Digital Identity as a Phenomenon of Information Modernity

The paper is devoted to the philosophical understanding of digital identity as a phenomenon of information modernity. It is substantiated that the existence of a modern person is constituted in the real and virtual worlds, which contributes to the transformation of traditional anthropological attributes and the introduction of a digital component into it. It is stated that in the virtual space, identification is carried out through virtual communication with network communities. It is concluded that the result of adaptation to life in hybrid reality is the formation of a virtual personality as a carrier of digital attributes: а digital image, а digital profile, and a digital identity as an awareness of oneself as an integral part of information reality. Through the “real-virtual” dichotomy, the definition of digital identity is formulated as the unity of “I-virtual” and “I-real”, the aggregate perception and experience of oneself in indissoluble unity with the real and virtual worlds.