Preface
Introduction. INFORMATION SOCIETY: AN ILLUSORY REALITY OR
A REAL ILLUSION?
Section I. SOCIAL INTERACTION AS AN INFORMATION PROCESS
Chapter 1. A METATHEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF THE INFORMATION BASIS OF THE SOCIAL
1.1. Information as self-reflection in interaction
1.2. Information as an attribute of interaction
1.3. Social information and social interaction
Chapter 2. THE SOCIAL AS AN INFORMATION INTERACTION SYSTEM
2.1. Information and communication as form and content of social information interaction
2.2. An imperfect unity of an imperfect set
2.3. Information flow modernity/Modernity in an information flow
Section II. VIRTUAL SOCIAL REALITY AS AN INFORMATION IN-OIXISTENCE OF A SOCIAL SYSTEM
Chapter 1. VIRTUAL REALITY: THEORETICAL MODELLING EXPE-RIENCE
1.1. Theoretical structures of virtual reality
1.2. Virtual social reality: imitation of reality or an alternative?
1.3. A virtual social world as a split system of action
Chapter 2. SYSTEMS OF ACTUAL AND VIRTUAL SOCIAL ACTION: INTERPENETRATION OF PARALLEL WORLDS
2.1. Networks instead of structures. Simulation of institution func-tions
2.2. Virtualization of social relations and communities
2.3. An individual in a virtualized society
Conclusion
Summary
Literatura
References
Authors’ Profiles