HUMAN DIGITAL INTERNET TRACE: HUMANITARIAN APPROACHES

Author(s): Flerov O.V.

Rubric: Methodological research

DOI: 10.21777/2500-2112-2018-4-79-82

Release: 2018-4 (25)

Pages: 79-82

Keywords: digital trace, Internet, approach, digital personality, social interaction, digital reality, digital society

Annotation: The presented article deals with the approaches to the issue of human digital trace on the Internet i.e. the sum of information a man leaves, searches and consumes in the net. It grounds the topicality of humanitarian aspect on the background of Internet rising not only as telecommunication technology but as a specific social space as well. Taking into account the fact that for many people electronic space has become a lifestyle this space claims for the status of socio-existential. The article reveals the stages of Internet genesis that led to its availability and social spread and detects their interconnection. It reveals the components of digital trace and their interrelation. The key link is enumerating humanitarian approaches that present a possibility to study this phenomenon in different aspects. Thus the leading method of research is humanitarian abstraction and interdisciplinary analysis. The conclusions prove the potential of humanitarian paradigm of studying the Internet and outline the corresponding vectors of deeper researches of humans living in digital space.

Bibliography: Flerov O.V. HUMAN DIGITAL INTERNET TRACE: HUMANITARIAN APPROACHES // Education Resources and Technologies. – 2018. – № 4 (25). – С. 79-82. doi: 10.21777/2500-2112-2018-4-79-82