Historical, Philosophical, Political and Law Sciences, Culturology and Study of Art. Issues of Theory and Practice. Tambov: Gramota, 2015. № 12. Part 3. P. 184-186.
TRANSFORMATION OF "MASS" PHENOMENON: FROM CROWD TO FAULTFINDING USER
Fedchenko Svetlana Sergeevna
Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University
Abstract. The article considers the works by Jose Ortega y Gasset, Elias Canetti and Serge Moscovici devoted to the study of the phenomenon of mass of the XX century. The changes of contemporary social reality, which have led to the qualitative changes of mass, are revealed and substantiated. Radically new ways of mass manifestations, peculiar to modern society, are analyzed. A new type of a man of mass (a faultfinding consumer) is revealed, his/her distinctive features and the sources of appearance are determined. The exposition of the topical aspects of the existence of contemporary masses is conducted.
Key words and phrases: масса, толпа, массовое общество, нетократия, информационное общество, избирательный консюмер, mass, crowd, mass society, netocracy, information society, faultfinding consumer
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