Public appeals of intellectuals as a technology of rationalization of political communication

Yakovlev, Denys V.

doi:10.32782/apfs.v038.2022.16

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“…In political communication, public intellectuals apply the technology of open letters, applications and appeals. Public intellectuals, when appealing to the public, perform an important function of rationalizing political communication" (Yakovlev, 2022). Given that the activities of public intellectuals are aimed at rationalizing public policy, the institute of public intellectuals can become a safeguard for mediatizing politics, turning politics into a media process and a media show.…”

Section: New Challenges For the Citizens' Political Competencementioning

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Challenges for the Political Competence of Citizens in the Context of Ukraine's European Integration

Stoliarova

2023

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The article aims at identifying the latest challenges for the political competence of Ukrainian citizens in the context of European integration. Russia's large-scale aggression is certainly becoming a major challenge for citizens, those who are forced to save their lives under daily cruise missile attacks launched from a terrorist country. At the same time, the war leveled differences between the regions on the issue of European and Euro-Atlantic integration, consolidated Ukrainian society around democratic values and democratic choice. Political competence of citizens is defined as a complex socio-political phenomenon that allows assessing the rationality and effectiveness of government actions and exercises the right to change government. Applying the institutionalism of rational choice, it has been determined that it is the ability of citizens to make democratic choices in difficult conditions that is a convincing evidence of a high level of political competence. Based on the method of historical institutionalism, the completion of the post-Soviet transformations stage is noted. Ukrainians have made their choice in favor of democracy. At the same time, new challenges arise for the citizens’ political competence. They are institutional in nature and are associated with the activities of such institutions as elections (electoral campaigns at the national and local levels), mass media, the institute of political education, civil society, and so on. It is proved that the political competence of citizens is manifested in the electoral process, but is not limited to just participation in voting. It consists in the implementation of a control function – a critical and rational assessment of the actions of public authorities and the opposition. This is the reason for the role of mass media and civil society. The challenges to the activities of the mass media institute are the mediatization of politics (media shows, media scandals) and, at the same time, attempts by the public authorities to restrict freedom of speech. Such restrictions, which are absolutely justified under martial law, potentially pose a threat minding a return to the authoritarian model in the relations "Power – Mass media – Society". Special attention is paid to the role of the institute of public intellectuals in the process of forming the political competence of citizens.

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Section: New Challenges For the Citizens' Political Competencementioning

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Challenges for the Political Competence of Citizens in the Context of Ukraine's European Integration

Stoliarova

2023

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“…In political communication, public intellectuals apply the technology of open letters, statements, and appeals. By appealing to the public, public intellectuals perform an important function of rationalizing political communication" (Yakovlev, 2022).…”

Section: Mediatization Of Political Representationmentioning

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Political Representation: Historical Sources and Institutional Determinants

Vorobiov,

Kropyvko

2023

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The article identifies historical sources for studying the phenomenon of political representation and its institutional determinants. The idea of political representation has been most developed in modern European philosophical and political thought. It is directly related to the formation of the institution of parliamentarism. The social contract theory became the basis of parliamentarism and representative democracy. It is the parliament that has long determined the institutional determinants of political representation, including parliamentary election patterns and political parties. In modern conditions, the institutions of mass media and public intellectuals also play an important role for political representation and representative democracy. Thanks to the Internet, the scale of citizens' participation in political communication, and therefore their political participation, has significantly expanded. The mass media institute creates conditions not only for informing citizens, but also for their interactive participation in the decision-making process of the bureaucracy. The role of the mass media institute during electoral campaigns is also ever grows. In the process of mediatization of politics, the institutional determinants of political representation are transformed – from opposition activities to political parties and parliaments. Mass media shape public opinion, determine the agenda, influence the interpretation of the public good and evaluate the activities of political actors.

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Public appeals of intellectuals as a technology of rationalization of political communication

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Challenges for the Political Competence of Citizens in the Context of Ukraine's European Integration

Challenges for the Political Competence of Citizens in the Context of Ukraine's European Integration

Political Representation: Historical Sources and Institutional Determinants

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