The influence of social networks and online communities on the formation of individual and social consciousness

Nikitin Grigory Mikhailovich

The XX century is largely an "information age", as it is associated with the computerization and Informatization of modern society. We can say that the "imperative of social development" is the process of computerization of all spheres of human activity. In the transition to the information society there are a number of philosophical problems that change the Outlook of modern man. The study of these changes in the minds of people engaged in the philosophers of the XX-th century: M. Castells, E. Toffler, D. bell, I. L. Inozemtsev, A. I. Rakitov. Social networks are an integral part of modern society [1]. Social networks serve as a kind of means for messaging, but today there are a lot of not only cognitive, business resources, but also entertainment, social networks. Recently, many philosophers, psychologists and even psychiatrists talk about people's excessive enthusiasm for "social networks", which may well lead humanity to negative consequences.

Keywords:social networks, network communities, public consciousness, individual consciousness, virtualization, computerization, information society, post-industrial society