Following communication rules online and offline: intergenerational analysis

Occupation: associate professor of clinical psychology department, senior researcher of medical psychology department
Affiliation:
Moscow State University
Mental Health Research Center
Address: Russian Federation

Journal name

Psikhologicheskii zhurnal

Edition

Volume 40 issue 4

Pages

73-84

Abstract

Digital world is not just a part of the life of children and adolescents, but is a constant dimension of their socialization. According to the concept of “digital citizenship”, as the digital society develops, the Internet takes forms and supports rules for communication and behavior. The aim of this paper is to compare following communication rules online and offline in adolescents in comparison with young adults and parents, as well as its relationship with their opinions about reasons for the expression of opinion on the internet and the causes of online aggression. The study was conducted in 2017 in 17 cities in 8 federal districts of Russia and included 1,029 adolescents aged 14 to 17 years, 525 teenagers aged 12 to 13 years, 736 young people aged 17 to 30 and 1,105 parents of teenagers aged 12 to 17 years. Respondents assessed to what degree they follow different communication rules online and offline, as well as possible reasons for preferring online expression of their opinions and aggression. It was shown that online communication in many respects obeys the same rules as offline, but teenagers (especially boys) are less likely to comply with any rules of communication. The discrepancy between online and offline rules is also maximized in adolescents, but does not depend on gender. In all groups, less agreement with the rules of communication is related to belief that the Internet makes it possible to splash out the negative emotions and go unpunished. It is assumed that since digital socialization does not occur in such close contact with adults as offline and often has no direct feedback, the personal “maturation” of adolescentsoffline goes ahead comparing to online. In adults unified communication regulation have been already developed, and the difference between offline and online is almost imperceptible. Practical recommendations for social programs are discussed.

Keywords

Digital socialization, rules of communication, online, the Internet, adolescents, intergenerational comparisons

Acknowledgment

This work is supported by the Russian Science Foundation under grant № 18-18-00365 “Digital socialization in the cultural-historical perspective: intragenerational and intergenerational analysis”.

Received

14.06.2019

Publication date

26.06.2019

Number of characters

36435

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GOST	Soldatova G., Rasskazova E. Following communication rules online and offline: intergenerational analysis // Psikhologicheskii zhurnal – 2019. – V. 40. – issue 4 C. 73-84 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://psy.jes.su/S020595920005472-5-1 (circulation date: 16.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S020595920005472-5
MLA	Soldatova, G., Rasskazova, E. "Following communication rules online and offline: intergenerational analysis." Psikhologicheskii zhurnal 40.4 (2019):73-84. DOI: 10.31857/S020595920005472-5
APA	Soldatova G., Rasskazova E. (2019). Following communication rules online and offline: intergenerational analysis. Psikhologicheskii zhurnal 40(4), pp.73-84 DOI: 10.31857/S020595920005472-5

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