Zhuravlev Anatoly L, Zinchenko Yury P, Kitova Dzhuletta A
Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
Psychol Russ. 2022 Mar 30;15(1):103-119. doi: 10.11621/pir.2022.0107. eCollection 2022.
The development of information technologies has led to the intensification of sociocultural interaction, allowed the creation of new systems for storing and processing information, and provided space for users to share their opinions, ideas, and standpoints. Thus, the Internet has become a major social-humanitarian scientific space. In this modern scientific space, one can single out a wide range of studies in psychology that show which topics are most popular and most widely discussed, or which moral grounds the participants of radical political movements share. Such studies show, for example, that U.S. working people experience psycho-physiological strain, and that infectious diseases spread more easily under modern conditions.
This study focused on the attitude that users of the Twitter social network hold towards money.
It was carried out by analyzing the texts of messages posted by Russian and Japanese users (background research) which contained the word "money." The research methods included program tools for word frequency analysis, semantic grouping of content, and analyzing the emotional nature of informal short messages. To interpret the results, the authors used expert analysis, theoretical justification, and content analysis.
We found that Russians' attitudes toward money can be divided into eight main categories: people, time, country, expenses, economy, philosophical speculations, power, and income. The main economic concerns were centered on the expenses and income coming from salaried jobs. Russians' major expenses were mainly associated with everyday financial problems. A comparison of Russian and Japanese messages revealed a number of clear-cut psychological differences.
In conclusion, we point out that analyzing "digital traces" helps uncover a variety of psychological factors influencing human life and behavior. Within the framework of this kind of study, it seems very promising to single out the interconnection between the population's overall psychological features and a given society's existing social-economic circumstances.
信息技术的发展促使社会文化互动日益频繁，催生了新的信息存储与处理系统，为用户分享观点、想法和立场提供了空间。因此，互联网已成为一个重要的社会人文科学空间。在这个现代科学空间中，可以挑选出众多心理学研究，这些研究表明哪些话题最受欢迎、讨论最广泛，或者激进政治运动的参与者持有哪些道德立场。例如，此类研究显示美国劳动者承受心理生理压力，以及传染病在现代条件下更容易传播。
本研究聚焦于推特社交网络用户对金钱的态度。
通过分析俄罗斯和日本用户发布的包含“金钱”一词的消息文本（背景研究）来开展。研究方法包括用于词频分析的程序工具、内容的语义分组以及分析非正式短消息的情感性质。为解释研究结果，作者采用了专家分析、理论论证和内容分析。
我们发现俄罗斯人对金钱的态度可分为八个主要类别：人、时间、国家、支出、经济、哲学思考、权力和收入。主要经济关注点集中在来自薪资工作的支出和收入上。俄罗斯人的主要支出主要与日常财务问题相关。俄罗斯和日本消息的比较揭示了一些明显的心理差异。
总之，我们指出分析“数字痕迹”有助于揭示影响人类生活和行为的各种心理因素。在这类研究的框架内，找出人口总体心理特征与特定社会现有社会经济状况之间的相互联系似乎非常有前景。
