Risks and Threats of Children’s Online Communication  in Digital Society

Natal&#039;ya Pogrebnaya

doi:10.21603/2500-3372-2024-9-1-19-30

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RISKS AND THREATS OF CHILDREN’S ONLINE COMMUNICATION IN DIGITAL SOCIETY Risks and Threats of Children’s Online Communication in Digital Society

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Published in Bulletin of Kemerovo State University. Series: Political, Sociological and Economic sciences · Pages 19–30 · Rubric: Society: Cultural and Political Development

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21603/2500-3372-2024-9-1-19-30

Received: 14.11.2023 Accepted: 22.12.2023 Published: 20.03.2024

Authors

Natal'ya Pogrebnaya

Kemerovo State University Russian Federation · Kemerovo

ABSTRACT

The article examines the risks and threats of children’s network communication in the context of the modern digital society development. The author presents analysis of the adolescents’ cybersocialization process, and the classification of content depending on its impact on the children and adolescents’ development (constructive, neutral, destructive). The article describes risks and threats of information-psychological impact exerted using various technologies common on the Internet and in social networks. In addition to information-psychological impact, it is possible to form the mobilization potential of children and adolescents through social networks. The research considers the types of social networks communities capable of having a destructive impact on children and adolescents, as well as technologies for involving children and adolescents in these communities. The author deliberates consequences of the Internet’s negative impact on children and adolescents, such as the formation of mosaic thinking, lack of critical thinking, changes in norms and values, pathological Internet addictions that contribute to the vulnerabilities of children and adolescents.

KEYWORDS

threats, risks, children, adolescents, cybersocialization, information-psychological impact, destructive content, destructive communities

Funding

The research was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation as part of the project FZSR-2023-0006 "Network Socio-Political Mobilization in Resource-Type Regions of Siberia: Research Capabilities of Data-Mining Tools".

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Pogrebnaya N. S. Risks and Threats of Children’s Online Communication in Digital Society // . 2024. pp. 19-30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21603/2500-3372-2024-9-1-19-30. (Date of access 19.08.2026).

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Natal'ya Pogrebnaya. "Risks and Threats of Children’s Online Communication in Digital Society." (2024): 19-30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21603/2500-3372-2024-9-1-19-30.

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Pogrebnaya N. S. (2024). Risks and Threats of Children’s Online Communication in Digital Society. , 19-30. https://doi.org/10.21603/2500-3372-2024-9-1-19-30

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