Structure of symbolic capital in the modern communication environment: digital network progression

   Taking into account , the digital network progression observed in the modern communication environment, the article reviews the conceptual apparatus of communication, on the basis of which the symbolic capital structure is substantiated. Additional discrete varieties are distinguished: publicity capital, network capital and media capital. The role and place of reputation capital, digital capital, mobile capital and information capital in the structure of symbolic capital are indicated. The theoretical and methodological basis of the research are: the approach of structuralist constructivism (P. Bourdieu), the concept of mobile sociology (J. Urry), the theory of communication (F.I. Sharkov). The complex of the following theoretical methods is used: structural analysis, system analysis, modeling. It is concluded that the presented differentiation model of symbolic capital varieties allows, on the one hand, to systematize the scientific research existing in the social sciences, while simultaneously showing their discreteness and the presence of interconnections, on the other hand, to look at this structure through the prism of communication, thereby emphasizing the dominant socio-communication relations in the the digital network progression context of the modern communication environment. As a result, a social structure is being built, which turns out to be largely mediated. Based on the study results, the limitations of the proposed author’s six-component structure of symbolic capital are indicated. The prospects of the conducted theoretical research and the need for their further confirmation at the empirical level are noted.

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