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    Published: 2021-04-021
    Vol. 3 No. 16 (2020)

    Social Phobia, Hikikomori, Cocooning: About the Need of Self-Isolation in the Information Society

    Barbara Konopka
    Media - Culture - Social Communication
    Section: Articles
    https://doi.org/10.31648/mkks.6610

    Abstract

    The aim of this article is to analyse contemporary signs of self-isolation: social phobia, hikikomori and cocooning. Based on a feature analysis of common characteristics of these three phenomena, key attributes related to contemporary self-isolation of individual in information society have been extracted from the text. Among them are such attributes as controlling of own private, personalized and invariable space, reducing participation in communities and cutting oneself off from “analog” reality for “digital” reality. These attributes have many correlates with Internet addiction, depression and social anxiety. The article also includes a reflection on the impact of deep Internet immersion on oneʼs perceptions, especially on the processes of perceiving the material world. The author also presents thoughts about cases of rejection of reality as an “imperfect world” compared to Internet platforms, allowing one to adjust features of the virtual world to one’s personal needs and preferences.

    Keywords:

    social phobia, hikikomori, cocooning, self-isolation, information society, civilisation fear

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    Konopka, B. (2021). Social Phobia, Hikikomori, Cocooning: About the Need of Self-Isolation in the Information Society. Media - Culture - Social Communication, 3(16), 33–50. https://doi.org/10.31648/mkks.6610

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