Окружающий мир как симулятивная реальность: о коммуникационных основах современного мировоззрения

Abstract

This article is devoted to the study of the communication foundations of the worldview phenomenon, which is considered as a subjective system of perception, interpretation and evaluation of events, processes, and phenomena of the surrounding world, as well as behavioral strategies based on a holistic, consistent set of beliefs, values, symbols and meanings, the bearer of which is an individual or social community. The paper proposes a conceptual prism of the functional features of the worldview, which is based on the law of the necessary diversity of W.R. Ashby. Within the framework of the proposed conceptual prism, the author explores the structure of the worldview phenomenon, as well as the functional dualism of communication tools used in the processes of worldview formation. The article analyzes the current state of the worldview formation processes in the contemporary world. Special attention is given to the role of traditional media and modern digital information and communication resources, through which, under the current conditions of globalization, attempts are made to eliminate worldview diversity and form a single worldview system based on a universal system of values, meanings, symbols, and ideas. In this regard, the thesis is put forward about the emergence in the modern world of a line of tension associated with a value-semantic conflict, within which scenarios of preserving the diversity of traditional national worldview systems or their complete replacement with modern simulated media constructs supported at the global level by leading geopolitical actors are opposed. As part of the analysis of these scenarios, special attention is paid to the need to ensure national information sovereignty, as the ability of the state to maintain its own diversity at the national level. The article shows that in the current conditions of technological transformations and the formation of a global digital space for constructing universal meanings, values and cultural codes, traditional national worldview systems are subject to significant external influences and significant risks of transformation. The author concludes that the contemporary man, due to his isolation from the highly dynamic and complex world, is forced to use only explanatory media models that are displaced relative to reality and constructed with the help of information and communication resources to form his own worldview. These explanatory models form a picture of ideas about the world, as well as a “correct” worldview complex.