Our world is a world of technology, and technology is part of what has made human beings so adept at survival. Yet, the 21st century has seen a new type of technology that is unlike anything ever seen before. This new information technology is known as social media (including such things as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc.), and it has the power to influence our very being. However, we are seemingly uncritical and unconcerned about social media in relation to society. This project attempts to analyze social media and its relationship to human beings from an ontological standpoint. I do so by exploring both the ontic and the ontological aspects of social media. In order to do so, I use a method of hermeneutical inquiry and phenomenological exploration. By using the works of several different thinkers, I attempt to get at the essence of the relationship between humans and social media. First, using the works of Martin Heidegger, I argue that there is an ethical dimension contained within the concept of authenticity. Then, using the works of psychologists, phenomenologists, and cognitive scientists, I show that social media has just as much control over us as we think we have over it. Lastly, I return to Heidegger's work in order to understand what the very essence of social media is, and I then explain what our relationship to social media ought to be in order to live authentically. In doing so, I attempt to explain how we can gain a free relation to social media in order to establish the ways in which it can be most helpful to us.

Tema: Ugdymo filosofija ikimokyklinių įstaigų ugdymo programose Magistriniame darbe nagrinėjamos ugdymo filosofijos ir ugdymo proceso atitikmuo, pateikiama šiuolaikinės ir klasikinės ugdymo paradigmų įtaka ugdymo procesui. Analizuojamas ugdymo filosofijos programose ir ugdymo procese vaidmuo, bei pedagogų ugdymo institucijose galimybės. Vykstant spartiems pokyčiams visuomenės gyvenime, pakitus visos visuomenės socialiniam statusui, ypač svarbus tampa ugdymo filosofijos vaidmuo ugdymo procesui. Pasirinktos ugdymo filosofijos kryptys programose, paskatino išsiaiškinti jų realizavimo galimybes ugdymo procese. Tyrimo objektas – ugdymo filosofijos ir ugdymo proceso dermė. Tyrimo tikslas - išsiaiškinti ar ugdymo procesas grindžiamas ikimokyklinėse ugdymo programose deklaruotomis ugdymo filosofijos kryptimis. Hipotezė - pedagogai vadovaujasi įstaigos programoje pateiktos ugdymo filosofijos(ų) nuostatomis. Tyrimo metodika: tyrime dalyvavo 379 vaikai, 157 pedagogai ; taikyti pedagogų anketinės apklausos ir kriterinio stebėjimo metodai. Išvados: atlikus tyrimą nustatyta, kad pedagogai iš dalies vadovaujasi pasirinktomis ugdymo filosofijos kryptimis programose ir ugdymo procese bei jos iš dalies dera ugdymo procese. . / Education philosophies and equivalent of education process are examined in this work, as well as influence of modern and classical education paradigm towards education process is presented. Education philosophies in programmes and role of education in process, as well as potentials of pedagogues in teaching institutions, are analyzed. Due to rapid changes in society’s life and because of change of social status of the whole society, role of education philosophy in the education process becomes especially important. The chosen trends of education philosophies in programmes encouraged me to ascertain their implementation possibilities in the process of education. The object of the research is – consistency of education philosophy and process of education. The aim of the research is – to ascertain if education process in preschool education programmes is motivated by declared trends of education philosophy. Hypothesis- pedagogues follow the guidelines of an education philosophy (philosophies) which are introduced in the programme of their institution. Methodology of the research- 379 children and 157 pedagogues participated in the research. A survey by questionnaires for pedagogues and a method of criterion observation were applied. Findings- having done the research it was ascertained that pedagogues follow the chosen trends of education philosophies in programmes and in the process of education partially. Moreover, they partially fit in the process of... [to full text]