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The relevance of the proposed research is, firstly, based on the complexity of youth as an object of study (indefinite age limits and a high level of youth individualization make it difficult to research the identification of practices). Secondly, how virtualization and mediatization effect new political practices in the digital space, including blogosphere, comparisoning it with continuing real political passivity of the Russian youth. As part of the study, digital political practices are considered as a form of interaction in the blogosphere resulting in the reproduction and transfiguration of political relations by young people, the acquisition of civic identity and the realization of civic agency. The purpose of the study is to identify the repertoire of digital political practices of young people. The focus of this study was youth YouTube-channels that occupy top places in the national rating. The study revealed that the youth environment is a non-politicized vlog segment with the audience from 5 to 14 million subscribers (opposed to 1-5 million for the vlogs, dedicated directly to political personalities and events). It was defined the repertoire of digital political practices of young people according to the analysis of video with Russian YouTube top bloggers. We may state their peripheral and marginal nature with the risk of destructive exposure.
The central question of the article is the factors that influence the opinion about graffiti of Russian youth. The authors note the one-sidedness of the analysis of the social role of graffiti in Russian science. Scientists often focus on aesthetic, legal and socio-psychological sides of this topic. But at the same time, there is a lack of research in the area of typical stereotypes and assessments about graffiti in society. During their research, the authors of this article want to make a step in overcoming of this problem and focus their interest on stereotypes and assessments about graffiti that became typical for the representatives of modern Russian youth. During the research the authors rely on secondary analysis of data of sociological survey, which was implemented by Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) at the end of 2018. Using the VCIOM data, the authors strive to determine the general opinion of Russian youth about graffiti and try to identify the factors, which can influence this opinion. The analysis allows the authors to make a conclusion that the specifics of young people’s stereotypes and assessments about graffiti has a social origin. The attitude to graffiti prevailing among Russian youth is comparable to that which was established among representatives of other age groups. But at the same time, young people are heterogeneous in their attitude to this phenomenon. The authors conclude that significant factors influencing the attitude of young people to graffiti are gender, the level of activity of using the Internet, and the type of settlement.
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