PSYCHOLOGICAL PECULIARITIES OF COMMUNICATION PRACTICES OF YOUTH IN SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTS

Abstract

The article examines the psychological features of youth communicative practices in social networks. The aim of the article is a theoretical analysis of the psychological features of youth communicative practices in social networks. It is shown that in recent years one of the leading Internet trends has become that social networks are not only a way to communicate and entertain, but also a source of news and information. This situation is characteristic not only of foreign countries, where 53% of citizens consider social networks to be the main source of news and information, but also of Ukraine, where 76.6% of users receive news from social networks. The psychological and social features of youth communicative practices in social networks are analyzed. Psychological features consist in the fact that they provide young people with the opportunity to freely express their emotions, feelings, thoughts and views. Social features consist in the fact that social networks replace traditional agents of socialization: family, school, friends and begin to play a significant role in the socialization of young people, forming their value orientations. Young people socialize in society under the influence of social networks, however, in social networks young people also go through the process of socialization, learning the norms and rules of virtual space, created by previously unseen technical capabilities. Thanks to them, young people satisfy their needs for communication and moral support. It is concluded that social networks were created so that people would receive an additional, technically improved opportunity to communicate. In social networks, young people study, work, relax, and create with pleasure. New ways of interacting in virtual space are especially liked by young people, who are most susceptible to socio-cultural innovations that affect the formation of a young person’s personality.