CYBER SOCIALIZATION OF YOUTH

The article reflects a number of aspects of social interaction in modern society related to the growing role of the Internet in the life of young people. It is focused on the issue of cyber socialization. The important aspects and problems that arise in connection with the creating of new agents of socialization, the deformation of the usual communicative models, roles and statuses are highlighted. In the framework of primary socialization, a complex phenomenon is born associated with the fragmentation of society into communities that are formed through social networks. The influence of these communities may go beyond the role of the preparatory stage for full-fledged socialization, in particular, the social activity of an individual can be locked in this framework.