Value of communication as an integral feature of a modern society and a condition for its sustainable development

Abstract

The relevance of our research is due to the processes taking place in a modern Russian society. Value orientation is the most important component of a human life, the basis for the life goals formation and, as a result, it acts as a motivation encouraging a person to behave according to his expectations. The values of a person of each epoch differ from each other as the external environment influences each of us including our spiritual world. Interpersonal communication and communication through various technological means is of great importance to a modern society. It is difficult for modern people to imagine themselves without a cellphone with dozens of apps installed and connected to the Internet. And this digital approach changes even the attitude towards a communication value, reconsiders it. The authors attempted to define a phenomenon of a communication value, classify the communication processes in a modern society, describe an impact of the communication processes within its value into an individual and explain a process of a revaluing under certain circumstances taking in account fundamental factors for the sustainable development of the world.