Virtual Personality: A Search for New Identityстатья
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Дата последнего поиска статьи во внешних источниках: 9 марта 2017 г.
Аннотация:The article analyzes the peculiarities of the process of finding a new identity in the information environment and carries out systemic understanding of the status of the personality in the cyberspace. Different approaches to defining a new communication environment and the factors influencing its development are compared in the article. The authors have analyzed the main modes of virtual personality, distinguished by various researchers and their semantic content. The most relevant problem areas for the researchers involved in the study of virtual personality have been identified. In the course of theoretical and sociological analysis the key characteristics of virtual personality and the conditions of its emergence and existence on the Internet were considered. Applications/Improvements: The obtained results allow clarifying further the definition of ‘virtual personality’ and form a single, holistic understanding of this phenomenon, implementing its multivariate analysis and considering the results of human activities on the Internet in isolation from their creator.