Information and network space as a form of social organization

A.I. Petraniuk
Abstract

The focus of the paper is on illuminating the changes in civilization brought about by the computerization of all aspects of modern life and the identification of the underlying principles and particulars of the “network society’s” social structure. In order to achieve this, the key theories of the information society have been clarified, and the sociocultural changes of the present have been revealed on the basis of these theories. It has been demonstrated that informatization and the subsequent development of information and communication technologies, as well as the Internet network that they have brought about, have changed reality more than the basic tenets of sociality. The principles of information and network space – whose properties dictate the characteristics of social interaction – have emerged as a result of technological advancements that have changed how we think about space. Human communities are still created on a mental (cultural and psychological) basis in the information age, just as they were in earlier eras, but they no longer have a distinct territorial boundary. As a result, the person experiences a noticeably reduced amount of pressure from external instructions and narratives in the information and network space. As a result, the person can communicate with others freely and without any external prerequisites or justifications, and as a result, the process of its self-determination may have a wide range of unique characteristics that call for a separate, in-depth study

Keywords

information era, informatization, information society, network society, the network principle, network, information and network space, community

Suggested citation
Petraniuk, A.I. (2023). Information and network space as a form of social organization. Humanities Studios: Pedagogy, Psychology, Philosophy, 11(1), 203-213. https://doi.org/10.31548/hspedagog14(1).2023.203-213
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