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2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Interaction of Authorities and Citizens: What Opportunities Does the Internet Provide (on the Example of the Yaroslavl Region)
Authors : Alexander Sokolov, Yuri Golovin
Published in: Digital Transformation and Global Society
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify the Internet potential in intersectoral interaction (authorities, non-profit organizations and population) in the Yaroslavl region. In this study, the materials of the quantitative survey conducted in January-February 2018 in the territory of the Yaroslavl region were used in comparison with the data of regular all-Russian studies. In addition, materials from two expert interviews (among representatives of regional and local authorities and among leaders and employees of non-profit organizations) were used.
It is already possible to talk about the positive impact of the Network on the dialogue between different sectors of society. Each of the parties has its advantages from the emergence and spread of the Internet: society get accessibility of services (state, local, non-profit organizations); power get simplification of procedures for regulating and controlling civil society (the ability to monitor sentiments in different territories, groups). Public receive the availability of government support measures for NGOs and civic initiatives, as well as the popularization of the non-profit organizations themselves. In the Yaroslavl region, the Internet becomes an important communication channel in the intersectoral interaction, which forms a new culture of communication, and a mechanism for consolidation. The study confirmed the hypothesis that the Internet development facilitates communication with civil society actors (obtaining information and access to power).
At the same time, it was revealed that the development of the Internet network makes it easier to control the subjects of civil society and makes the manipulation technologies more productive.