IDENTITY AND SELF-PRESENTATION IN DIGITAL MEDIA. BOOK REVIEW: LISENKOVA A. TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIO-CULTURAL IDENTITY IN THE DIGITAL SPACE. PERM

DOI: 10.33876/2311-0546/2021-3/320-326

Abstract

The review is devoted to the monograph, which comprehends the socio-cultural effects of the development of digital technologies in modern society, in particular, the degree of their influence on the processes of identification and socialization. The author of the review notes that special attention in this publication is paid to the formation of the socio-cultural identity of Russian youth in the space of new media (including social networks), strategies and practices of representation, forms of public narrativization and visualization of everyday experience. The virtual digital environment is presented as a complex phenomenon that permeates all spheres of human life, forming new requirements for his competencies, knowledge, skills and abilities, creating not only an interactive interaction space, but also generating risks and threats of a new order. The reviewed monograph is addressed to a wide range of readers, including cultural scientists, philosophers, specialists in social and cultural anthropology, teachers and students of humanities universities, all who are interested in modern cultural processes and various aspects of the development of a digital society.

For Citation: Tulchinsky, G.L. 2021. Identity and Self-presentation of the Individual in Digital Media. About the book by A. Lisenkova “Transformation of socio-cultural identity in the digital space”, Perm, 2021. Herald of Anthropology (Vestnik Antropologii) 3: 320–326.