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В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Kirillina</surname><given-names>N. V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Кириллина Наталья Владимировна – кандидат социологических наук, доцент кафедры общественных связей и медиаполитики Института государственной службы и управления</p><p>119571, г. Москва, пр-т Вернадского, 84</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Kirillina Natalia Vladimirovna – CandSc (Soc.), executive editor of Communicology international scientific journal, associate professor at the department of public relations and media policy</p><p>119606, Moscow, Vernadsky ave, 84</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">nata.kirillina@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru">Российская академия народного хозяйства и государственной службы при президенте российской Федерации (РАНХиГС)<country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en">Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)<country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2025</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>02</day><month>10</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>13</volume><issue>3</issue><fpage>32</fpage><lpage>41</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Кириллина Н.В., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Кириллина Н.В.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Kirillina N.V.</copyright-holder><license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.communicology.ru/jour/article/view/557">https://www.communicology.ru/jour/article/view/557</self-uri><abstract><p>Статья является продолжением публикации автора, посвященных «реальной» и «воспринимаемой» идентичности в цифровой среде и посвящена анализу феномена цифровых двойников и alter ego в современных медиа. В исследовании предпринимается попытка осмысления преобразований идентичности, которая в медиапрактиках выходит за пределы простого отражения субъекта и начинает приобретать собственную агентность. В центре внимания находится процесс трансформации цифровой идентичности в самостоятельное существование – автономный образ или цифрового двойника, способного функционировать независимо от своей «реальной» основы. Опора на классическую философию (платоновский эйдос, гегелевское различие «вещи-в-себе» и её представления) позволяет выявить онтологические основания расхождения между субъектом и его цифровыми проекциями. Концепции симулякра Ж. Бодрийяра и ризомы Ж. Делеза расширяют рамки анализа, позволяя описать цифровое медиапространство как автономную реальность, где репрезентации не только отражают, но и замещают «реальное». Проведённый анализ показывает, что в современных медиа цифровые проекции личности выходят за рамки репрезентации и начинают функционировать как активные акторы политического / публичного дискурса. </p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>This article continues the study of ‘real’ and ‘perceived’ identity and represents the conceptual analysis of the phenomenon of digital twins and alter egos in contemporary media. The study attempts to understand the transformations of identity, which in media practices goes beyond a simple reflection of the subject and acquires its own agency. The focus is laid on the process of transforming digital identity into an independent entity –an autonomous image or digital alter ego capable of functioning independently. Drawing on classical philosophy (Platonic eidos, Hegel’s approach to the ‘thing-in-itself’ and its representation) allows to identify the ontological foundations of the discrepancy between the subject and their digital projections. Baudrillard’s concepts of simulacrum and Deleuze’s rhizome expand the scope of the analysis, allowing us to describe the digital media space as an autonomous reality where representations not only reflect but also replace the ‘real’. The analysis demonstrates that in contemporary media, digital projections of personality go beyond representation and begin to function as active actors in political / public discourse.</p><p>The development of working hypotheses, search and selection of relevant studies for comparative analysis were conducted using ChatGPT (OpenAI). Data validation, interpretation, and conceptual analysis were accordingly realized by the author.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>цифровая идентичность</kwd><kwd>цифровой двойник</kwd><kwd>alter ego</kwd><kwd>медиапространство</kwd><kwd>медиа</kwd><kwd>репрезентация</kwd><kwd>мем</kwd><kwd>эйдос</kwd><kwd>симулякр</kwd><kwd>ризома</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>digital identity</kwd><kwd>digital twin</kwd><kwd>alter ego</kwd><kwd>media space</kwd><kwd>media</kwd><kwd>representation</kwd><kwd>meme</kwd><kwd>eidos</kwd><kwd>simulacrum</kwd><kwd>rhizome</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Аристотель (изд. 2014). Метафизика. СПб: Лань.</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Aristotle (ed. 2014). Metaphysics. 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