Networked generation growing up or maturing on social media
https://doi.org/10.24290/1029-3736-2021-27-1-173-187
Abstract
The article analyzes the processes taking place in the youth environment in the context of digitalization of society. The role of social networks is discussed. Since its inception, network analysis has been formed as an interdisciplinary direction in which psychologists, sociologists, communication specialists, anthropologists, mathematicians and statisticians combine their efforts. The social network as a way of organizing social knowledge requires a special methodological approach, different from the traditional methods of analyzing sociological information. “Digital habits” significantly affect the behavior of young people, change the “traditional” way of life. The article is of interest to specialists dealing with problems of sociology of youth, sociology of global processes, methodology of sociological research.
About the Authors
V. A. SushkoRussian Federation
Sushko Valentina A., Associate Professor, Candidate of Sociology, Associate Head of the Department at Faculty of Sociology
Leninsky Gory 1-33, Moscow, Russian Federation, 119234
G. B. Pronchev
Russian Federation
Pronchev Gennadi B., Associate Professor, Candidate of Physics and Mathematics, Associate Professor at Faculty of Sociology
Leninsky Gory 1-33, Moscow, Russian Federation, 119234
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For citations:
Sushko V.A., Pronchev G.B. Networked generation growing up or maturing on social media. Moscow State University Bulletin. Series 18. Sociology and Political Science. 2021;27(1):173-187. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24290/1029-3736-2021-27-1-173-187