Leonova O.G. Information field of politics

Abstract:   This article is dedicated to the analysis of the information field as a scientific category ans as a phenomenon of the global political space. The subject of the research is the information field, while the object – information field of politics, its role in the life of modern society. It is noted that currently the information field represents a platform for geopolitical confrontation and rivalry between the actors of the global world, which increases the level of relevance of the research of all aspects of this topic. This work clarifies the essence of this notion, formulates the author’s definition of it, as well as suggests classification of information fields from the perspective of their spatial configuration. The author examines and compares various approaches towards the interpretation of this notion, which exist within the foreign and Russian science. A special attention is given to the concept of “global information field”; the criteria of its globality are being determined. The author pursues correlation between the notions “information field” and “communicative space”, and detects such properties of the information field as: size as a spatial characteristics; volume; intensiveness and density of the information stream. The dependency of the effectiveness of information stream from the speed of movement of information and intensiveness of the information stream is revealed. The author determines the mechanism of control over the information field, as well as factors that weaken its effectiveness.    

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