Social networks as a tool of political technologists of Islamic radicalism in working with the protest behavior of Russian youth

The technological advantage of the Internet over traditional sources of information is crucial for the global distribution of information content and the ability to view it from various mobile devices. As a result, active Internet users and subjects of virtual network relations become objects of ideological manipulations, are exposed to the information influence of the radical elements of society. This article presents a theoretical, methodological and empirical study of the problem identified, an analysis of the effectiveness of the use of social networks by Islamic radicals as a globally closed system of propaganda of their own views, the research question “What can resist traditional Islam in the network of penetration of a society of politicized dogmas of radicals?". The methodological base of the research is represented by scientific works of foreign and domestic researchers in the field of political science, philosophy, sociology and journalism. The paper uses the methods of cluster network and content analysis, information and communication approach, which reveals the development of the structural-functional method in the field of interpersonal and intergroup interaction of information, taking into account the characteristics of network contacts as elements of the overall structure of