The Phenomenon of Information-Network Socialization of Specialists for the Judiciary Through the Prism Of Professional Training in Higher Education Institutions

Abstract

The problem of information-network socialization of the judicial system’s specialists is of great concern and relevance in the face of the technologically advanced reality. The relevance of the announced theme is grounded on: (1) employers’ changing expectations and increased identity requirements for a specialist for the judiciary in the context of new technological trends; (2) the tendency to regulating the specialists’ adaptation and the competitiveness of the judiciary of the RF on the employment market in the XXI century; (3) the urgency of establishing socialization mechanisms for the future judicial community in the light of a transformation of socialization institutions and the introduction of new its types; (4) the need to uncover the particularities of new types of socialization in order to work out effective algorithms for their formation during vocational training. The objective of the research is to examine the phenomenon of information-network socialization of the judicial system’s specialists in the light of professional training in higher education. Materials and Methods. The stated goal required the application of the principles of dialectical logic and system approach to the research. In consideration of the application of these methods: (1) the primary reasons for the origin of a new type of socialization are revealed; (2) the name of the new type of socialization is justified taking into account the information-network orientation; (3) the authors’ definition of information-network socialization is proposed; (4) the particularity of a new type of socialization is disclosed; (5) the mechanism of information- network socialization formation is determined, which complements the doctrine of personnel training for the judiciary in the XXI century. The primary importance of the study is due to the fact that the obtained results not only concretize the interpretation of the studied concepts, but also expand the horizons of the theory of information socialization and university didactics in the light of new technological trends.