Gender and Age Aspects of Digital Socialization of Students of a Regional Humanitarian University

Abstract

The problems of digital socialization of students of the humanities university, which is stochastic in nature and is implemented in a risky digital environment, are considered. Most of the parameters of this dynamic process are insufficiently studied, which significantly complicates its management. The authors substantiate the identification of gender and age aspects of digital socialization as important factors determining the peculiarities of the formation of the personality of a modern student. Based on the results of the author's sociological research, the influence of gender difference and age aspect on the results of digital socialization of the individual during the period of study at the university is shown. It is empirically confirmed that despite the generally stable pre-university stage of general and digital socialization of high school students, in the process of studying at the university, the level of socialization of students differs from uniformity in both gender and age aspects. It is established that in the conditions of the university, digital socialization is more actively carried out in boys than in girls. The obtained analytical dependencies describing the process of digital socialization of students at the university allowed us to establish that the socializing role of the university in the learning process changes according to the scheme "expectation – disappointment – awareness – realization". Analytical dependencies reflecting the dynamics of the process of digital socialization of students are used to predict the process of digital socialization, as well as to technologize this process in order to manage it.