Digital Socialism: the Possibilities of Socialism Shaped By Cybertechnology

Jiaming  Chi

doi:10.54691/yf67h476

Authors

Jiaming Chi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54691/yf67h476

Keywords:

Digital socialism; left-wing parties; information age; social media.

Abstract

The high degree of development of information technology at the end of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century provided new ideas for Western left-wing scholars to think about the realization path of socialism. They added a new “technological path” to the realization of socialism - “digital socialism”. The theory of “digital socialism” has keenly grasped the factors of technological change in capitalist society and the potential direction of social change it may bring about, providing a brand-new technological idea for the development of the socialist movement. In the digital age, Western left-wing political parties frequently use the values of “public” and “sharing” advocated by digital socialism to guide contemporary socialist movements on social media platforms, in order to expand party organizations, achieve social mobilization, and produce social movements, especially social-political movements. social and political movements. This article will give an overview of the theory of “digital socialism” and its connotation, and try to explain how the theory of “digital socialism” is applied to the political practice of contemporary Western left-wing parties.

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