Value orientations of vkontakte users with different strategies for meanings transferring

The paper presents the results of a study of strategies for transferring the meanings and the value orientations of young people in social networks. The Internet is so firmly rooted in our everyday life that we can no longer imagine our life without it. It is penetrating into an increasing number of human life spheres, becoming the environment in which communication, educational and work processes, leisure and shopping take place. Its hard not to notice that the youth audience is especially interested in the virtual environment. The Internet and, in particular, social networks are becoming the environment that influences the formation and development of society, the dissemination of ideas, news, trends. On the Internet, one can observe both the amazing consolidation of users who are able to create a news agenda, and the disunity of many contradictory judgments, meanings and forms of their presentation. The purpose of this study is to identify the strategies for the translation of meanings that Internet users resort to when commenting on posts on social networks, and to study the value orientations of young people using various strategies for the translation of meanings. The study includes the authors questionnaire, the method of diagnosing M. Rokichs value orientations, methods of mathematical statistics (H-Kruskal-Wallis criterion, 22-criterion). Terminal and instrumental values characteristic of the 6 strategies of meanings transferring have been determined; the strategies most often used by users with abstract and concrete terminal values are revealed. The research helps to understand how the transferring of meanings takes place in a network and according to which characteristics of the value sphere users with different strategies for the meanings transferring differ.

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Analysis of materials in virtual media space as a method for forming critical thinking of internet users

Vestnik of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia ◽

10.35750/2071-8284-2020-1-189-194 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 (1) ◽

pp. 189-194

Author(s):

Natalya Galkina

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Critical Thinking ◽

Young People ◽

The Internet ◽

Internet Resources ◽

Internet Users ◽

Media Space ◽

Teacher Students ◽

Points Of View

The relevance of this paper is due to the fact that in conditions of an overabundance of diverse information, there is a problem of its adequate perception. New forms of communication – the Internet and social networks – give not only new opportunities for communication and expression of the opinion, but they also create many vulnerabilities, ways of manipulating public opinion and consciousness. These questions are especially relevant for educators working with young people, whose worldview is in the process of formation, whose opinions, points of view are unstable, are influenced from outside, and mainly from Internet resources. The purpose of this article is to analyze and summarize the experience of working with students in the context of the development of critical thinking by the example of the study of comments on video messages on the YouTube channel. The description of the practical stages of the teacher-students interaction is given in accordance with the technology of teaching critical thinking. The role of the teacher and students in this process is determined. It is shown that the materials uploaded on popular Internet resources can and should be used not only for a purely practical, objective purpose, but also at a general educational, developing, worldview level, with the goal of forming critical thinking of Internet users.

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The Influence of the Internet on the Socialization of Students

Scholarly Notes of Transbaikal State University ◽

10.21209/2658-7114-2021-16-4-6-10 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (4) ◽

pp. 6-10

Author(s):

Bazarova Tatyana S. ◽

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Fomitskaya Galina N. ◽

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Young People ◽

Information Search ◽

Significant Proportion ◽

Value Orientations ◽

The Internet ◽

Young Generation ◽

Dependent Behavior ◽

The Impact

The article is devoted to an urgent pedagogical problem – the influence of the Internet on the socialization of student youth in modern conditions, which determined the purpose and objectives of the article: to characterize the role of the Internet in the formation of values and attitudes of student youth, the development of Internet-dependent behavior. To achieve the goal, the following research methods were used: literature analysis on the problem under study, express survey and testing, comparative analysis of the results. This problem is considered taking into account the increasing importance of electronic resources in the context of digitalization of modern society. The characteristics of the main concepts of the problem under study are given: socialization, student youth, the Internet, etc. The approaches to defining the place of the Internet as the main means of communication and information for young people are reflected. The authors present the results of a comprehensive monitoring study conducted in recent years among the students of the Dorzhi Banzarov Buryat State University. On the basis of the primary data of the study the actual characteristics of the problem under study are highlighted: the goals and reasons for visiting the Internet (communication in social networks, information search, entertainment, studies), the respondents’ evaluation of the impact of the Internet as more positive than negative. The study of the value orientations of modern student youth showed that the respondents choose the main traditional values: family, health, love, self-development. Thus, the peculiarities of the influence of the Internet on the socialization of student youth are presented as follows: the main purpose of visiting the Internet is to communicate in social networks; young people are quite aware of the role of Internet influence; the main life values of the young generation retain a traditional character; a significant proportion of respondents have formed and stable Internet addictive behavior. The analysis of the results obtained shows that the use of the Internet as the main means of communication and information does not, in general, have a negative impact on the formation of values and attitudes of student youth, but contributes to the development of Internet-dependent behavior. Keywords: socialization, student youth, the Internet, value orientations, Internet-dependent behavior

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Aplicación de Metodología SCRUM para el Desarrollo de Aplicación Móvil

Revista de Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicaciones ◽

10.35429/jitc.2019.9.3.31.37 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 31-37

Author(s):

Alicia Cortés-García ◽

Abril Alyse Hernández-Trejo

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Young People ◽

Mobile Application ◽

Mobile Internet ◽

Public Institution ◽

The Internet ◽

The Public ◽

Agile Methodology ◽

Internet Users ◽

The University

Currently, young people have a strong attraction for games and social networks developed for mobile devices, so much is the demand that in 2017 the count of mobile Internet users was made; This survey showed that there are more than 3.5 billion users spending an average of 69% of their time a day on their smartphone, that is equivalent to more than 16 hours a day on the Internet. The previous statistics guided us to develop a Mobile Application in Android, with a game-like interface, since it is sought to be the closest thing to what a user with access to a smartphone frequents in their day to day; The project aims to help all students of the public institution, generating skills among themselves on the knowledge acquired throughout their stay at the University. The development of the Mobile Application was carried out under the SCRUM Agile Methodology; It is standing out above the others thanks to its easy implementation and obtaining the expected results. This work shows the process of implementing the methodology and the favorable results that were obtained when using it.

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Password as a Special case of "Man-machine" Communication. A Pragmatic approach

Artificial Societies ◽

10.18254/s207751800014609-8 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 0

Author(s):

Dmitry Muravyev

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Speech Act ◽

Speech Act Theory ◽

The Internet ◽

John Searle ◽

Pragmatic Approach ◽

Internet Users ◽

Personal Accounts ◽

Special Case ◽

Shed Light

The authorization on sites, in social networks and personal accounts with passwords is an extremely common practice today. It has become an integral part of people's lives, even they are not aware of it. But despite this, most Internet users have difficulties in creating and remembering of the strong passwords. This article analyzes the problem using the speech act theory of John Austin and John Searle. It allows to shed light on a person's behaviour on the Internet and his reaction to the question "Who is there?", which the machine asks him.

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Domestic vs. International E-Shopping

Advances in Human and Social Aspects of Technology - Handbook of Research on Technology Integration in the Global World ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-6367-9.ch002 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 24-39

Author(s):

Vaggelis Saprikis

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Business Environment ◽

The Internet ◽

Internet Users ◽

Mobile Industry ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Number Of Individuals ◽

Shed Light

Contemporary commerce is completely different as regards features some years ago. Nowadays, a considerable number of individuals and firms take advantage of the information and communication technologies and conduct transactions online. In particular, the mobile industry along with the broad use of social networks and improvements in the internet bandwidth worldwide has created a completely different business environment. Consequently, the technology incited many consumers to cross-border e-shopping, allowing access to a wider variety of products and services, and in numerous circumstances, access to cheaper goods. The purpose of this chapter is to investigate the perceptions internet users have towards e-shops focusing on Greece. More precisely, it aims to find out whether there are contingent differences on customers' perceptions regarding domestic vs. international e-shops, since a gradually augmented number of people have been expressing their preference on non-domestic e-stores for their purchases. Additionally, the chapter intends to shed light on the difficulty in understanding vital aspects of e-consumer behaviour.

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Domestic vs. International E-Shopping

Research Anthology on E-Commerce Adoption, Models, and Applications for Modern Business ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-8957-1.ch090 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1819-1834

Author(s):

Vaggelis Saprikis

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Business Environment ◽

The Internet ◽

Internet Users ◽

Mobile Industry ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Number Of Individuals ◽

Shed Light

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NEWS LITERACY SKILLS FOR INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA USERS

UED Journal of Social Sciences, Humanities and Education ◽

10.47393/jshe.v10ispecial.859 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (Special) ◽

pp. 105-112

Author(s):

Thi Yen Minh Tran ◽

Thi Huong Pham

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Social Media ◽

Digital Media ◽

Literacy Skills ◽

The Internet ◽

Media Usage ◽

Internet Users ◽

Fundamental Understanding ◽

News Literacy ◽

Massive Information

The 21st century is acknowledged as the age of information. Thanks to the development of science and technology, the audience become more active in absorbing and distributing information. However, the massive information on the Internet in general, and social networks in particular, is sometimes unreliable, inaccurate and untrustworthy, which can mislead the Internet users. By generalising the Internetand social media usage of Vietnameseaudience, the article provides a fundamental understanding ofinformation categorisation. By that, itsuggests several techniques todevelopcritical thinking and news literacy skills for audience tobecome a critical reader in the age of digital media.

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THE INFLUENCE OF GENDER AND FAMILY IN ONLINE PARTICIPATION OF TEENAGERS AT SOCIAL RISK

SOCIETY INTEGRATION EDUCATION Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference ◽

10.17770/sie2016vol3.1462 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 ◽

pp. 301

Author(s):

Eglė Gerulaitienė ◽

Jolita Šidagytė

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Young People ◽

Public Space ◽

Virtual Space ◽

The Internet ◽

Social Risk ◽

Online Participation ◽

Use Of The Internet ◽

Satisfaction Of Needs ◽

Mass Information

Internet is a mean of mass information and fulfills the traditional functions of a public space without doubts. Participation in the virtual space is defined as a problematic use of the Internet process which damages the disadvantaged young person's personality, which is already characterized by a lack of social skills, communication, feelings of expression issues. The majority of young people are attracted by internet space, by its anonymity and availability. The aim of the research is to analyze the influence of gender and family aspects in online participation of teenagers at social risk. The research showed that the internet provides the great and additional opportunities to teenagers at social risk, something they don’t get in their families. Children living with grandparents or with only one parent are more active users of Internet social networks in comparison with other children. They seldom recognize the Internet dangers and more quickly become emotionally dependent on the Internet. The adults’ control or its absence determines the expression and frequency of online participation of teenagers at social risk. The girls more frequently recognize the dangers of virtual space than the boys do; but the girls use to publish more information about themselves. The research results show that the participation of teenagers at social risk in social networks is unconscious. Young people are not able to “filter” and select proper information, usually equate the virtual world with reality. Online participation of teenagers is reasoned by satisfaction of needs, parents’ inattention and search for new acquaintances.

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Identity of personality and specificity of its self-presentation in virtual communicative space

National Academy of Managerial Staff of Culture and Arts Herald ◽

10.32461/2226-3209.2.2021.239926 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 31-36

Author(s):

Viktoriia Volynets

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Young People ◽

The Internet ◽

Sources Of Information ◽

Self Presentation ◽

Virtual Identity ◽

Slowing Down ◽

General Scientific ◽

Human Construction ◽

The Individual

The purpose of the article is to reveal the features of constructing a personal identity in a virtual environment. Methodology. The choice of research methods is determined by the purpose of the article and the subject of research, in particular, general scientific and empirical techniques are used, based on a systematic approach to the analysis of works on the problems of interpretation of virtual identity. The scientific novelty of the obtained research results lies in the correlation of the essence of the concepts "real identity" and "virtual identity", identifying the features and risks of the formation of the latter. The article highlights the factors of human construction of a "virtual" identity, which often occurs due to dissatisfaction of the individual with his real identity. It is emphasized that virtual reality provides ample opportunities for self-expression and disclosure of personal potential, but the desire to always "be online" affects the physical health of the user, thereby increasing his anxiety, leads to fatigue and irritability, exacerbation of hyperdynamic. The problem of excessive immersion in cyberspace has been identified: by abusing being in it, an unformed personality can lose life landmarks, assimilate programmed solutions and ready-made mental stamps. Conclusions. In social networks, a person can easily create an ideal image of himself, which is less authentic than the real one, because it reflects the individual's idea of an invented, ideal set of their own qualities, which are completed with ready visual, textual and audio network tools. Social "slowing down" in the Internet environment significantly reduces the moral level of communication in social networks and messengers. Even today, the level of trust among young people in semi-anonymous messages on the Internet is higher than in traditional sources of information. At the same time, the unsystematic acquisition of knowledge in this way does not allow young people to form an established picture of the world, leaving it largely fragmented.

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Online Recruitment into Extremist and Terrorist Organizations

Psychology and Law ◽

10.17759/psylaw.2020100411 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 152-165

Author(s):

I.B. Gaivoronskaya ◽

T.F. Fomina ◽

B.А. Amanzholova

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Young People ◽

Psychological Problems ◽

Modern World ◽

The Internet ◽

Terrorist Organizations ◽

Personal Lives ◽

Young Girls ◽

Online Recruitment ◽

Terrorist Acts

This article addresses extremism and terrorism as forms of violent actions, intense recruitment of individuals into the rank-and-file membership of organized formations and using those individuals as direct perpetrators of unlawful acts, as well as most common psychological traps for engaging into international terrorist organizations. It has been noted that extremism and terrorism have become a serious challenge for the modern world, increasingly threatening the security of many countries. A mechanism is outlined for drawing individuals into international terrorist organizations using social networks. The article describes in detail that most vulnerable to suggestions are teenagers, young people who haven't found their place in life and who have psychological problems, young girls who haven't been successful in their personal lives and of those who use the internet for games. Additionally, the article raises the issue of fighting against the modern-day terrorism which makes use of various tools to bring into play the recruits and make them perform terrorist acts. Strategies of fighting against terrorists are described.

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