Information Adaptation of Migrants as a Subject of Sociological Analysis

摘要

This article studies the concept of information adaptation of migrants as a specific subject of sociological analysis in modern conditions of significant influence of information environment on the human socialization process. The authors proposed criteria for evaluating the success of information adaptation of people who change their place of residence. Faced with the new information environment, the migrant is in a state of information shock, which is often accompanied by cultural shock. The results of the sociological poll show adaptive differences of migrants with regard to their information preferences. Therefore, the level of information the adaptation of migrants depends on improvement of their IT-competencies and skills. A higher range of information competence indicates that migrants adapt more quickly to new socio-economic environment.