ANALYSIS OF DIGITAL SOCIALIZATION CONCEPTS: INDICATORS AND CRITERIA OF DIGITAL SOCIALIZATION

Abstract

In the era of the development of global digital platforms for social communication, it is important to scientifically substantiate the concept and structure of the process of digital socialization of an individual. Digital socialization of the younger generation is considered as a process aimed at developing social skills for effective interaction in the digital environment, relationships and identity through digital technologies. The purpose of the study was to conduct a comparative analysis of the leading modern concepts of digital socialization and to highlight the indicators and criteria of digital socialization of an individual. Based on the results of the analysis of the concept of digital socialization, the author's questionnaire  "Diagnostics of the level of digital socialization of adolescents in the educational environment" was developed. As part of this study, a survey was conducted among students of secondary comprehensive schools in Uralsk and district schools in the West Kazakhstan region. The study identified the need for comprehensive psychological work to develop a skill in the creative use of digital technology, ability to think critically with media sources, and instill skills of emotional self-control and regulation in online communication. The results of this study complement knowledge in the field of social psychology, psychological diagnostics of personality. The identified indicators and criteria of digital socialization can be used as a basis for developing new methods of psychological diagnostics of the level of successful digital socialization of children and adolescents.      

Keywords: digital socialization; digital technologies; digital culture; digital environment; online space; successful digital socialization.