Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Socio-Cultural Potential of the Russian IT Community. Part 1

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2023 16 (3)
Authors
Merzliakov, Sergei S.
Contact information
Merzliakov, Sergei S.: Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow, Russian Federation; merzliakovs@gmail.com
Keywords
values; culture; IT specialist; socio-cultural modernization; cultural studies; information society
Abstract

The article presents the results of the second stage of the study of the socio-cultural characteristics of the Russian IT community. The relevance is due to the influence of culture in the form of values, habits and behavioral patterns on socio-economic development, as well as the potential for the use of value attitudes of social groups in the process of socio-cultural modernization of a society. The article presents the results of the study conducted in August-October 2021 in the format of a survey of visitors to specialized resources on the Internet. The work consists of two parts. The first part is devoted to comparing the results of this study and the pilot study, analyzing the attitude of the members of the group to national achievements and analyzing useful and harmful national characteristics according to Russian IT specialists. The results demonstrated a connection between this study and the pilot study. It is confirmed that the community is open, the members of the community have a pronounced professional identity. They highly appreciate the humanitarian and scientific achievements of the national culture, but believe that the last ones are insufficiently actualized both in the international image of Russia and among Russians. Among the positive national characteristics, IT specialists distinguish a strong creative potential, creativity, as well as the ability to endure difficulties, altruism, mutual assistance, diligence and perseverance. Among the negative ones, they distinguish conservatism, inertia, corruption, as well as the desire to get everything at once

Pages
505–518
EDN
WVCIYN
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/149958

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