Emergence of the ‘Digitalized Self’ in the Age of Digitalization

Abstract

This paper is reviewing the unprecedented and profound impact of digitalization upon our world and us in the Age of Digitalization, through interdisciplinary perspectives including psychology, neuroscience, psychiatry, sociology, anthropology, culture and history. Progressing from the Industrial Age to the Age of Digitalization when humankind has been undergoing changes in the process of digitalization, there is growing observation and evidence for the possible emergence of a new form of self, called ‘Digitalized Self’, which would be examined, postulated, conceptualized and discussed in the current paper.

Keywords

• Mind
• Digitalization
• Digitalized self
• Interdisciplinary
• Digital natives
• Humanity