Socialization of youth in the context of information preferences

Abstract

The article presents the results of the study of information socialization based on the study of information preferences as the primary attention and selective attitude to certain sources, content and means of information, and their application. Data of empirical research of cognitive, emotional and behavioral components of information socialization of students of pedagogical College and students of pedagogical University of Blagoveshchensk of the Amur region are presented. Preferences in the sources of information of interest (Internet) and educational information (books, teachers, Internet), preferences in content (people and their relationships, science and education, cinema, music), orientation (on communication, knowledge/education and self-education, entertainment), form of presentation (visual images and videos), means and methods of information transmission (oral speech in direct personal contact and instant audio and text messages in distant communication). The greatest trust to information from books, assessment of information on the Internet more often as reliable, satisfaction in the Internet environment of existential, social and prestigious needs is stated. Students and students prefer to use mobile devices to search, receive and transmit information, actively use Internet resources (search engines, social networks, film sites, music and educational sites) for communication, knowledge, news search, social activity and entertainment, creates personal pages, spends more than 5 hours a day on the Internet, prefers to perceive information in visual form, transmit it in the form of audio messages. There are more similarities than differences between pedagogical University students and pedagogical College students in the components of information socialization and information preferences.