METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR MODELING CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL ACTIVISM IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Abstract

INTRODUCTION Various forms of political activism are becoming more widespread at the modern stage of political development. Detailed research of the manifestations of modern activism, obviously, should include, in addition to their description and explanation, a certain prediction as to the emergence and degree of impact of different forms of activism. In this regard, the methods of mathematical modeling of political processes get special importance, as they form the basis for scientific comprehension of certain processes and for making predictions about these processes. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to define and analyze some methodological foundations which can lay the basis for modeling of such a contemporary form of political processes as political activism.