Information Space of a Transitive Society: Challenges and Prospects

Abstract

In the paper, we show the specificity of identity in the situation of transitivity, reveal the connection between different aspects of the transitive and information space, and distinguish between two the types of transitivity — rigid and fluid, that are associated with different ways of working with information — on-line and off-line. Theoretical and empirical data is analyzed to prove the changes in cognitive development and an increase in the operational side of informational socialization, which affects the transformation of personal identity and the relationship between generations. The materials of theoretical and empirical studies revealing the importance of the information style of identity for socialization in the modern world are presented. The empirical study of young people (N=140, age 18—21) yields the connection of rigid and fluid transitivity and on-line and off-line communication with styles of information identity and emotional well-being. The influence of transitivity on the on-line and off-line options of working with information is revealed, the key factor in determining psychological well-being in both hard and soft transitivity situations proves to be the style of information identity. The problems of modern digital informational socialization and the prospects for its further research are determined.

Value-driven fears of modern information generations

“…This expanded the information space and strengthened its role in the formation of young generations [4,18]. As Martsinkovskaya (2019) notes, this space partially replaces intergenerational connections [16]. At the same time, it is noted that the number of real contacts is decreasing [2,19].…”

“…When we try to recreate the framework of the modernity of generations life, we turn to the analysis of the following phenomena: "individualization" in society [13], "fluid modernity" [14], "transitive society" [15,16], "personality in the era of change", "personality dissonance syndrome with time" Asmolov (2016), etc. The present time is characterized by "blurring of boundaries", "flexibility", "fluidity", "uncertainty", "transitivity", etc.…”

“…It is characterized by radical social transformations, when all social institutions in society suffer a crisis. This leads to an increase in the duration of the time period of the process of young people socialization and can stimulate "activation of resocialization" and "fluid socialization" [16]. In his work, Twenge (2017) notes similar trends in the American younger generations, who suffer the process of delaying the stages of adulthood [2].…”

A Russian Version of the Emotional Autonomy Scale: Primary Adaptation Data

“…Modern Russian society is characterized by rapid, visible dynamic social transformations, with low predictability (Akulich & Melnik, 2018;Martsinkovskaya, 2019).…”

“…The social situation of development (SSD) of modern Russian adolescents significantly changed in comparison with the SSD of their peers during the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s (Dubrovina, 2020;Karabanova & Bukhalenkova, 2016;Martsinkovskaya, 2019;Polivanova, 2016;Sobkin & Kalashnikova, 2019). The adolescents' problems of self-determination in different life areas are related to the features of this psychological age (Vygotsky, 2000;Leontiev, 1978;Bozhovich, 2009;Elkonin, 1972).…”