PROSPECTS FOR THE CYBERSPACE DEVELOPMENT AND ITS SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of issues and research of the influence of social and psychological fac-tors that influence the formation of Internet-dependent behavior of the individual in terms of increasing the role of cyber-space in today's conditions. The article examines the problems of interpersonal communication in the digital space, which leads to the virtualization of the living space of modern man, causing a certain specific danger, special needs and depend-encies. The results of scientific research in this area are analyzed, namely those devoted to the impact of information tech-nology on humans, based on the specifics of digitalization of educational space, in terms of modern development of the in-formation environment of the world. The authors explored the main types of activities on the Internet: cognitive, game and communicative, which are directly responsible for specific personality changes.