Information and Communication Technologies in Democratization of Power Relations in Ukraine

Abstract

This paper deals with the problems of functioning of information and communication technologies in the field of power relations in Ukraine. The author analyzes the role of information and communication technologies in political components of society within the European integration process. Based on the understanding that a democratic system requires constant feedback via communication the author locks through the basic theoretical concepts of political communication: political and legal regulation of the communication process; peculiarities of media as a mediator between the government and society; legality and publicity in communicative sphere in all aspects of its operation; components of the information field of political society. They are characterized by a number of scientific concepts: political communication, political culture, moral norms of political life, democratic vector of political communication. The work contains practical recommendations for the processes of interaction of political and social spheres, based on political, legal, ethical, cultural and administrative provisions.

Keywords: Information and Communication technology, Democracy, Power Relations, Political Communication, Political Culture.