Humanities & Social Sciences 7 (2016 9) 1572-1585 ~ ~ ~ УДК 930 Information Environment of Digital Humanities: Analysis of Information Interactions Galina V. Mozhaeva, Polina N. Mozhaeva Renha and Ulyana S. Zakharova* Tomsk State University 36 Lenin Ave., Tomsk, 634050, Russia Received 12.01.2016, received in revised form 22.02.2016, accepted 14.04.2016 The article presents the results of research of the information environment of Digital Humanities (hereinafter – DH) based on the identification of DH structures, directions of their activities and the analysis of the information interactions in the DH sphere. <...> The results of the research help to define key tendencies in the development of DH and the influence of this discipline on the development of the modern Humanities. <...> It is shown that the development of the network infrastructure of DH is accompanied by the expansion of the information interactions representing linear, interactional and transactional communication structures. <...> The article also analyzes types of these interactions, key participants and communication channels, subject matter, indicators of intensity and effectiveness. <...> Keywords: Digital humanities, information interactions, information environment, information technologies in the Humanities research. <...> Today, Digital Humanities is regarded as one of the many variants of identification of the Humanities emerging in the information society and/or on the basis of information and communication technologies. © Siberian Federal University. <...> All rights reserved * Corresponding author E-mail address: mozhaeva@ido.tsu.ru; pmozhaeva@gmail.com; zakharova@ido.tsu.ru – 1572 – One of the first attempts to present a systematic understanding of the content, problems and prospects of the development of Digital Humanities was “The Manifesto for the Digital Humanities” published in May 2010 by Marin Dacos, Professor of History, Director of the Centre for Open Electronic Publishing (France). <...> The Manifesto emphasizes that digital research methods are important for all the Humanities and rely on scientific paradigms accumulated by each of the relevant disciplines using the tools and perspectives opened up by digital technologies. “Digital Humanities are interdisciplinary by Galina V. Mozhaeva, Polina N. Mozhaeva Renha . <...> Manfred Thaller, Professor of the Department of Information Technologies in Historical and Cultural Studies at the University of Cologne (Germany), carried out the analysis of the current status of the interdisciplinary field of DH in his work “Controversies around the Digital Humanities”. <...> He saw “dangers” in the development of Digital Humanities: focus on a research infrastructure at the expense of the analytical methods and tools; narrowing <...>