Socio-economic differentiation of the society in the digital age: is netocracy fiction or reality?

The article examines general aspects of socio-economic differentiation of the population in terms of wealth and indicators of real wealth. Scientifically developed methods and criteria for evaluation of social processes are applied in public policy in almost all countries of the world. However, modern science has not sufficiently investigated the latest social phenomena that are brought by digital era in the sphere of social life. Thus, netocracy appears to be a new and understudied phenomenon. It is named as a particular social group, using IT and digital programming methods as the main factors of postindustrial society, the seizure of power and real wealth on a global scale.

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