Social network as a space for extremist content distribution: results of a questionnaire for students of vocational educational organizations
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https://doi.org/10.47475/2070-0695-2023-50-4-47-54Keywords:
social networks, content, extremist manifestations, media safety, students, vocational educational organization, sociological surveyAbstract
The article examines social networks as a space for the dissemination of extremist content using the example of the opinions and experiences of students in professional educational organizations. The research material was the results of a sociological survey of students of professional educational organizations in the Chelyabinsk region (VET) (N=16169). The study was conducted from January 16 till January 31 2023. As conclusions, the authors note the popularity of social networks VKontakte and Telegram, as a result, the need to study them for extremist content. The survey showed that respondents are faced with materials of a destructive nature (and are themselves exposed to cases of discrimination based on nationality or religion), as well as active and aggressive propaganda of national, religious and socio-political views by friends from social networks on their pages. The most common threats of an extremist nature are the dissemination of distorted, incorrect information, public justification of violence and terrorism; propaganda of prohibited paraphernalia, symbols and calls for the overthrow of the government and the constitutional order. The article also outlines recommendations for the formation of anti-extremist consciousness among young people, in particular among students of professional educational organizations, such as: development of critical thinking among students, including when consuming content from social networks; developing knowledge about responsibility for the dissemination and approval of extremist content; dissemination through social networks, in particular the VKontakte community of educational organizations, in an accessible modern form of preventive content, as well as the use of a method of involving students in the creation of this kind of content. Consequently, extremist content published on social networks is one of the problems of media safety among youth audiences.
Acknowledgments: The research was partially carried out with the financial support of the Russian Science Foundation Competition “Conducting fundamental scientific research and exploratory scientific research by individual scientific groups” (regional competition) No. 22–18–20011 “Digital literacy: interdisciplinary research (regional aspect).”References
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