On the issue of the crisis of humanitarian values and the prospects for its resolution

Kuban State University, Faculty of Journalism, Department of Electronic Media and New Media, Krasnodar, Russia

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Abstract

The article raises the issue of contemporary trends in the violation of the formation mechanisms of constructive attitudes of public consciousness associated with the development of information technologies. The starting point of the research is to substantiate the importance of constructive attitudes of the social worldview and to develop constructive value orientations in the social environment, as a condition for the stable existence of society. The authors evaluate the role of the contemporary advancement in information technologies and, in particular, in the spreading of numerous media, as a factor in the development of the crisis in the functionality of the family institutions, religion, and education. Besides assessing the socialization mechanisms expressed at the level of the family, education, and religious institutions, the authors note general cultural trends associated with the activation of information communication processes. The authors reveal a common trend in the development of the spiritual crisis and describe the self-reproduction mechanism of cultural trends at the digital communication level, as well as the formation of products that are focused on the mass consumer. It is proved that one of the important factors in the reproduction of information products with negative content is the predominance of the quantitative aspect of the evaluation of network information products. On the example of the institution of the literary award, the possibility of applying methods of qualitative assessment of network content is proved, which results in the possibility of stimulating the development of products that have constructive impact on the social worldview area.