Social reality: a regulatory and interpretative approach

In the article, we have attempted to consider approaches and strategies for studying social reality. The relevance of this research is associated with the current social transformations of modern society as a consequence of the computerization of all social spheres. As a methodological basis for the study, we have used regulatory and interpretative approaches, as well as the general scientific principle of complementarity. Network theory is interpreted as a metatheory that explains the entire social reality. As a result of the study, we have concluded that it is necessary to consider social reality as an integral, universal, continuous-discontinuous process. Knowledge as one of the elements of this process not only enlarges the network structure, but also interprets and restructures it. So, a unified regulatory and interpretative approach is the most valid method for studying social reality.