Development of the society of digital mobility

Development and spread of Internet is connected with a new type of mobility - digital mobility based on ICT, which opens new possibilities and new forms of activity. Growth of the technologically mediated personal mobility leads to breakdown of rigid social constructions, transformation of many concepts, significant changes in lifestyles. Shaping network mentality is connected with the process of people’s creative adaptation to the ever-changing and regenerating world. The article considers social consequences of the virtual space formation. The main consequence is transformation of the meaning of many basic concepts including the notions of place and time. In the electronic space it becomes quite common to be in two or more places at the same time that is indicative of the necessity to develop new cognitive abilities and multi-media skills. The concept of time itself is also changing: electronic information generates the notion of instant time. The article considers in detail two main directions of the changes concerning the majority of population: development of distant banking services and distant education. Impact of the distant banking services on the changes in the financial behavior of population is considered in two aspects: assessment of the technological changes in the banking system enhancing development of the distant electronic payments, and analysis of the changes in the population attitude to this way of bank account management. The article also discusses different ways of enlarging the opportunities for learning with the use of digital technologies: distant access to the process of education, possibility of lifelong learning, possibility to join the European educational process.