The semantics of the linguistic modals is argued to be determined mainly by the power structure of the participants in the interaction. In the deontic uses of the modals, another determining factor is the expectations of the participants’ attitudes towards the relevant action. By viewing the evidence as a power in its own right, our analysis can be generalized to the epistemic uses in a coheren...

In this article, the relations and contradictions between opposition, social media, power in Russia are examined. These were considered important terms of pointing out function media authoritarian regimes. The article presents subject from an objective point view. First all, definition opposition concept ‘real opposition’ is discussed. Indeed, order to understand what real especially is, it nec...

Our recent work [28] proposes the DeGroot-Friedkin dynamical model for the analysis4of social influence networks. This dynamical model describes the evolution of self-appraisals in a5group of individuals forming opinions in a sequence of issues. Under a strong connectivity assumption,6the model predicts the existence and semi-global attractivity of equilibrium configurat...