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Contents -- Series Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Defining the Issues -- 2 Researching the Civic Web -- 3 Producing the Civic Web -- 4 Young People Online and Offline -- 5 The Young Civilians -- 6 Politics Online -- 7 Making Civic Identities -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- Index

The paper presents the general results of the study of destructive behaviour of young people in web communities. At the first stages of the study the aim was to identify destructive communication practices among young people on the Internet, including in the context of political discourse. At the final stage the aim was to identify strategies and techniques in the news content that can form and provoke destructive patterns of users' responses to various socio-political phenomena (events, decisions and persons associated with these events).
The study included a total of 530 respondents — representatives of student youth from va­rious universities in Tomsk. The empirical material of the study also included regional news reports on socio-political topics, posted in free access by various communities on VK social network (in Tomsk and Novosibirsk). We analyzed 3,786 posts from Novosibirsk and 887 from Tomsk. For data analysis the authors used qualitative method (content analysis, topic analysis, psycholinguistic analysis, psychological analysis, machine learning methods) and quantitative method (API-based data mining algorithm, digital footprint data collection using data platform (https://lk.data.tsu.ru/), natural language processing methods for text analysis and information extraction, machine learning methods, PolyAnalyst text analysis platform). Within the scope of the project the authors studied the specifics of perception and consumption of political content on social media and identified destructive behaviour among young people in web communities.

Using data from the Second Youth Internet Safety Survey, a nationally representative telephone survey of 1,500 youth Internet users (ages 10 to 17), this study explores differences in Internet use characteristics between high risk youth and other Internet users. Those youth who engaged in aggressive behavior online and those who used the Internet on a cell phone were about twice as likely to be classified as high risk (having experienced high parent conflict or child maltreatment) as compared to other Internet users. Those youth who talked with known friends online were significantly less likely to be included in the high risk group. Controlling for demographic and Internet use characteristics, youth who received an aggressive sexual solicitation were almost 2.5 times as likely to report experiencing physical abuse, sexual abuse or high parent conflict. Implications for prevention are discussed, including avenues for reaching high risk populations of youth.

The emergence of humanity into the digital age has led to transformations in societal consciousness and socio-cultural space, thus highlighting the relevance of studying issues of social interaction in virtual reality. Due to pervasive digitization, the phenomenon of social manipulation has also taken on a pervasive character, espe-cially concerning the younger generation, whose life orientations and values are still in the process of for-mation. The article provides a sociological analysis of the concept of youth in the internet space as an object of social manipulation. It identifies the characteristics of the internet space that contribute to the spread of covert control practices in virtual reality. The author develops a theoretical-conceptual model of social manipulation in the internet space, based on which its subjects, goals, channels, and methods are described. The distinctive features of the application of modern technologies for social manipulation of youth in Russia and the USA are revealed.

Cyber-risks are moving targets and societal responses to combat cyber-victimization are often met by the distrust of young people. Drawing on original research, this book explores how young people define, perceive, and experience cyber-risks, how they respond to both the messages they are receiving from society regarding their safety online, and the various strategies and practices employed by society in regulating their online access and activities. This book complements existing quantitative examinations of cyberbullying assessing its extent and frequency, but also aims to critique and extend knowledge of how cyber-risks such as cyberbullying are perceived and responded to. Following a discussion of their methodology and their experiences of conducting research with teens, the authors discuss the social network services that teens are using and what they find appealing about them, and address teens' experiences with and views towards parental and school-based surveillance. The authors then turn directly to areas of concern expressed by their participants, such as relational aggression, cyberhacking, privacy, and privacy management, as well as sexting. The authors conclude by making recommendations for policy makers, educators and teens - not only by drawing from their own theoretical and sociological interpretations of their findings, but also from the responses and recommendations given by their participants about going online and tackling cyber-risk.One of the first texts to explore how young people respond to attempts to regulate online activity, this book will be key reading for those involved in research and study surrounding youth crime, cybercrime, youth culture, media and crime, and victimology - and will inform those interested in addressing youth safety online how to best approach what is often perceived as a sensitive and volatile social problem.