The Manipulation of Consciousness as a Phobia of Digital Society

Анотація

The article is devoted to generalizing knowledge about «manipulative technologies», revealing the nature, essence and trends in the development of the social phenomenon of «manipulation of consciousness». Where the condition for the emergence of individual consciousness is the formation of self-awareness, that is, a person's awareness of himself as a sensitive, thinking and acting being; understanding his own self. The study provided definitions of the concepts of «consciousness», «manipulation» and «social phobia».

Attention was also paid to the study of social phobia, fear of human control by digital systems, cyberterrorism, camera surveillance, violation of personal boundaries. The study analyzed the adaptation of national and international legal norms to innovations in science and technology. The problem of finding, determining the specifics of basic human rights, their content and implementation in the digital environment was also touched upon.

It was proposed to recognize the idea of ​​«nonviolent communication» as an antithesis to the thesis that some degree of «manipulativeness» is inherent in almost any statement.

It is emphasized that the changes that accompany the digital society, namely the use of digital technologies in various spheres of life, have led to the renewal of the question of the necessity and sufficiency of human rights and freedoms. Today, such digital rights as: the right to access metadata (this is any traces relating to the user on the network); the right to access information platforms and technologies; the right to the protection of personal data are already actively manifested.

Humanity faces a number of psychological and social phobias, namely: fear of control by digital systems, cyberterrorism, ubiquitous surveillance cameras, violation of personal boundaries. In the near future, technology and artificial intelligence will change the relationship between people, information space and management systems. We are standing on the threshold of demarcation of access levels, zones of regulated privacy in which people will be able to communicate freely, freely vent their feelings. We are entering an era where the phenomenon of digital «I» and digital «wе» takes place, we artificially create our continuation in digital reality.