Mediatization of the Political Space: Problems of Inclusivity of New Media
https://doi.org/10.21453/2311-3065-2025-13-3-168-175
Abstract
This article examines the mediatization of politics and the political space. To get a detailed understanding of the mediatization of politics, various cases are analyzed in different contextual conditions, when politics adapts to the logic of media development under specific conditions. The mediatization of politics is a complex process closely related to the presence of media studies in society and the political sphere. It differs from the idea of “mediation” – the natural, predetermined mission of the media to convey meaning from communicators to the target audience. The mediatization of politics makes it possible to expand the access of the population to the system of political power, in which the media become not just an intermediary between the government and the population, but turn into a subject of political governance. The expansion of the media’s role in this process is facilitated by the development of the inclusivity of new media. The article examines the evolution of the concepts of “inclusion” and “media inclusion”, the formation of a culture of inclusivity.
About the Authors
O. F. Kireeva
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Kireeva Olga Feliksovna, PhD in Sociology
119571 Moscow. Vernadsky, av. 82
E. T. Kvernadze
JSC “Channel One»
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Kvernadze Eka Tariyelovna – editor-in-chief of the Directorate of social and journalistic Programs
12 Akademika Koroleva str., Moscow, 127427
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Kireeva O.F., Kvernadze E.T. Mediatization of the Political Space: Problems of Inclusivity of New Media. Communicology. 2025;13(3):168-175. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21453/2311-3065-2025-13-3-168-175
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