Modern family at the stage of adaptation to global technological expansion - opportunities and threats

Abstract

Globalization and digitization, although they are the phenomena of a global scale, have influenced the individual functioning of people. The contemporary man has been confronted with the expansion of digital technologies that are changing his action strategies prevalent so far. This forces the pressure of reaction – active resistance or acclimatization. It seems that the process of digitization of life can no longer be stopped and the society is currently in the process of adaptation to a new way of life. Multigenerational family traditions and rituals compete with the young, but dynamic development of digital technologies which are shaping new habits and create a new way of perceiving the surrounding world. This article is a theoretical analysis of the impact of new information and communication technologies and mobile devices on families’ functioning.