Prevalence and peculiarities of perception of youth subcultures among students

The article is devoted to the study of modern youth subcultures. Based on an empirical sociological study conducted among students of Orenburg State University, the prevalence and peculiarities of perception of youth subcultures in the student environment of a provincial university were studied. The object of the study is the student youth of a provincial university. The subject of the study is the youth subculture in the assessments of students and the degree of their involvement in modern subcultural groups. The relevance of studying the involvement of youth in subcultural practices is determined by the attitude towards youth not only as an object on the part of the state and social institutions, but also as an active subject of social reality. In modern society, there is a tendency towards an increase in the number of subcultures, the intertwining of subcultural practices, the virtualization of interaction and the blurring of the boundaries of membership of their participants. As a result, cultural classification becomes more difficult and requires new approaches to understanding, including on the basis of empirical material. At the preparatory stage, the pilot survey method was used, which was attended by 150 people. The survey was conducted in the form of a questionnaire in Google Forms using the Internet. In order to obtain more detailed judgments reflecting the specifics of student perception of modern subcultural trends and practices, a qualitative stage of the survey was conducted using the focus group method. The survey results showed low involvement of students in subcultural groups, the lack of a pronounced demonstration of their belonging to a subculture in a formal educational organization. The attitude towards participants in subcultures is neutral, determined by the degree of violation of personal boundaries and ideas promoted by the subculture (condemnation of calls for violence, discrimination). The participants of the subcultural groups identified during the survey do not note negative attitudes towards themselves in the student community. According to the respondents, the main reason for inclusion in subcultural groups is related to the need for communication among their participants, which cannot be satisfied in the daily practice of interaction, while the risk of limiting the communication to only a subcultural group is highlighted. In general, the youth subculture among students is perceived as an integral part of modern society, performing necessary social functions.

young people, subculture, student youth, post-subculture, subcultural groups, university, student environment, communication, genotypes, The digital society