ABSTRACT
The creation of institutional networks has contributed decisively to the processes of construction and strengthening of the social sciences, as a whole, and education, in particular. These processes can be explained within the scope of the so-called knowledge society and social reflexivity. Manuel Castells devoted the first volume of his trilogy on the contemporary world to the characterization of the network society. According to the Spanish sociologist, the concept of network society characterizes the social structure emerging in the information age, gradually replacing the society of the industrial age. The network society does not arise because of information and communication technologies, but without information and communication technologies it could not exist. The concept started to characterize nearly all social practices, including sociability and the social-political mobilization based on the internet and mobile platforms.
