The article discusses the development problems and legal aspects of television broadcasting in Kazakhstan in the information society. The mechanisms of monitoring and forecasting the activities of socially responsible television, its role in the democratic modernization of society are proposed. The authors comprehensively analyzes the legal aspects of broadcasting in the information society, studies the role of television in the new social conditions.

In the article, the authors highlight new constructions of modern media relations and forms of content management, which leads to increased civic activism and an increase in the political consciousness of society. And this becomes an effective way to change the social segment and influence on it. The transition of passive audience groups to the position of an active participant in the communication process poses completely new challenges for the state and society.

The article contains predictive models of relations between television and political institutions and the principles of the formation of mechanisms for controlling society over the activities of television in the information society.