Relationship Between the Problem of Computer Dependence and Social Exclusion in the Process of Youth Socialization

The aim of the article is to analyze the problem of socialization of modern youth in the era of total digitalization, the study of computer games as a powerful agent of socialization of youth. To achieve this goal it is necessary: to analyze the features of the impact of games on the process of socialization of youth and the formation of new values, to focus on the concepts of «cybersocialization» and «cyberradiation».

The research methods are analytical method, method of included observation, method of structural-functional analysis, phenomenological method.

The novelty of the study is to determine the characteristics of the impact of computer games on the moral and social values of modern youth and socio-philosophical analysis of the impact of computers and network technologies of the modern world on the formation of values and consciousness of adolescents in a globalized world.

The article considers the impact of computer addiction on the socialization of young people and the formation of human values. The concepts of «cybersocialization» and «cyberradication» are revealed. The causal links between computer games and the violation of the formation of correct social values are established, the influence of computer addiction on the deterioration of communication skills and increased aggression of adolescents is shown.

Conclusions. According to the study, due to the systematic use of computer technology in young people reduced academic performance, due to a sedentary lifestyle and minimization of physical activity there are certain diseases, there is a phenomenon of social loneliness, reduced activity and cleanliness, while increasing the level of alienation from social norms and values, eventually there is a social exclusion of the individual.