Information and communication technology's influence into the socio-cultural environment of the region (according to sociological research)

The results of a comprehensive research «Creating cultural environment of the region on the basis of modernization of cultural institutions and information and communication technologies», conducted in 2012 by the state order of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation is considered. Author pays attention to informatization of cultural institutions regions of Russia - Moscow, Ulyanovsk, Smolensk regions and the Republic of Karelia and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Traced the dynamics of information readiness of regions to the information society, cultural institutions equipment computers and access to the Internet by means of the creation, storage and playback of digital resources on sites of cultural institutions. The author analyzes the approaches to cultural informatization, makes a comparative analysis of the electronic culture in Russia and Europe. Core focuses are on a specific of regional cultural policy and regulatory laws, connected with information culture, general cultural policies and programs of socio-economic and information development of the regions, information and communication competences of Cultural specialists.