THE FORMATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE'S PROTEST POLITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS THROUGH INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS

Abstract

The article reveals the role of the Internet as a new mass political communication, actually creating new social order of information consumption in national and transnational spaces. It is noted that the political Internet has become an effective mechanism of influence on mass and individual consciousness, as well as of the formation of certain philosophical and ideological positions, views and extensive installations of the Internet users, especially young ones. Special attention is paid to the so-called “digital diplomacy" actively developing in recent years on the initiative of the US Department of State. Besides, the author studies the forms of its manifestation in social networks aimed at young people in order to involve them in the ranks of the opposition forces, the organization and conduct of various political protests. It is emphasized that the ultimate goal of “digital diplomacy" is the overthrow of the existing political regime in the countries disloyal to the US.