The role of the Internet in political socialization of modern Russian youth

Abstract

The article analyzes the role of innovative mass media, in particular Internet in the process of political socialization of the Russian youth, taking place in the context of deep socioeconomic and political transformations, globalization and digitalization. The transformational potential of Internet technologies is undeniable today. Political news aggregators, online bloggers, anonymous Telegraph channels present a broad range of political information and opinion. Considering the Internet as a revolutionary means of communication, the authors carried out an analysis of its main characteristics, research of virtual communities as a space of political socialization, the processes of hybridization, which implies the actual consolidation of the properties of real and virtual communities. The importance of an adequate assessment of the role of innovative media in the political socialization of young people, in shaping the political subjectivity of young Russian citizens is obvious.