DIGITAL BEHAVIOUR OF LEARNERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE: SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS
Author(s): Napso M.D.
Rubric: Educational environment
DOI: 10.21777/2500-2112-2025-1-15-20
Release: 2025-1 (50)
Pages: 15-20
Keywords: real-virtual student, virtual environment, social networks, digital behavior, digital culture, digital addiction, socialization, illusiveness, psycho-emotional states
Annotation: The article explores the problem of digital behavior among students and young people. Attention is paid to the components of digital behavior, its differences from behavior in the real world are considered, and the impact of digital behavior on real processes and relationships is shown. The phenomenon of digital culture is studied, and the dependence of digital behavior on the level of digital culture is traced. The content of the concept of ‘digital addiction’ is described, its negative characteristics affecting the development of cognitive abilities and the choice of behavioral strategies – real and virtual – are revealed. The positive and negative consequences of digital behavior stipulated by the simultaneous existence of an individual in the real and virtual world are analyzed. The role of cyber illusions on the process of forming of digital addiction and digital behavior is shown, the risks of extrapolation of virtual entities into the natural environment are traced, leading to profound transformations of consciousness and social actions of young people. It is noted that behavior and communication in the space of the Internet and social networks are characterized by their inconsistency and unpredictability, which affects the social and psycho-emotional states and moral attitudes of individuals.
Bibliography: Napso M.D. DIGITAL BEHAVIOUR OF LEARNERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE: SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS // Education Resources and Technologies. – 2025. – № 1 (50). – С. 15-20. doi: 10.21777/2500-2112-2025-1-15-20