Что необходимо для интеграции: русские иммигранты и израильтяне раскрывают душу

This research focuses on criteria for evaluating the success of sociocultural adjustment among CIS immigrants in Israeli society. The research objective was to explore: how immigrants and hosts defined the criteria of integration, i.e. what are the requirements an immigrant has to meet to be accepted as a full-fledged member of Israeli society. The research methodology combines qualitative and quantitative methods.Исследование фокусируется на критериях оценки успешности социокультурной адаптации иммигрантов стран СНГ в израильское общество. Цель исследования -изучить, каким образом иммигранты и хозяева определяют критерии интеграции, т. е. каким требованиям должен удовлетворять иммигрант, чтобы быть принятым в качестве полноправного члена израильского общества. Методология исследования сочетает в себе качественные и количественные методы исследования

Влияние социальных сетей на стратегии принятия решений супругов при покупке товаров

Рукопись поступила в редакцию 31 августа 2014 г.The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of social network closeness on the use of spousal influence tactics among immigrants to Israel from the Former Soviet Union (FSU). A survey questionnaire was completed by 442 FSU immigrants, either married or cohabitating, who were asked to describe their social networks and to evaluate their own use of seven influence strategies during a dyadic purchase decision. Our findings shed light on the relationship between macro-level variables of the ecological environment of an individual and micro-level processes and phenomena that exist within his/her family nucleus, namely the marital dynamics and relationships; we also provide practical recommendations for family therapists and practitioners.Целью данного исследования является изучение влияния социальных сетей на использование тактик супружеского влияния среди иммигрантов из бывшего Советского Союза в Израиле. В анкетировании принимало участие 442 иммигранта из бывшего СССР, как состоящих в браке, так и сожительствующих, которым было предложено описать свои социальные сети и оценить использование стратегий влияния при совместном принятии решения о покупке. Данные исследования проливают свет на отношения между переменными макроуровня экологической среды индивида и микроуровня процессов и явлений, которые существуют в его/ее ядре семьи, а именно динамики супружеских отношений. Нами также даны практические рекомендации для семейных психотерапевтов и практиков

Дистанционное образование в условиях пандемии: новые вызовы российскому высшему образованию

COVID-19 was the catalyst for many processes that were actively developing in the previous period, including the further introduction of distance education in Russian higher educational institutions. Russian higher education has faced new challenges due to the total transition to distance learning in the face of the pandemic. In March–May 2020, a sociological study was conducted in a number of universities in Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Moscow. The research purpose was to identify the main challenges universities faced during the pandemic and the prospects for the further development of distance education in Russian higher education. The study used the qualitative and quantitative strategies: a questionnaire survey of students (N=500) from different fields of study (social, humanitarian, technical, economic ones) who received distance learning experience during the pandemic; in-depth interviews with teachers of Russian universities (N=20), frame analysis of students’ cases on their daily practices in online educational interaction (N=42). The study made it possible to identify the challenges faced by Russian higher education in the total transition to distance education in a pandemic: the need to adapt students and teachers to work online (80% of respondents’ answers); decline in the quality of education (62.7% of respondents’ answers); changing the role of a teacher in the educational process (68% of the respondents’ answers); digital divide in the digital culture of the younger and older generation of teachers (67% of respondents’ answers); etc. A number of contradictions were recorded in the further implementation of distance education in Russian higher education. Considering that the policy towards digitalization in Russia has now been declared a priority, higher education cannot remain aloof from technological progress. Besides, the further introduction of distance learning should take place with overcoming the challenges and contradictions faced by Russian higher education during the pandemic, while maintaining the national achievements of Russian higher education, acquired over its long history. © 2020 LLC Ecological Help. All rights reserved

Editors: XXIII International Conference "Culture, Personality, Society in the Conditions of Digitalization: Methodology and Experience of Empirical Research" named after professor L.N. Kogan

This collection contains selected papers from the Culture, Personality, Society in the Conditions of Digitalization: Methodology and Experience of Empirical Research Conference, held in Yekaterinburg, Russia, 19th-21st March 2020. This event was jointly hosted by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. The conference considered how digitalization is affecting culture, individuals and society as a whole – both in Russia and more globally. The spread of technology is impacting all spheres of human activity, creating qualitatively new types of interaction between individuals and social groups. At the same time, however, there is a generational gap in the uptake of these new technologies, ease of use, and ease of access. This is creating a digital divide which is, itself, having a further impact on Russian society and culture. This collection contains 98 peer-reviewed papers exploring various elements surrounding the themes of culture and society’s digitalization. Topics include culture digitalization; education digitalization; artificial intelligence; the digital divide; politics digitalization; mass media; everyday life; and digital society. These papers will be of interest to academics, students and professionals researching problems involving cultural responses to the digitalization of societies

Internet Use and Happiness: An Updated Review of Literature

The purpose of this research is to review the literation on the relationship between internet use and happiness, updating a previous review [1], and building upon a series of longitudinal studies following this initial review [2—4]. Reasons for studying happiness, and happiness definitions and measurement are discussed. This is followed by a discussion of early research which found a negative relationship between internet use and happiness, followed by studies indicating a more positive relationship, supporting a stimulation hypothesis that poses that the internet can act to facilitate face-to-face interactions. More recent research has focused on social networking. With some important exceptions, these most recent studies continue to find that internet use is positively related to happiness, while identifying a number of important mediating and moderating variables, such as experience with the internet and social networking; wealth; health; number of friends ; the nature of interactions; extroversion, and the ways in which users represent themselves online