Family Informational Environment As A Unique Sociocultural Continuum

Abstract

This article discloses the family informational context with respect to the psychological values of the family informational environment. The family informational environment is being attended to as the system of intrafamily relationships which encompasses parents and their childrens attitude toward available sources of information, as well as their emotions which may emerge under the influence of any means of obtaining information. The informational environment in the referrals’ families was presented by various sources. The article releases results of the empirical study on the family informational environments value attributes and families adherence to certain sources of information which make it evident that family informational environment needs to be determined in respect to mutual parents and their childrens acceptance of the Internet as the preferred source of information, their reliance on the Internet, and their mutual values of online news bulletins and information referring to their occupation. The informational environment is asserted to support the existence of a specific parents and their childrens attitude toward sources of information and value settings regarding the Internet. The family informational environment is a multilateral and multifunctional phenomenon. The family informational environment secures personal preferences of family members as well.