Knowledge consumption culture in the digital age: a media-philosophical perspective on university education
https://doi.org/10.21453/2311-3065-2025-13-4-183-197
Abstract
The article examines the transformation of university education under conditions of digital mediatization. Combining philosophical and empirical–analytical approaches, the study draws on critical media theory, the philosophy of education, and digital anthropology. A questionnaire survey of the university community identifies types of digital subjectivity and documents shifts in how knowledge and the university as an institution are perceived. The findings indicate that the culture of knowledge consumption is moving toward platformization, fragmentation, and pragmatism. The article concludes with a call for a philosophical revaluation of the university in the era of digital platforms.
About the Authors
P. A. Olkhov
Belgorod State National Research University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Olkhov Pavel Anatolyevich, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences (PhD equivalent), Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy
85 Pobedy St., Belgorod, Belgorod Region, 308015
M. A. Brizhaneva
Belgorod State National Research University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Brizhaneva Maria Aleksandrovna, Master’s student
85 Pobedy St., Belgorod, Belgorod Region, 308015
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For citations:
Olkhov P.A., Brizhaneva M.A. Knowledge consumption culture in the digital age: a media-philosophical perspective on university education. Communicology. 2025;13(4):183-197. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21453/2311-3065-2025-13-4-183-197
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