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«HOMO INFORMATICUS»: ТРАНСФОРМАЦИЯ СУБЪЕКТ-СРЕДОВЫХ
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Патраков Э.В.
ФГОУ ВО «Уральский федеральный университет», Екатеринбург, Россия
E-mail: e.v.patrakov@urfu.ru
Батурина Л.И.
Университет Uninassau, Ресифи, Бразилия
E-mail: Baturina_l@yahoo.com
Регина Селия Перейра де Мораес
Уиверситетский центр Unicarioca, Рио-де-Жанейро, Бразилия
E-mail: rmoraes@unicarioca.edu.br
Роза Лидиси де Мораес Валим
Университетский центр Unicarioca, Рио-де-Жанейро, Бразилия
E-mail: rvalim@globo.com
Патраков Э.В., Батурина Л.И., Регина Селия Перейра де Мораес, Роза Лидиси де Мораес Валим «HOMO INFORMATICUS»: ТРАНСФОРМАЦИЯ СУБЪЕКТ-СРЕДОВЫХ
ВЗАИМОДЕЙСТВИЙ ПОД ВЛИЯНИЕМ ИНФОРМАЦИОННОЙ СРЕДЫ

Аннотация. Информационная среда фундаментально изменила субъекта, среду его

жизнедеятельности. Основываясь на концепции субъект-средового взаимодействия (Панов
В.И.), авторы раскрывают пять ключевых тенденций трансформации субъекта под влиянием
информационной среды и их потенциальную рискогенность для субъекта.
Ключевые слова: информационная среда, психологические риски, «Homo
informaticus», трансформация социальных отношений, взаимодействие человека и информа-
ционной среды, субъект-средовое взаимодействие.

«HOMO INFORMATICUS»: TRANSFORMATIONS OF SOCIAL RELATIONS UNDER

THE INFLUENCE OF DIGITAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT
Patrakov E.V.
Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia
E-mail: e.v.patrakov@urfu.ru
Batourina L.I.
University Uninassau, Recife, Brazil
E-mail: Baturina_l@yahoo.com
Regina Celia Pereira de Moraes
University center Unicarioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
E-mail: rmoraes@unicarioca.edu.br
                                                            
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Rosa Lidice de Moraes Valim
University center Unicarioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
E-mail: rvalim@globo.com

Abstract. The information environment has fundamentally changed the subject, the envi-
ronment of his life-activity. Based on the concept of subject (agent)-environment interaction (Panov
V.I.), the authors present five key trends of transformation of the subject under the influence of the
digital environment and their potential risk for the subject (agent).
Keywords: digital (information) environment, psychological risks, «Homo informaticus»,
transformation of social relation, human- digital (information) environment-interaction; subject
(agency)-environment interaction.

Today, an increasing number of different life activities (purchases, training, business, and
even building personal relationships) are happening online. Scientists have shown long ago that the
Internet is not only, and not so much a means of exchanging information, but the habitat and the
place of formation of life habits [1, 2].
Digital society, the virtual environment are so dynamically changing a person, that a special
term appeared in the research literature, «Homo informaticus», characterizing the nature of this per-
son as ambivalent: on the one hand, it is a product of the information development of the society; on
the other hand, he acts as the creator of a new type of social-informational relations [3,4,5]. There
are substantial reasons for this. Information technologies have touched almost all spheres of life,
and so much, that new activities and meanings have emerged.
For example, purchases on the Internet done at night, as a way to distract from insomnia, re-
ceived the fixed term “vampire shopping”. Marketers have calculated a huge profit from such buy-
ers and actively encourage purchases at night, knowing the psychological characteristics of human
behavior at this time.
Starting the topic of “Homo informaticus”, we, of course, must mention the studies of the in-
formation society in the school of O.K. Tikhomirov (Kornilova T.V., Voiskоunsky A.E., Soldatova
G.U.).
In general, as noted by I.E. Garber, the information society itself transforms the system
of psychological knowledge (Garber I.E., 2012). Naturally that today we have a whole scien-
tific direction in psychology - cyber psychology (Voiskоunsky A.E.).
Let’s briefly consider what the digital environment has changed:
First, the information environment is characterized by extremely large and practical-
ly uncontrollable volumes of information, much of this is unreliable. Using online means of ob-
taining information, people believe that they know a lot, they learn a lot, but turning off access to
search engines almost instantly turns knowledge into opinions about knowledge, but not the
knowledge itself. The lack of systemic work with primary sources limits the possibilities of system-
ic and critical thinking, weakens social immunity, and forms the stereotype of social consciousness.
The basic strategy of behavior on the Internet is the so-called surfing, that is fast movement
with the help of hyperlinks to the opening windows. The reader often forms the meaning out of a
text scanned instead of a text read, depending on the time.
Therefore, with hyperlinks, digital environments became a cauldron of superficial wisdom
coming from several sources and emanating polyphonic and platonic experiences, not always form-
ing solid bases. Guy Debord, respected French philosopher who used to write about society once
said that the control center had become hidden and it would never be occupied again by any clear
ideology [6]. Richard Sennet [7] states since earlier seventies, to the fall of the public man, merged
to the private man, self-centered, digitally connected. Internet thus becomes the symbol of his digi-
tal narrative.
Secondly, the mass production of communications (the communications industry) is at
the same time the mass production of simulacra - the pictures of reality, which, in fact, do not exist
(“simulacrum”). Modern reality produces masses of simulacra, self-sufficient, independent of the
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prototypes, and forms with them the modern living environment called the "information society".
The information society as a society of communications is to a certain extent a simulation of reality
or simulative reality. Communication as an meaningful informational interaction is obliged to en-
sure not only the transfer of information, but also the translation of meaning, which is exclusively
an individual property and, in principle, cannot be identically copied. Virtual reality, instead of a
meaning, transmits a simulacrum (J. Baudrillard), or rather, a simulacrum of meaning, which gener-
ates a new individual meaning for communicators. Thus, the very essence of communication is
transformed.
The Internet began as an exchange of knowledge or information. Therefore, this side of
communication has been studied in sufficient detail. But also an important communication function
is to satisfy the need for self-identification, i.e. feelings of belonging (self-identification) to a cer-
tain, group of people. In other words: I communicate, therefore I do not feel lonely, and therefore, I
am not alone. A result, a special language (slang) of such communication, which is understandable
only to members of this group (network community) was developed and used.
This suggests that the effectiveness of communication will depend on: the degree of virtual-
ization of the communication message; the degree of activity of the subject of communication; psy-
cho-ethical qualities of the communicator; degree of certainty (concretization) of the communica-
tion process; the degree of similarity of communication to personal communication privacy; viabil-
ity generated by communication simulacra. That is, a person is as if “captured” by a stream of virtu-
al communications. The most striking example here may be the phenomenon of youth chat, the con-
tent of its many hours communication is often almost negligible. Similar role but in less distribution
was played by endless telephone conversations in pre-internet epoch. Researchers note that with the
advent of such communication technologies, “users” feel completely different, more confident, and
assert themselves in this cultural environment. It indicates the formation of a qualitatively new cul-
ture and a qualitatively new awareness of subjectivity.
The Internet is a socio-cultural phenomenon - it joints children, youth, adults and elderly.
This connections phenomenon has sociological and anthropological implications. The sociological
implications propitiate the technological development; build new mental paradigms based on in-
formation and communication technologies; and form society fed by mixture of false and true in-
formation. The anthropological implications, by the other hand, symbolize the deep bonds, choices,
problems or reasons that unite human beings in life. And, from the core of its essence a type of self-
consciousness arises, not critical, but with its self-determination. This exactly phenomenon makes
manipulation possible, denoting that identity is based on extremely vague values or principles, or as
Debord (2003) would say in thoughts of a non-thoughts, in explicit forgetfulness of historical prac-
tices. Debord refers to the society of the spectacle and proves that that manipulation is quite possi-
ble in virtual environment.
Thirdly, the growth of mass amateur creativity, which has already captured a significant
territory, claimed by the mass culture. An example is the blogosphere, which is already very close
to the professional level of artistic writing and journalism, and often surpassing them. It blurs the
boundaries of professionalism, and often replaces the real assessment of artistry and quality with
“likes.” Metaphorically speaking the blogosphere could be presented as a city of strangers, accord-
ing to Richard Sennet (1999).This lack of attachments to past calls for the attention of psycholo-
gists.
Fourthly, the transformation of the cultural identity code. When you type a search query
in Yandex, Google or any other search engines they display hints for the continuation of the phrase.
These hints are listen according to their frequency, placing most often queries at the top. So, if you
start typing the question "How to become ...", google will give the following list:
(Enlgish) How to become: Flight attendant, hacker, rich, data scientist, astronaut, million-
aire, billionaire;
(Russian) Как стать: русалкой, вампиром, красивой, феей, принцессой, богатым, де-
путатом, миллионером, успешной. (mermaid, vampire, beautiful, fairy, princess, rich, deputy,
millionaire, successful);
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(Portuguese) Como se tornar: tradutor juramentado, diplomatа, hacker, vegano, bombeiro,
perito criminal, budista, mei, trader (official translator, diplomat, hacker, vegan, firefighter, crimi-
nal expert, Buddhist, individual worker, trader;
(German) Wie wird man: professor, reich, notar (notary), beamter, DJ, schwanger,
jude (professor, rich, notary, official, DJ, pregnant, jew);
(French) Comment devenir: riche intelligent, agent immmobilier enterpreneur, mannequin
psychologue, advocat, vierge (rich, intelligent, real estate agent, entrepreneur, model, psychologist,
lawyer, virgin);
(Spanish) Cómo convertirse: vampiro, vegano, millonario, judo mason, influencer, hacker,
hombre lobo (vampire, vegan, millionaire, judo mason, influencer, hacker, werewolf).
These reflections are not enough to express the complex mechanisms that connect data with
their results, much less with the conditions in which these mechanisms operate, but scratch the sur-
face of a complex of life-policy choices [8]. Moreover, further research may reveal interesting na-
tional peculiarities.
Fifth, the transformation of morality in a virtual environment. So, morality has
a regulatory function and covers the sphere of relations that is not regulated by law, it complements
law, one might say, it is “higher than a law”. In this context, morality is not algorithmic, and sooner
or later, it will come into conflict with one of the important directions of the development of the in-
formation society - algorithms. Regulatory function of morality is a continuous process of bringing
the real behavior of individuals, service teams, state and public institutions in line with the moral
standards of a society. For these purposes, such "instruments" of regulation of moral relations as:
moral and ethical principles, public opinion, moral authority, traditions, customs, commandments,
habits are used. Virtual environment is forming its own “instruments”, questioning authority, cus-
toms, traditions to their core.
Human-computer-interaction including social networking and gaming modifies the way of
human thinking and changes human motivation and personality. Experimental (Trimmel M., 2017)
and theoretical evidence suggest that Homo informaticus can be described as characterized
by (1) altered perception, (2) altered thinking, (3) reduced sense of reality, (4) preference of hierar-
chy, (5) low conscientiousness, (6) a motivational shape by shifted moral values towards power and
egoism, (7) altered social interaction, and (8) humans acting as an information technology (com-
puter) subsystem.
Considering the above, we can say that, to a certain extent, the algorithms of the information
society blur the value of moral judgments. Such, according to the authors, are the main trends in the
formation of the “Homo informaticus”.
To be objective, there are many positive characteristics of a “Homo informaticus” and digi-
tal society as a whole. But this is the topic for another article.

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О РИСКАХ ИНТЕРНЕТА ДЛЯ ПОДРОСТКОВ60
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ФГОУ ВО «Уральский федеральный университет», Екатеринбург, Россия
E-mail: e.v.patrakov@urfu.ru
Патраков Э.В. ПРЕДСТАВЛЕНИЯ ПЕДАГОГОВ, РОДИТЕЛЕЙ И СТАРШИХ ШКОЛЬНИКОВ О РИСКАХ ИНТЕРНЕТА ДЛЯ ПОДРОСТКОВ

Аннотация. Актуальность исследования вызвана интенсивным развитием информа-

ционных и коммуникационных технологий, которое способствовало ускорению глобальных
изменений и затронуло почти все аспекты личной и общественной жизни. Ряд исследований
показывают что сегодня подростки и молодежь подвергаются большому количеству рисков,
а профессиональные сообщества (педагоги, психологи, даже медиаторы) не всегда готовы
оказать квалифицированную помощь. Исследование проводилось с опорой на общие модели
риска и рискованного поведения, теорию социальных представлений, эко-психологический
подход. Показаны общие и отличительные особенности в представлениях родителей, стар-
шеклассников и педагогов о рисках интернета для подростков.
Ключевые слова: интернет, риски, подростки, педагоги, родители, социальные пред-
ставления, эко-психологический подход

REPRESENTATIONS OF THE TEACHERS PARENTS AND HIGH

SCHOOLCHILDRENS ABOUT INTERNET RISKS FOR ADOLESCENTS*
Patrakov E.V.
Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia
E-mail: e.v.patrakov@urfu.ru

Abstract. The relevance of the project is caused by the intensive development of infor-
mation and communication technologies, which contributed to the acceleration of global changes
and affected almost all aspects of personal and public life. Results from various studies ones reveal
that adolescents and youth are at a great number of risks nowadays but professional associations
(teachers, physiologists and even mediators) are not always ready to provide qualified assistance.
The research was based on the General models of risks and risky behavior, theory of social repre-
sentations, eco-psychological approach. Shows the general and distinctive features in the represen-
tations of parents, high schoolchildrens and teachers about the risks of the Internet for adolescents.
Keywords: Internet, risks, adolescents, teachers, parents, social representations, eco-
psychological approach

Актуальность исследования вызвана достаточно противоречивым восприятием раз-

личными субъектами образовательного процесса цифровой трансформации общества и их
различными представлениями о рисках Интернета [1]. Интернет и связанные с ним виды
жизнедеятельности исследуются с конца 80-х годов прошлого столетия, первые исследова-
ния опубликованы еще в начале 70-х годов (школа Тихомирова О.К.), но и по сей день на-
растает количество исследований в области цифровизации различных сред, исследований
рисков и ресурсов этого процесса, особенно, для молодежи. Сегодня культура взаимодейст-
вия с информационной средой находится в континууме между выраженной технофобией и

                                                            
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