Impact of Internet Censorship on Public Opinion and Family Values

The article examines the influence of the Internet on family values, how modern technologies destroy traditional moral attitudes and change the perception of society as a whole. One of the key tools of the country’s political system is the mass media. The definition of mass media means television, press, radio, cinema• sound recording, as well as video recording. To this list, we should also add the Internet, which over the past 20 years has become one of the most effective means of receiving and transmitting information. The role of the media in the life of modern society is difficult to overestimate. Today it is impossible to imagine any sphere of our life without information relations. The media have different capabilities and the power to influence the audience. Radio and television have the most massive and strong influence. The media influence almost all spheres and institutions of society, including the family. © 2022, Rossiiskaya Akademiya Nauk, Institut Istorii (Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of General Hist). All rights reserved.