Prevention of Technology Addiction: Domestic Experience and Foreign Initiatives

Abstract

Introduction. The article presents the findings after the analysis of domestic and foreign practice in the field of prevention of cyberaddictive patterns of behavior. The purpose of the study: by means of comparative analysis of domestic and foreign studies of technological addiction, to develop a classification of preventive measures against technological addiction in modern humans and to determine the main forms of technological addiction and its characteristics. Materials and Methods. The research methodology is based on the theory of biosocial human development using systemic and socio-digital approaches to the study of the problem of technological addiction. With the help of comparative and theoretical methods of analysis, a classification of the prevention of technological addiction in humans has been developed and the main characteristics of the forms of technological addiction have been determined. Legal acts for determining the directions of state policy in Russia as preventive measures are studied. Results. The concept of “technological addiction” has been clarified. The classification of forms of technological addiction of modern man is carried out. The main characteristics of each form of technological addiction are determined. The approaches applied to the prevention of technological addiction in the foreign practice are highlighted: inaction, encouragement and dissemination of research in the field of prevention of forms of technological addiction, education, support for families and public organizations. In Russia, the directions of state policy in the field of prevention of technological addictions represent the purposeful activity of public authorities and a system of measures of a regulatory, economic, informational, educational, organizational, managerial and other preventive nature. Discussion and Conclusion. The obtained results contribute to the research base for the prevention of technological addiction, determine the definition of promising preventive approaches. The results of the analysis show cultural differences in the level of spread of technological forms of addiction, which requires further study. © 2023 National Research Ogarev Mordovia State University. All rights reserved.