Open AccessSocial Media Communities “BKontakte” as a source of Political Knowledge: Case “Political science Library”
Author(s) -
D. V. Alekseev,
P. S. Kopylova
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
gumanitarnye nauki. vestnik finansovogo universiteta/gumanitarnye nauki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2619-1482
pISSN - 2226-7867
DOI - 10.26794/2226-7867-2020-10-3-113-121
Subject(s) - politics , political communication , social science , political philosophy , democracy , political culture , american political science , sociology , political management , media studies , political science , public relations , law
This research considered the content of the “Political science library” social media community for the 2019 year. Authors identified domination topics at the discourse of a network community, tried to share the most popular posts and books. We classified it using hashtags at social media groups. Authors used the elements of discourse analysis (the methodology for analyzing M. Skriven’s arguments). As a result of the analysis, we found that most of the books related to political history, political philosophy and political regimes and democracy. We can conclude that such content is useful and interesting for people if accounted for the number of community subscribers and a large number of posts with books on the history and philosophy of politics. At the same time, books which related to the most applied fields of political science appeared less often. The study proved that communities such as the “Political science library” are not only agents of political science knowledge, but also contribute to the development of networked communities of researchers and anyone interested in political science.