Open AccessHomo Informaticus as a Personality Type. The Conflict of Spectacular and Real on the Screen
Author(s) -
Svetlana Leonidovna Urazova
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
vestnik vgik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2713-2471
pISSN - 2074-0832
DOI - 10.17816/vgik33131-139
Subject(s) - personality , presentation (obstetrics) , psychology , sociology , social psychology , aesthetics , media studies , art , medicine , radiology
The evolution of informational culture which can be treated as media culture due to the development of audiovisual technologies, puts a number of questions brought about by the emergence of a new personality type, homo informaticus (informational man). The article covers the conflict between the nature of television with its tendency for spectacularity and the informational requirements of the modern society which demands an authentic presentation of the world.