Virtualization of the state: advantages and risks for Ukraine

Abstract

It is proved that the virtualization of the state creates not only new opportunities to improve the principles of political organization and self-development and human identification and creates the following risks: violation of the adequacy of perception of reality, media dependence, increased opportunities for deception and , use of information weapons, etc. It is revealed that with the development of network relations the traditional feedback mechanisms lose their effectiveness, there is a general depoliticization of the population, growing distrust in state institutions; there is a need to overcome the growing negative trends, and the actions of civil society actors in the information (virtual) space can be a crucial means of democratizing public life.

Keywords

• technologicalization of policy
• cyberspace
• network state
• general risks of virtualization
• riskiness of state virtualization