Means of mass information and destabilization of society: the aspects of interrelation

  • Alexander V. Postalovsky Center for Sociological and Political Researches, Belarusian State University, 25 Akademichnaja Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus

Abstract

The article is devoted to the sociological analysis of the role of mass media in the processes of destabilization of sociopolitical systems on the example of the study of the conflict-prone field of the post-Soviet space. The questions of formation in the sociological theory of the concept of destabilization, which complements the classical theory of revolution, based primarily on the mandatory determination of the revolutionary process of economic factors. Hypothesis C. Huntington is empirically tested. on the hypothesis of value orientations and cultural differences as sources of invariant forms of conflict in modern conditions of society.

Author Biography

Alexander V. Postalovsky, Center for Sociological and Political Researches, Belarusian State University, 25 Akademichnaja Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus

PhD (sociology); leading researcher

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Published
2019-06-21
Keywords: mass media, transformation, destabilization, values, revolution
How to Cite
Postalovsky, A. V. (2019). Means of mass information and destabilization of society: the aspects of interrelation. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology, 1, 45-51. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/sociology/article/view/1765
Issue
No 1 (2019): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology
Section
Digital agenda for media space

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