Comparative Analysis of the Formation of "Information Bubbles" in the Russian Political Internet Space: Prerequisites for Formation, Key Aspects, Methods of Deconstruction

This paper explores the informational and social structure of information bubbles. It aims to study the interaction of these two aspects of a closed ecosystem in the context of its life cycle. The work uses quantitative methodology based on non-reactive data collection methods for further systematization and analysis. It actively uses a cybernetic paradigm and graph theory. This paper is carried out with the help of software designed specifically for the research tasks. Also as part of the work a special model of the information bubble was developed, which allows to track its internal processes. Political groups from the social network "Vkontakte" were taken as information bubbles. Data on 17 groups' subscribers, as well as data on their friends and subscriptions, were collected for processing. In total, data on 204 thousand subscribers were collected, which later allowed to model information bubble systems.