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Kylychbek Erkinbekov, Anvar Bugazov, Gulmira Karabalaeva, Alexey Smutko y Amantur Aidaraliev
Formation of the ethnic symbolic politics as the mechanism of interaction between society and
the political elite: Impact of information technologies
Modern power, unlike past eras, dramatizes itself through television,
radio, photography and lm production, which leads to an increase in
the possibilities of symbolic politics. Today, visual information acquires a
special role, changing the traditional, academic and bookish discourse for
mosaic and iconographic imagery.
The technique of rational-rhetorical “persuasion” of the public is replaced
by visual suggestion and advertising “temptation”, which qualitatively
increases the demand for symbolic politics (Potseluev, 1999: 138). The
inuence of the media and new digital technologies on modern society has
led to a change in the perception of the world and man. A countless number
of scenarios for the development of social processes taking place in the
world have appeared. These authors in their works in dierent perspectives,
the process of the impact of mass media on a person and society as a whole.
At the same time, they all noted that the eect of the media on a person’s
worldview depends not so much on his personal characteristics: gender,
age, education, political position, but rather on the individual’s sense of his
belonging to society.
Today, it is impossible to study society, ignoring virtual reality,
where information technologies are not just a means of communication
and information, but a formative and transformative construct of the
relationship between a person and society. The perception of virtual reality
as a form of manifestation of social life is limited only by the capabilities of
computer technology.
In fact, a new social space has emerged, where there is no traditional
space-time continuum. New social platforms have appeared and are actively
functioning, where there are no borders and closed zones, where there is
unlimited freedom and lack of control. A parallel reality arises, where, as in
a “normal” society, there is money or means of exchange (cryptocurrency),
labor is increasingly intellectual in nature, and the result of labor is a
product of design and modeling (Prilukova, 2004).
Not surprisingly, the political sphere of activity is also undergoing
signicant changes. Its content today is determined by the communication
strategy, and the form is increasingly reminiscent of a show with its
mandatory attributes - entertainment and attractiveness. Politicians
become the “stars” of the show, while sports, stage, movie stars, etc. in
various capacities are involved in politics. Socio-political activity in all
its forms is transferred to cyberspace and television. At the same time, it
acquires the features of a business based not on the values and interests of
the masses, but on the laws of entrepreneurship and marketing, which, in
turn, are regulated and implemented by a narrow circle of professionals:
consultants, image makers, political technologists, etc.