Internet addictivity as a specificity of world picture
Abstract
This article presents a phenomenological research of internet addictivity with an emphasis on theoretical conception. Internet addictivity is understood as a human’s feature in modern society which means perception of the world of the Internet as a field of finite values, not less important than daily occurrence. Here we are trying to overcome medical discourse in relation to this feature by using phenomenological alternative. The article shows some of the results of conducted empirical study, which allowed to create 2 polar ideal-typical constructions – internet addictivity and nonaddictivity.
With internet-addictivity Internet is used principally value-rationally. Internet conducts to the creation of the «We-group», the shortage of which is possible in daily life. In the plans for the future there is nothing connected with family; freedom has a special value. Internet-addictivity is characterized by presence of experiences and emotions about the Internet, which are not weaker than in everyday life. For non-addictiveness is typical understanding of the Internet as a secondary reality, or, in the extreme case, as a way, as a tool, not as a separate world.
About the Authors
N. S. Pervushin
Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
I. A. Chudova
Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Pervushin N.S., Chudova I.A. Internet addictivity as a specificity of world picture. World of Economics and Management. 2014;14(1):202–213. (In Russ.)
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