Open AccessDigital democracy in the context of the pandemic: ethical, legal and political aspects. Part 1
Author(s) -
Alexey Yu. Mamychev,
Olga I. Miroshnichenko
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
advances in law studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2500-428X
pISSN - 2409-5087
DOI - 10.29039/2409-5087-2020-8-5-94-99
Subject(s) - democracy , politics , informatization , archetype , context (archaeology) , political science , law and economics , power (physics) , sociology , environmental ethics , political economy , epistemology , law , computer science , history , philosophy , telecommunications , physics , theology , archaeology , quantum mechanics
In a block of two articles, the authors discuss the effectiveness of digital democracy mechanisms in times of crisis in the development of society. In particular, the COVID-19 pandemic and the situation caused by become the object of analysis. It is assumed that in the so-called Eastern States, due to the peculiarities of the legal mentality and the presence of certain archetypes, critical situations are more easily stopped by public-power mechanisms. The authors believe that in certain conditions, the tools of digital democracy can play a negative role, in particular, it means that in Western societies, what the authors call the “mediavirus” — the result of excessive informatization and freedom of speech — may become even more dangerous than its biological founder.