Internet Communications and Political Mobilization

The paper is devoted to the consideration of role Internet communications in political mobilization citizens. create new opportunities for interaction and association citizens significantly accelerate mobilization. In information age, "orange revolutions", other "colour revolutions" last century were replaced by high-tech "network revolutions". Among researchers, however, there no unity understanding mobilizing protest activity population. article concludes that when assessing mobilization, it important take into account fact are not capable causing revolutionary events, popular actions generated a number socio-economic, ideological reasons. However, social networks microblogging services have become tools participants protests, allowing campaigning coordination among protesters.