Increased risk of “Z” generation representatives’ involvement in destructive religious organizations
Keywords:
“Z” generation, IT environment, information and communication technologies, cognitive status, information overload, multitasking, “second screening”, virtualization of consciousness, collective unconscious, cultural archetypes, destructive religious organizations, “multiplication of selves”, destructive religious indoctrinationAbstract
The article observes the impact of modern information and communication technologies on the cognitive status of generation “Z”
representatives. The role of multitasking and information overload on the perception, attention, memory and thinking parameters reduction is demonstrated. The relationship between reduced cognitive status and the possibility of involvement in destructive religious organizations is shown.
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