MEANINGFUL LIFE GUIDELINES FOR COLLEGE KIDS OF THE DIGITAL GENERATION

СМЫСЛОЖИЗНЕННЫЕ ОРИЕНТИРЫ СТУДЕНЧЕСКОЙ МОЛОДЕЖИ ЦИФРОВОГО ПОКОЛЕНИЯ

Dyadyk, Natalya (Дядык, Наталья) ()
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Dyadyk, Natalya (Дядык, Наталья): South Ural State Humanitarian Pedagogical University

Sotsium i vlast / Society and power, 2022, 26-35

Abstract: The article discusses the results of studying the value sphere of the digital generation. The author sets herself the goal of studying the meaningful life guidelines of the digital generation representatives. The author uses the results of students’ surveys of two Chelyabinsk universities for the humanities as a basis for the research. The author uses general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, empirical methods of observation and questioning. As a result of analyzing the survey data and understanding the activity of young people in social communities, the author comes to the conclusion that material security, freedom, self-expression, and love should be considered as the main values of the digital generation. The meaning-of-life guidelines of the digital generation are more consistent with the values of hedonist philosophers (pursuit of pleasure) and stoics (acceptance of life circumstances). The scientific novelty of the work lies in identifying the features of the value sphere of the digital generation. In the value aspect, the digital generation prioritizes education, career, selfdevelopment, travel and enjoyment of life. It has a focus on individualism, self-presentation in the process of virtual communication. A significant method of self-expression for the digital generation is the vestimentary way of revealing individuality. The digital generation is fully immersed in network communication. Virtual communication makes it possible to quickly exchange information, learn new ways to earn money through Internet technologies, but can lead to distortion of information, relativism in judgments and social deprivation.

Keywords: digital generation; millennials; postmillennials; vestimentary code; meaningful life guidelines values (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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