные с эмоциональной составляющей общения и даже беспокойство за рабочие места, которые могут потерять люди). Делается вывод о недостаточности технократического подхода и необходимости учета ценностей современного гуманизма в имплементации новых форм коммуникации с сетевыми актантами.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>digitalization</kwd><kwd>political communication</kwd><kwd>media space</kwd><kwd>chatbots</kwd><kwd>digital communications</kwd><kwd>technocracy</kwd><kwd>values</kwd><kwd>humanism</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>цифровизация</kwd><kwd>политическая коммуникация</kwd><kwd>медиапространство</kwd><kwd>чат-боты</kwd><kwd>цифровые коммуникации</kwd><kwd>технократия</kwd><kwd>ценности</kwd><kwd>гуманизм</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Adamopoulou, E., &amp; Moussiades, L. (2020). Chatbots: History, technology, and applications. 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