Democracy and decadence media. 2nd edition. Kin J.

We live in the revolutionary era of communication abundance, when many innovations in the field of media, starting with satellite broadcasting and ending with smart glasses or electronic books, cause considerable admiration. In the political sphere, high hopes are entrusted to digital democracy, cybergraduate and electronic government. The author believes that in many very important relations, communication abundance radically changes the outlines of our life and our politics, as a rule, for the better. However, he raises the question of why so little attention is paid to anxious opposite trends, decadent processes in the field of media, which encourage public silence and concentration of unlimited power, thereby weakening the spirit and power of democracy.