Habermas's approach to the theoretical study of political communication
The author defines the significance of J. Habermas's approach to the study of political communication. As the main scientific problem it is considered the contradiction between the role of the public opinion in the theory of democracy and the meaning of political communication in the system analysis, which leads to the negation of public's influence and «distortion» of communication. He compares the hermeneutic-phenomenological methodology by J. Habermas with the mathematic-technical study of communication. For the purpose to explain, how this approach allows to remove the contradiction, the author ascertains the advantages of the theory of communicative action over the system-functional theory. When comparing he touches upon the problems of influence of public opinion on the state apparatus, «system» or social «communicative» integration of the society and formation of it's normative-evaluative level in the «lifeworld», understanding of the meaning and the role of language. He finds out the significance of J. Habermas's definition of political communication for deliberative democracy.