Digital Escape Or Escape From The Digital

The article presents an analysis of the transformations social role digital communications in context their connection with phenomenon escapism. In this case, escapism is understood not as exclusively negative psychic phenomenon, but inherent need a person to search for novelty. It shown that interaction virtual space Internet has long been regarded cause escapism, since provided opportunity psychological “escape: into fictional world, possibility anonymity, avoiding responsibility, constructing alternative identities. demonstrates more accessible become, and real spheres human activity intertwine become inseparable from each other. circumstance leads loss attractiveness associated novelty, distraction everyday life. Thus, it demonstrated escapist appeal other was specific nature, novelty experience. When such lost, also becomes place which seeks escape. reasons escaping digitalization lie only routine communications, due fact causing information overloads psyche, trying break free by it.