FEEDBACK ON THE DISSERTATION OF S. G. OSKIN "THE INFLUENCE OF VIRTUAL SOCIAL NETWORKS ON POLITICAL ACTIVISM IN RUSSIAN SOCIETY"

The value of the thesis of Oskin S. G. "the Influence of virtual social networks on political activism in Russian society" presented on competition of a scientific degree of the candidate of sociological Sciences 22.00.04 ? social structure, Social institutes and processes described in the article. The relevance of the main theoretical and methodological approaches, the scientific novelty of the research, main conclusions and the prac- tical value of his scientific work are presented. It is emphasized that the applicant was able to show how social networking has emerged as a qualitatively new social institution